Hi, I’m Rob

Whenever I do something, I give it my all. That drive has taken me far, and it has also tripped me up more than once, hard. It is the same force that led me from strategy consulting, to co-founding a fast-growing healthtech company, to the work I do now as a coach.

My Background: BCG and Castor

I began my career at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), working with incredibly intelligent people. It taught me how to cut through complexity and communicate a clear message. It also showed me that advising from the sidelines wasn’t enough for me. I wanted to build.

That is why I co-founded Castor, a clinical trials healthtech company. As the COO, I raised 65 million, successfully expanded into the United States, and supported groundbreaking clinical research such as the World Health Organization SOLIDARITY trial for COVID vaccines.

It wasn't only up though. I also led the company through painful rounds of layoffs. Sitting across from people and delivering that news changed how I think about leadership, and it's part of why I take the human side of scaling so seriously now.

The demands of a fast-growing startup are relentless. If you do not set boundaries, the work will take everything you have. At that stage of my life I wasn’t able to. Leaving Castor wasn’t a choice I wanted to make, but one I had to make. It forced me to redefine myself beyond the role, the pace, and the ego attached to it.

I began my career at Boston Consulting Group (BCG), working with incredibly intelligent people. It taught me how to cut through complexity and communicate a clear message. It also showed me that advising from the sidelines wasn’t enough for me. I wanted to build.

That is why I co-founded Castor, a clinical trials healthtech company. As the COO, I raised 65 million, successfully expanded into the United States, and supported groundbreaking clinical research such as the World Health Organization SOLIDARITY trial for COVID vaccines.

It wasn't only up though. I also led the company through painful rounds of layoffs. Sitting across from people and delivering that news changed how I think about leadership, and it's part of why I take the human side of scaling so seriously now.

The demands of a fast-growing startup are relentless. If you do not set boundaries, the work will take everything you have. At that stage of my life I wasn’t able to. Leaving Castor wasn’t a choice I wanted to make, but one I had to make. It forced me to redefine myself beyond the role, the pace, and the ego attached to it.

My Path Into Impact and Coaching

After Castor, I stepped into a period of exploration to understand where I could meaningfully contribute.

Amongst other things, I worked on:

  • School for Moral Ambition — facilitated a circle to get professionals to change their careers for more impact

  • Africa Health Ventures — joined the Investment Advisory Committee

  • 100X Impact — coaching impact founders to move faster

  • Several Africa-focused early-stage angel investments

  • GOAL 3 — CEO coach and interim COO for an African MedTech platform

During this period, various founders began coming to me for coaching, even though I never advertised it. These conversations became the most rewarding part of my work.

After doing this for a while, I noticed a clear pattern. I was most energized in the conversations where people saw themselves more clearly. Helping someone uncover a pattern, shift a belief, or make a grounded decision felt meaningful in a way nothing else did.

That is when I realized coaching wasn’t a side activity. It was the work I wanted to dedicate myself to.

After Castor, I stepped into a period of exploration to understand where I could meaningfully contribute.

Amongst other things, I worked on:

  • School for Moral Ambition — facilitated a circle to get professionals to change their careers for more impact

  • Africa Health Ventures — joined the Investment Advisory Committee

  • 100X Impact — coaching impact founders to move faster

  • Several Africa-focused early-stage angel investments

  • GOAL 3 — CEO coach and interim COO for an African MedTech platform

During this period, various founders began coming to me for coaching, even though I never advertised it. These conversations became the most rewarding part of my work.

After doing this for a while, I noticed a clear pattern. I was most energized in the conversations where people saw themselves more clearly. Helping someone uncover a pattern, shift a belief, or make a grounded decision felt meaningful in a way nothing else did.

That is when I realized coaching wasn’t a side activity. It was the work I wanted to dedicate myself to.

How I Work Today

I coach with curiosity first. I want to understand how you tick and what gets in your way. I listen closely, ask direct questions, and help you see the patterns beneath your decisions.

Although I do my homework, develop myself, and am completing an EMCC-accredited coaching program, I’m not a “coach coach.” Some founders occasionally need practical guidance, not just questions. When the moment calls for it, I will ask for permission to switch into a more direct, operator-informed mode. My goal is always to help you move forward.

A Personal Note

"The unexamined life is not worth living."
- Socrates

I explore my life and mind through meditation, silent retreats, and introspection.

At the same time, I love running fast and going to techno parties in Berlin ;-)

The contrast keeps me balanced. I take my impact work seriously while also realizing that life is in essence a play.