Kairos CEO Consulting

What Kairos CEO Consulting does

Kairos CEO Consulting (legal entity: KAIROS CEO-Consulting GmbH) is a privately held boutique consultancy headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, with additional offices in Munich and Berlin. Founded in 2022, the firm serves CEOs, board members, managing directors, and top politicians across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Luxembourg, and the United Kingdom, with a stated focus on career-spanning advisory from executive entry through exit.

The firm's offering is organized around seven interconnected service lines: Strategy (CEO agenda and stakeholder communication), Positioning (personal brand building), Crisis (reputation protection), Media Training, Leadership (coaching and stage design for offsites, capital markets days, AGMs), Visualization (presentations, video, animation), and Ghostwriting (speeches, commentaries, books, biographies). Delivery is partner-led, with senior consultants who combine backgrounds as investigative journalists at ZDF, Sky News, and CNN, corporate communications leaders (notably ex-Sixt), former Accenture and PvL Partners consultants, and exited entrepreneurs. The firm relies on word-of-mouth referrals, personal networks, and partner-level discretion as its primary client acquisition mechanism, supported by a bilingual German/English website and a LinkedIn presence.

Commercially, Kairos operates as a pure professional services firm with bespoke, quote-based engagements; no pricing, revenue, funding, or productized offerings are disclosed. The firm has no parent company, no disclosed external investors, and no subsidiaries, and appears to be partner-owned with active hiring underway (Executive Assistant) and a portfolio of academic and institutional affiliations (WHU, Verband der Familienunternehmer, International Club of Business Journalists Frankfurt) that reinforce its positioning with family-business and senior-executive audiences.

Name

Kairos CEO Consulting

Legal name

KAIROS CEO-Consulting GmbH

Website

https://kairos-ceo-consulting.com

Company type

Private

Founded year

2022

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

1–10 employees

Short description

Kairos CEO Consulting is a Frankfurt-based boutique consultancy advising CEOs, board members, and top politicians across DACH and the UK on strategy, positioning, crisis communication, media training, leadership coaching, visualization, and ghostwriting, delivered through senior partner-led, bespoke engagements.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Executive Management Consulting

NAICS

Management Consulting Services (54161), Administrative Management and General Management Consulting Services (541611)

SIC

Services-Management Consulting Services (8742)

akta.pro primary industry

Strategy & Corporate Development Consulting (BPAHACAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Leadership Development & Executive Coaching (BPAHAGAD), Corporate Strategy Advisory (BPAHADAA), Corporate/Professional Image Consulting (HSACAJAE)

Keywords

• Executive consulting services
• Leadership advisory
• Crisis communication consulting
• Media training services
• Strategic communication advisory

Headquarters

HQ city

Frankfurt

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D

Revenue model

1. Executive Consulting Services: Kairos CEO Consulting generates revenue through bespoke consulting engagements with CEOs, board members, and top executives. The firm develops personalized positioning strategies, accompanies strategy processes, advises in crisis situations, and works with clients on media appearances and strategic rhetoric. Engagements are tailored and confidential, serving clients from business and politics.

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels2 records

Core offering

Kairos CEO Consulting is a boutique advisory firm that delivers bespoke consulting services to CEOs, board members, managing directors, and senior politicians. The core offering spans seven interconnected practice areas: Strategy (CEO agenda development and stakeholder communication), Positioning (personal brand building), Crisis (crisis communication and reputational protection), Media Training (executive media coaching), Leadership (coaching for new top management roles and stage design), Visualization (executive presentations, video and film production), and Ghostwriting (speeches, commentaries, books, biographies).

Product overview

Kairos CEO Consulting is a consulting boutique offering an integrated suite of advisory services for CEOs and top management in business and politics. The core offering spans seven distinct but interconnected service areas: Strategy (developing CEO agendas and stakeholder communication), Positioning (personal brand building), Crisis communication, Media Training, Leadership coaching, Visualization (executive presentations and film/video production), and Ghostwriting. These services are delivered through a team of senior partners with backgrounds as journalists, managers, entrepreneurs, and marketing professionals, and are customized for each client throughout their entire career cycle.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Strategie (Strategy) Develops comprehensive CEO agendas and provides conceptual advice and implementation support for strategic communication with all stakeholder groups including supervisory boards, executives, and media; for top executives and senior leaders requiring structured strategy communication.
• Positionierung (Positioning) Develops professional and credible personal positioning aligned with individual ambitions and business strategy, working with executives to define their target image and pragmatic pathway to achieve it; for CEOs, board members, and managing directors seeking personal brand development.
• Krise (Crisis) Crisis communication advisory focused on protecting company reputation, employees, and management board through professional and resilient strategic communication delivered with experienced communicators and journalists; for top management facing critical situations.
• Medientraining (Media Training) Executive media coaching that puts top managers on equal footing with journalists, focusing on rhetorical strategies, comprehensible content, and personal performance for talk shows, interviews, and statements; for CEOs, executives, and politicians preparing for high-stakes media appearances.
• Leadership Personal guidance into new top management roles and the conceptualization and design of leadership stages including offsites, conferences, supervisory board meetings, townhalls, capital market days, annual general meetings, and public media appearances; for executives entering or transitioning within top management roles.
• Visualisierung (Visualization) Professional visualization of strategies and messages including CEO presentations, animations, video and film production, designed to meet top management benchmarks using emotional visualization and branding; for executives requiring high-impact presentations and visual communications.
• Ghostwriting Experienced journalists provide ghostwriting services for concise specialist articles, stirring guest commentaries, major speeches, explanatory non-fiction books, or personal biographies; for executives and political leaders who require written thought-leadership or major addresses.

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

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Partnerships

Seven partnerships are on record, tiered academic, honorary, board membership and advisory.

• WHU Otto Beisheim School of ManagementacademicStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Resch serves as Advisor Media at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Creativity of WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management, contributing academic and industry expertise.
• International Bach Academy StuttgarthonoraryStrategic or Co-development PartnerJohannes Marten serves as deputy chairman of the board of the International Bach Academy in Stuttgart on an honorary basis.
• International Club of Business Journalists Frankfurtboard membershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerClaudia Pörings serves on the board of the International Club of Business Journalists Frankfurt.
• Bündnis ökonomische Bildung BÖBboard membershipStrategic or Co-development PartnerClaudia Pörings serves as member of the board of trustees of Bündnis ökonomische Bildung BÖB.
• Association of Family Entrepreneurs (Verband der Familienunternehmer)advisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Resch is an honorary member of the Association of Family Entrepreneurs.
• United Europe initiativeadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Resch is an honorary member of the United Europe initiative.
• Friends of Yad VashemadvisoryStrategic or Co-development PartnerMarkus Resch is an honorary member of the Friends of Yad Vashem.

Scale indicators1 record

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Egon Zehnder: Global executive search and leadership advisory firm with adjacent offerings in CEO succession, leadership development, and board advisory. Comparable client base (CEOs and boards) but a broader portfolio beyond the positioning/communication niche.
• APCO Worldwide: Global advisory and advocacy firm offering communications, positioning, and stakeholder engagement for executives and corporations. Overlaps with Kairos in CEO positioning and crisis advisory, with global scale.
• Spencer Stuart: Global executive search and leadership consulting firm. Overlaps with Kairos in serving top executives and boards on leadership transitions and development, though centered on search rather than positioning/media advisory.
• Heidrick & Struggles: Executive search and leadership advisory with growing consulting practice around CEO and board effectiveness. Comparable CEO-level clientele but broader portfolio and larger scale than Kairos.
• Roland Berger: Major European-origin strategy consultancy that increasingly advises CEOs on corporate communications and leadership positioning. Comparable top-management clientele but with a much broader strategy and operations focus.

Direct peers

• FGS Global: Global strategic communications and public affairs firm formed by the merger of Finsbury, Glover Schuppener, and others. Offers the same integrated suite of CEO positioning, crisis, media strategy, and stakeholder advisory that Kairos provides, but at global scale across multiple geographies.
• Kekst CNC: International strategic communications consultancy advising executives on positioning, media, and crisis. Comparable in service mix and C-suite client focus, with a stronger international presence.
• Brunswick Group: Global advisory firm focused on critical issues and stakeholder communications for CEOs and boards. Closely comparable offering in CEO positioning, crisis communications, and media strategy, with stronger global footprint.
• Hering Schuppener: Leading German strategic communications and CEO positioning consultancy. Directly comparable as a DACH-focused advisory serving C-suite executives on positioning, media strategy, and stakeholder communication. Now part of FGS Global but historically the closest German-language peer to Kairos.

Others

• WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Management (Executive Education): Adjacent through Markus Resch's academic affiliation and through executive education programs serving senior leaders in DACH. Not a competitor but an ecosystem partner for leadership development and referrals.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles10 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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