My McKinsey and consulting background

Becoming a top management consultant had been a professional career goal early on, and has remained my passion to this day. Prior to serving as an independent management adviser, I worked for five years as a consultant and project manager for the world’s leading management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company.

Already prior to joining McKinsey I had researched the industry intensely. Among other activities, I did internships at McKinsey’s competitor Roland Berger, in “Big Four” firm Ernst & Young (EY)’s transaction advisory services unit and at a medium-sized consulting firm. Furthermore, I have interviewed with virtually all leading strategy consulting firms as well as some medium-sized consultancies. I have attended many consulting firms’ recruiting workshops (including several “top events”). During this process, I have developed highly effective application and interview strategies. I was also selected as one of 20 finalists from 2000 applicants for McKinsey’s “CEO of the Future” contest to solve and present a consulting case study to a panel of German stock exchange (DAX) company board members.

Before becoming a management consultant, I completed a PhD at Imperial College London on the economics of climate change. I finished my studies in economics at the universities of Heidelberg, Jyväskylä (Finland) and Bonn as best in class.

The YOUinConsulting mission

Again and again, I am asked for advice on (consulting) career decisions. Many people share the dream of becoming a management consultant and perhaps even starting their career at one of the world’s leading consulting firms, such as McKinsey, BCG or Bain. Others have already made the leap into consulting and now find themselves confronted with the recurring challenges that consulting business and its institutions regularly present.

Maybe you are one of my (future) peers. I view it as a priority to empower you to make the best career decisions for yourself, and to then guide you towards career success. However, I found that the commonly available glossy career magazines, sponsored recruiting events, anonymous internet forums (and so forth) do not truly serve the purpose of differentiated opinion-forming and optimal career preparation.

I decided to satisfy this vital need for information through my YOUinConsulting courses, in which I provide unprecedented consulting insider knowledge on the entire consulting life cycle – transparently, authentically, personally, and in a structured, didactic and entertaining form: on the successful entry, rise and exit as a consultant!