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 KPMG 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: Passion for music and playing with his own band all over 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. 

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.

Stephan is a visionary and serial entrepreneur. He has experience in setup of scalable digital companies from founding till exit.

He has over fifteen years of experience in software architecture, investor relations and executive management.

Stephan has a tremendous understanding of the open source and cloud landscape and is able to adapt new trends and technologies very fast and turn them into working products and profitable B2B business. He was one of the first investors of encryption & cloud technologies and the Ethereum blockchain platform.

His specialization in new age enterprises also include digital communities, digital marketing & content management as well as management of international, cross-functional teams with lean & agile methods. Stephan is a Scrum Master, Product Manager, Scrum Alliance Certified Product Owner (CPO).

Nina joined +RASMUSSEN as a junior consultant and Designing Your Life Relationship Manager in October 2019 after completing her master’s degree in Political Psychology of International Relations at the University of Birmingham.

In her master thesis, Nina examined the phenomenon of individuals returning back to the UK after participating in the Syrian Civil War, with a specific focus on the case of Shamima Begum.

During her studies she worked for Aon Hewitt as a working student where she supported the Talents, Rewards & Performance (TRP) team in the Employee Engagement Survey process for national and international companies, including data management, data analysis, reporting, and translations.

Other facts: Nina is a passionate traveler and she has already travelled several countries with her backpack.

Pierre has 32+ years of international experience with leaders in the high-tech industry, as well as a proven track record in marketing, sales, design engineering and quality engineering.

Since 2012 Pierre is a Freelance Management Consultant and Business Angel in Switzerland. He advises small and medium businesses in resolving their management challenges: strategic development, people management, process optimization, team problem solving, sales and marketing.

Prior to working as a freelancer Pierre worked for Intel EMEA in Zurich since 2004. He developed a “trusted advisor” status with HP EMEA’s senior management that resulted in Intel sales to HP growing at a faster rate than HP’s own sales growth.

For more ten years Pierre worked as an Marketing Expert and has led virtual teams, teams of up to 12 direct reports, as well as division of 120 employees.

He studied Advanced Idustrial Marketing Strategy at INSEAD in Fontainebleau, France and also holds an engineering degree („Ingénieur des Arts et Manufactures“) from Ecole Centrale de Paris, Chatenay-Malabry, France.

Carina joined +RASMUSSEN as a consultant and marketing specialist in June 2019 after completing her master’s degree in Technology & Management at Technical University of Munich.

Her majors are Marketing, Strategy & Leadership and Computer Science. In her master’s thesis, Carina examined the influence of new digital technologies on leadership and leadership development. During her studies, she was involved in several project works related to marketing strategies for startups and leadership for creativity.

Besides working for +RASMUSSEN, Carina is working at Technical University of Munich, where she is responsible for the CRM-system project management as well as the development of the internal knowledge management.

During her studies, she already worked for Technical University of Munich as a student assistant where she supported the development and implementation of websites and marketing materials, as well as with research projects on future leadership skills.

Between her bachelor’s and master’s program, Carina did a one-year training program at an agency. During this time, she set up and implemented international market entry strategies, and independently managed various marketing channels for two online shops.

Other facts: Carina is also a certified yoga teacher and interested in mindfulness. 

Christoph is a computer scientist with over 20 years of experience in the IT sector, as a software developer, architect and consultant as well as in project management with and without personnel responsibility.

Before joining +Rasmussen Christoph worked as a freelancer. He and his teams have successfully built solutions for BMW, Audio, Porsche and SWM. In recent years, the focus has been on modern technologies such as the Internet of Things (Industry 4.0), Big Data (Artificial Intelligence) and cloud solutions in microservice architectures using agile methods (SCRUM, Kanban) in predominantly DevOps oriented organizational structures.

His professional career began at the Johannes Kepler University in Linz, where he graduated as Dipl.-Ing. Computer Science (Master of Computer Science). Already during his studies, he worked for a mechanical engineering company in his hometown for semiconductor machines. As part of this activity, he got to know well-known, globally active technology companies. After moving to Munich, he was increasingly involved in software development, IT-architecture and project management in the mobility, energy and automotive sectors.

Other facts: Christoph bakes in his spare time Austrian pastries and makes his own Sauerkraut.

With his company Cetonis Dr. Wolfgang Dannhorn is the human link between IT and legal consulting. Already in highschool he developed his own IT programs and solutions before he even started studying law at Tübingen university. After 8 years of in depth experience in large-scale law firms as employment and labor lawyer he started his won business in 2011 based on a self-developed tool for optimizing Social selection.

Based on Wolfgang’s fascination of creating value through solutions that translate legal analysis, jurisdiction and strategy into algorithms in order to further improve quality and efficiency of legal counselling , he founds Cetonis GmbH in 2014. This is the birth of an ever growing success story of continuously and consequently improving and innovative legal software to support lawyers and corporations in various legal topics such as restructuring.

Daniel has over 30 years+ experience in branding and reporting projects for national and international clients from various business sectors with focus on industry and finance. 

Besides being the Chairman of the +R Advisory Board he is Managing Partner of Martin et Karczinski Munich and Zurich since 2014. 

Prior to joining Martin et Karczinski Daniel worked as CEO at Eclat in Zurich and Frankfurt since 1988. He had the project lead for various branding projects like Winterthur-Group, Eurex, Gurit, GM Europe, Aduno or UPK Basel and for more than 200 reporting projects in Switzerland and Germany

For more than ten years Daniel worked as an expert at CTI, the Commission for Technology and Innovation of Swiss Confederation.

Daniel is co-founder of the Geschäftsbericht-Symposium, the center of excellence for annual reporting, and Member of the Advisory Board at Zurich University of the Arts.