As a member of Hewitt Associates (Aon Hewitt) European Leadership Council, he led senior management teams across Europe and brought significant growth to Hewitt Associates.
He later went on to develop the KMPG HR Consulting business in Germany. In his consulting career, he was the global lead consultant to a number of Hewitt’s biggest clients and worked with the C-Suite at a number of DAX 30 organisations as well as US Fortune 500 companies.

Prior to joining Hewitt Associates in Chicago, Niels served in the Danish Diplomatic Service as Commercial Affairs Officer with the Royal Danish Consulate General in Chicago. This was after his career start in the FMCG sector where he spent the early part in Australia and Denmark.

Niels developed the STAR® and Co-Zone® concepts through his years of C-Suite consulting, leading large consulting firms and senior consulting teams. In 2013, he founded +RASMUSSEN to further develop the C-Suite Consulting & Influencing training and coaching (CSC&I). In 2014, Niels was appointed Goodwill Ambassador to Copenhagen, Denmark, under the Protectorate of HRH Prince Joakim of Denmark.

He holds an MBA (Master of Management) from the J.L. Kellogg Graduate School of Management and additionally completed MBA course work at Harvard Business School specialising in leading Professional Services Firms. His undergraduate studies were completed in Australia and Denmark.

Other facts: Historian and politician at heart, but ended up in management and consulting. Anybody who wants to have a discussion over Winston Churchill can always stop by for a beer or a great red wine.

Philip joined the +RASMUSSEN team in March 2017. Previously Head of Business Development at Jacobs University – one of Germany’s leading international education and research institutions – Philip was responsible for initiating strategic partnerships and client relations with special emphasis on German and Chinese multinational corporations.

In the business solutions department he managed an international team with innovative marketing and sales campaigns in the B2B sector, he developed executive education programs in the fields of Leadership & Management, Big Data and Industry 4.0, and he made comprehensive experiences in presenting service proposals to the C-suite level.

Prior to his Head of Business Development role, Philip was part of leading the corporate restructuring process at Jacobs University, in which he jointly developed and implemented the strategic plan for reorganizing and re-designing the entire university with a sustainable new business model. In this role, he consulted the different functional departments on an operative level as well as the leadership on a strategic level through developing, implementing and progress reporting on the many change projects.

Philip holds a PhD in the field of Organization and Management and is author of the Book »Dynamic Capabilities – How Organizational Structures Affect Knowledge Processes« (published by palgrave macmillan 2013). He was involved in a large-scale interdisciplinary research project on autonomous cooperation in logistics systems with a strong focus on industry 4.0 technologies and applications.

In academia, he also taught classes and gave seminars on topics like »Strategic and Innovation Management« or »Tools and Methods of Business Consulting« and was supervisor of 50+ bachelor and master theses.

His passion for organizational development and new, innovative business models in times of digitization played always a significant role in his work and his projects. He complemented his professional profile further by trainings on visual storytelling and leadership communication.

Other facts: True rock star with his own band and live on stage in all of Germany

Dorle joined +RASMUSSEN in March 2016 after a preceding career as both employed consultant and independent trainer and coach. 

As an HR consultant and team lead for Engagement Consulting at Hewitt Associates (Aon Hewitt) in Germany, Dorle had client impact in high level strategic projects and tool responsibility for complex global projects in the area of HR strategy, talent management, engagement, leadership culture and employer branding.

She worked with clients across a wide range of industries, including but not limited to Financial Services, IT, retail and optical and opto-electronic industries. Much of her focus was on building, expanding and managing relationships with clients at senior management level.

Prior to joining Hewitt, Dorle was a freelancing consultant in the area of personnel selection- and development, has assisted trainings in intercultural communication and cooperation and has gained experience in the area of Marketing/Communication, in particular with the Middle East.

Throughout her professional career, she has complemented her professional profile by further coaching trainings and has accompanied her clients individually and in groups in phases of personal and professional change, development and crisis.

Dorle holds a B.A. in Psychology, a M.A. in Psychology of Excellence in Business and Education as well as a Master in Systemic Counselling.

Marco joined +RASMUSSEN in 2019 after previous roles as Project and Event Manager at Allianz and as Program Manager at Technical University of Munich. Additionally Marco owned and managed his own karate school with more than 15 students for about 3 years.

As Program Manager at Technical University of Munich, Marco led a team of 10 employees and was responsible for Corporate & Certificate Programs. His main tasks included the analysis of L&D requirements at the customer, the development of program architectures as well as the coordination of teaching content and teachers. In terms of content, Marco was primarily concerned with programs for organizational development, innovation management, business design, expert and executive development. His clients came from various industries, including TÜV Süd, Hensoldt, Messe München, MAN as well as Infineon, with a major focus on building, expanding and managing customer relationships at senior management level.

As project and event manager for Allianz, Marco was responsible for the development, conception and implementation of events for top management and the board of the holding company. His work focused on supporting the implementation of strategic goals through communication tools such as events, large group interventions, sports events, employee incentives or strategy workshops. The cooperation with the Management Board was on the agenda.

As a graduate social scientist (bachelor and master degree in communication science), Marco regularly and extensively conducted scientific surveys at the Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich using surveys, semi-structured expert interviews and observations, and then analyzed and evaluated the data sets.

Other facts: Marco has been a member of the Black Belt in Shotokan Karate since 2003 and opened his own small karate school at the age of 19 to teach Japanese martial arts to children, teenagers and adults. In the years 2003-2005 he also took part in the FSKA World Championships in Las Vegas and won them twice. 

Sabrina is a Danish national living in Munich. She has worked as a consultant in Germany since graduating in 2015 and has profound international experience. 

Prior to joining +Rasmussen, Sabrina served as a business analyst for insurance companies and banks. By using data analytics to assess how changes to processes, services and software can improve efficiencies and add value, she determined requirements and delivered data-driven recommendations to stakeholders and helped to bridge the gap between IT and business. Prior to this, Sabrina worked for the biggest global IT-transformation and digitalization program for Allianz, where her main responsibilities evolved around strategic communication and project management, as well as providing input to senior management.

Sabrina has a MA in International Relations from University of Wroclaw in Poland. She also holds a BA in Intercultural Marketing Communication from Copenhagen Business School in Denmark including an exchange semester at the business school of the University of Mannheim in Germany.

Other facts: She has a strong interest for international security and has completed an internship at the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies in Germany and she wrote her thesis on terrorism and radical Islam. 

Oliver is a Business Developer at heart with Management and Consulting experience as well as a background as Sales Manager in different industries.

Prior to joining +Rasmussen, Oliver founded and managed a start-up company. He and his team successfully consulted und supported international luxury brands with their brand strategy and implementation at the Point-of-Sales (POS) all across Europe.

Oliver started his professional career in the hotel industry and became hotel manager at the age of 29 and representative for the entire hotel industry of Dresden. Throughout these years of managing and promoting hotels, Oliver found his true passion for Sales & Business Development and continued his career in Sales & Marketing as well as general management for different companies of the Service Industry (IT, Fairs & Exhibitions, Sports Marketing). Oliver successfully managed the key accounts, launched new brands on the DACH/European market and lead diverse teams.

Oliver holds a Bachelor in Business Administration from Ludwig Maximilian University, Munich and a degree for management in the hotel and hospitality industry.

Other facts: Oliver is a pioneer diver and was trained at Starnberg. Whenever Oliver is at our office in Starnberg, he wants to dive the lake - no matter, what season of the year.

Nicole is an entrepreneur at heart with consulting experience as well as a background in start ups; in retail, online business, distribution and brand management across Europe.

Prior to joining +Rasmussen, Nicole managed two different start-up companies. She and her team successfully introduced a brand for wine and table accessories– VAGNBYS Danish Design - to the European market and established an agency and distribution network. Prior to Vagnbys, she re-launched a retail business – LAGOM White - for Danish Design and established the corresponding online business including online marketing and social media.

With almost 10 years in consulting with Hewitt Associates, Nicole worked as a senior consultant and practice leader in the field of Talent Management & Leadership. She was leading the German speaking countries of a global leadership study and established the Employer Branding consulting practice.


Nicole holds a MSc in Organizational Change & Leadership from Pfeiffer University, Charlotte, NC, USA as well as a Masters in International Business from the University of Applied Science in Mainz and a Degree as a Banker.

Other facts: fitness and health junkie. She has her own blog for healthy sweets.