WE LIVE COMMUNICATION
Communication is everything. Without communication, there is nothing. In times of radical change, authentic and sustainable communication is more important than ever – for employees, customers, capital markets, and politics. We enter dialogue on your behalf – focused and honest. We make certain that your products, your ideas, and your strategies can be heard and provide orientation.
Remaining successful in the face of constant change is one of the core tasks of entrepreneurial activity. Achieving efficiency and gains in productivity, garnering competitive advantages, and improving the market position – this is what makes up the daily agenda of decision-makers.
Times of radical change demand adjustments in strategy, the development of new business models, and a break with traditional value chains and industrial clusters. Decision-makers need clear, far-reaching, and targeted concepts in response to:
- the EU Green Deal and the transformation of Europe’s economic system
- climate change and an energy revolution for the economy as a whole
- political correctness and good corporate citizenship
- risk of reputation due to extreme sensitivity – sustained by changing social norms
- human rights, and fair trade, digitalization, and the internet of things
- localization of supply chains and departure from the successful concept of globalization
- the platform economy as well as consumer and purchasing behavior
- nutritional trends and work-life balance
- diversity issues and gender-neutral language
- COVID-19 and the uncertain consequences for business and society thereafter
- new economic blocs versus renationalization
- the move away from fossil raw materials and the loss of value of entire industries and clusters all the way through to national value chains.
A storm is brewing. Disruptive change is on the horizon. Communication is everything.
COMMUNICATION IS STRATEGY
There is new thinking when it comes to business and politics – driven by investors and analysts, consumers, and employees. This results in radical change in companies of every sector – from small businesses to medium-sized companies and global corporations, all the way through to entire national output chains. To underscore your competitiveness, we shape and sustain this change together with you.
COMMUNICATION BRINGS SUCCESS
Communication is everything. This is true not only for companies and politics, but for associations and organizations as well. We all have to address capital markets, labor markets, the media, and public opinion – on every channel, every single day. This is what makes for success today.
COMMUNICATION DRIVES VALUE
The value of a company is as good as its communication. Image and reputation on the markets are created through genuine, intelligent and sustainable communication – the messages that drive value. Modern communications management requires determination, experience, networking, and masterful craftsmanship.
OUR FRIENDS
The interdisciplinary approach from political consulting to financial communications, to strategic communications consulting from a single source – a visionary idea back then that hasn’t lost its power to this very day.
Roland Berger
Co-founder of WMP and shareholder until 2016
Maximilian von Waldenfels
We as small and medium-sized companies need to be more open about our services and better market what we do.
Pia Nottenkämper
Managing Director of Hermann Nottenkämper GmbH & Co. KG, Hünxe
Truthful communication to all target groups is vital for survival, especially in moments of crisis. Crisis prevention, in particular, is becoming increasingly important.
Heinrich von Pierer
Former Chairman of the Managing Board of Siemens AG
To think big, you have to build global bridges
Sigmar Gabriel
Chairman of Atlantik-Brücke, former Foreign Minister, and SPD Chairman
In business, reliability and openness are what counts. This is especially important when it comes to communication.
Peter Tamm
International Maritime Museum Hamburg, publisher, shipbroker
Maximilian von Waldenfels
Disruptive business models – from startups to unicorns – need modern, real and sustainable communication.
Maximilian von Waldenfels
Founder and entrepreneur
Our Heads
Ulrich Porwollik
Board of directors
Modern halfback
Almost 20 years in business journalism
Almost 20 years in corporate communications
My wife says about me: “Grow up finally!”
Me about me: “But I prefer to have fun.”
Moritz Barckhausen
Board of directors
Part of the WMP family for more than 10 years
Triple master's degree in international business: focus on company building, business development and finance.
Founder + CSO in the AI sector along with several years of experience in leading positions in German SMEs.
About himself: “Everyone needs a passion – mine is people.”
Frank Schmiechen
Senior Advisor
Journalist, columnist and internet expert
Editor-in-chief at Gründerszene, head of WELT Kompakt, fell in love with Twitter in 2008.
Thirsts for clear statements, politics – and pop music
Henning Marten
Senior Director
Six years of communicating for WMP
Twenty years as managing director & TV producer with a focus on “knowledge”
Four years of office management at the Lower House of German Parliament (Bundestag)
Guest lecturer at LPRS
Passionate sailor
About himself: “There is more beyond the horizon.”
Louis Hagen
Senior Advisor
Member of the BILD editorial board for 13 years
Writes for BILD every week
A total of 20 years of communication for WMP
Guest lecturer at TU Berlin
About himself: “Words are my passion.”
Susanne Horstmann
Managing Director Munich
Around 30 years of strategy consulting
Communications consultant for 25 years, most recently Global Head of Corporate Communications at Roland Berger
Main focus: corporate and CEO communications, reputation management, media relations.
About herself: “Listen, consider and communicate.”
Sabine Terko
HR
Assistant insurance sales management for 27 years
WMP accounting / HR since 2013
Matthias Schau
Office manager
Trained banker / banking specialist
Self-employed insurance specialist
Seven years as office manager for Prof. Justus Frantz at the Schleswig-Holstein Music Festival
At WMP since 1999
Life motto: “There is power in tranquility – but not when it comes to Richard Wagner.”
Katharina von Borcke
Senior Consultant
Graduate biologist, research assistant at the Lower House of German Parliament (Bundestag)
Worked for 20 years in communications for the food, automotive, real estate, nation branding and health care industries, among others
About herself: “I love to see things grow.”
Friedrich-Wilhelm Kramer
Senior Advisor
ARD correspondent in Warsaw
Editor-in-Chief at NDR Radio
Director of Schleswig-Holstein regional broadcasting center
Deputy Speaker of the Senate in Hamburg
Lectureships in Hamburg and Riga
Hamburg bureau chief
About himself: “Clear, North German and Hanseatic.”
Frederik Winkler
Working student
B.Sc. European Studies at Maastricht University
Interests: Future technology, tennis
About himself: “Life without a pug is possible, but pointless.”
Eleni Toelle
Junior Consultant
B.Sc. Politics, Philosophy and Economics
Expertise in East Asian affairs
Freelance editor and creator of a Dutch social media magazine
About herself: “Well-connected meme connoisseur”
Christian Dose
Senior Consultant
Consultant for public and investor relations for 20 years
Many years of experience as a journalist (e.g. WELT am SONNTAG)
Lecturer at the University of Applied Sciences Würzburg-Schweinfurt
Privately portrays the beauty of our planet as a content creator
Andreas Schwenk
Senior Consultant
Public Affairs & Corporate Communications
Chairman of an advisory board for EU & foreign policy in North Rhine-Westphalia
Expertise in campaign management, public relations & diplomacy
Motto: “Think globally. Act locally.”
Anika Gaudian
Assistant to the Board of Directors
Part of the WMP family for 5 years
5-star hotel industry in Germany, Switzerland & Spain
CRM business analyst
My motto in life: “Ain’t no sunshine when I’m gone.”
Klaus Kimmel
Senior Advisor
25 years as a sports journalist – from recreational sports to the Olympic Games
Deputy editor-in-chief at BILD
Twenty years at WMP
“Stay grounded, listen, think, then act – my formula for success.”
Luca Tilly
Working student
Student of history, sociology, politics
Social democrat
Perfectionist, handball player, graphics pro
Ulrich Tilly
Partner and co-founder of WMP Healthcare GmbH
Studied agricultural economics in Göttingen and Bonn
Ministerial Director (ret.), leading positions in the Federal Ministries of Health, Labor and Social Affairs
Since 2010 strategy consultant in every area of the healthcare sector
“Every path is right if the destination is unknown.”
Bianca Haverkamp
Office Manager Healthcare
Many years of professional experience in the hotel business and tourism in Germany and abroad
Eight years at the German Federal Ministry of Health, Minister’s Office and Press Office
Healthcare policy advisor for the past 11 years
About me: In keeping with Van Gogh: “Passion rather than boredom.”
Rhona Karadeniz
Junior Consultant Healthcare
M.Sc. Business Administration | Health Economics and Healthcare Management
Internship at BMC Managed Care
Experience in project management and team leadership
