Qualifications & training
Life scientist, McKinsey Senior Partner, and now coach, therapist and facilitator. Decades of learning how people and organisations change, from the boardroom to the mountain hut.
From the lab to the boardroom to inner work
Biologist and environmental scientist
PhD from the University of Cambridge, researching the basic principles of life. Still a naturalist at heart.
Senior Partner
Co-led the Innovation and the Sustainability practices, with part of my career in Silicon Valley.
Dean & faculty
Global Dean for leadership mastery and co-dean and core faculty of McKinsey's senior leadership programs.
Coach, therapist, facilitator
Working with founders, leaders, couples and groups, at our chalet in Schliersee and around the world.
What I have trained in
Therapy & trauma work
- Internal Family Systems (IFS) therapistIFS Institute, trained and mentored by founder Dr. Richard Schwartz
- NeuroAffective Relational Model (NARM) therapistwith NARM founder Dr. Laurence Heller
- Recovery from addictionMeadows Behavioral Healthcare
- Conscious healingAcademy of Inner Science
Relational & couples work
- IFIO couples therapist (Intimacy from the Inside Out)IFS Institute
- Relational Life TherapyRelational Life Institute, with relationship expert Terry Real
Collective & systemic
- Collective trauma facilitatorThe Pocket Project, with Thomas Hübl
- U-Process facilitator (Theory U)Presencing Institute, with Otto Scharmer
- Social Presencing Theatre facilitatorPresencing Institute, with its creator Arawana Hayashi
- Systemic constellationswith Paul Zonneveld, co-author of Emergent
Coaching
- Ontological coachNewfield Network, with founder Julio Olalla
- Presence-based coachingwith its originator Doug Silsbee
- Somatic coachMobius Executive Leadership, with Jennifer Cohen
- Team coachCorentus, with founder Alexander Caillet
- Neuro-linguistic programming (NLP)NLP & Coaching Institute
Leadership & organisations
- Leadership Mastery facilitatorMcKinsey & Company
- Centered Leadership facilitatorMcKinsey & Company
- Leadership Circle Profilewith its creator Bob Anderson
- Barrett Values AssessmentBarrett Values Centre
- Immunity to ChangeHarvard University, with Robert Kegan and Lisa Lahey
- Complexity management (Cynefin framework)after Dave Snowden
Meditation, energy & wisdom
- Meditation teacherAcademy of Inner Science, with Thomas Hübl
- Timeless WisdomAcademy of Inner Science, with Thomas Hübl
- Energy work and Energy MasteryMobius Executive Leadership, with Lynda Caesara
- Time MasteryThe One Moment Company
- YogaJivamukti Yoga
- Vision questSchool of Lost Borders
Working alongside teachers I learned from
- Co-facilitated IFS workshops with Dr. Richard Schwartz, founder of IFS
- Co-facilitated and co-taught workshops on trauma-informed leadership with Dr. Thomas Hübl, founder of the Academy of Inner Science
- Co-facilitated many trauma-informed leadership and personal development workshops with Amy Fox, founder of Mobius Executive Leadership
- Co-dean and core faculty, McKinsey senior leadership programs
Founder, investor, husband and father
I co-founded Soulchat and several other ventures, and invest in start-ups, so I know the founder's side of the table. Monika and I have been married for 28 years and have three children. We live in Schliersee, where we host workshops and retreats in our home.
Get in touch
Questions about my background or how I work? Write to me directly.