ForChiefs Alliance e.V.

ForChiefs is an Alliance of transformation specialists who believe it’s the people who create great companies, great cultures, and great results. We work hand in hand with front-runners – or ‘Chiefs’ – to empower and support ambitious change using our first-hand experience from working in global organizations. We invest time to understand their needs, design a customized journey, make them fall in love with their potential, and create experiences that connect minds and hearts.

Founding Member

Shift Collective

With ForChiefs we co-founded Shift Collective, a group of innovative agencies and consultancies in Germany, that stands for a new economy. We have joined forces to provide even better support for organisations, with the capacity of over 100 people and the agility of 10 founder-managed companies.

We are all united not only by our mission to change the economy in a sustainable way, but also to be a role model for this new economy: With the Shift Collective we turn 10 competitors into one strong partner.

Startup Institute

- Responsible for the European Startup Institute activities, based in Berlin. 
- Managed the team and developed courses that help people accelerate their career by building their professional and personal skills and increasing their network within the startup community.

Director 

Delivery Hero

- Responsible for HR, Talent Management, Internal & External Communication, Office Management, Brand Development and Project Management.
- Developed organisational health, professionalised people and projects and fostered culture, to strengthen the organisation of Delivery Hero whilst going through fast growth.

Chief Development Officer (CDO)

- Responsible for the global marketing ambitions of Delivery Hero, leading a multicultural team of 80 ambitious and talented marketers.
- Created the winning consumer-oriented service for food delivery with the motto 'The easiest way to your favourite food'.

Chief Marketing Officer (CMO)

- Led a department of 35 marketers, responsible for the performance of KPN in the consumer market, with a 2.2 million customer base and a €650 million P&L. 
- Created a future-proof business model, improvinge NPS and growing the customer base.

Director KPN Mobile

- Led a department of 30 marketers, responsible for the performance of KPN in the residential market, with a 1.8 million customer base and a €800 million P&L. 
- Took the commercial lead of a +100€ million project for nationwide introduction and roll out of network upgrades.

Director KPN Residential

- Led a team of five marketers, responsible for launching, developing and growing KPN TV.
- Designed the TV strategy and TV portfolio, which turned the traditional telecom operator KPN into a TV brand and a media company.

Director Interactive TV

E-Plus Mobilfunk

- Led a team for introducing and expanding a nationwide network of 300 franchise brand stores.

Manager E-Plus Partnershops

KPN Mobile

- Created the first mobile internet portfolio ‘i-Mode’.
- Led the market introductions and mass communication campaigns.

Senior Marketer Consumer Market and Soho Market

Ben (predecessor of T-Mobile)

- Legal Advisory in the field of customer care and complaints management.

Legal Counsel

I inspire people, teams and organizations with growing pains to ignite meaningful work.

I am an off-the-chart ENFP, a challenger, an activator and an optimist.  I use my left- and right brain hemispheres simultaneously, always exploring routes to the full potential of my clients. I don’t just work for companies, I work for people. I prefer to work with frontrunners, who are the multipliers in organizations, also known as ‘Chiefs'.  I love crafting highly ambitious plans, supporting brave transformations and creating future-proof cultures with them. I build long-term relationships and follow my clients on their path of transformation. 

My approach is an intense cocktail of learning, experiencing, debating, deepening, speeding up, laughing and translating all into daily life. People leave my sessions energized and determined to start. 

I travel around Europe to work with a high variety of clients and always return to my favorite city Berlin, where I live with my wife and kids.

If you need a sidekick to help you drive your transformation or need a coach to support your team, please reach out to me at hugo@forchiefs.com

Hugo Suidman

Wise Leaders Fellowship

A 10-month cohort experience blending modern leadership with timeless wisdom for visionary founders and CEOs. 

In the words of past fellows:

*”These models help me navigate and live my life by.”*

— Francescu Santoni (CEO Mojo, YC W19)

*“This program has changed my mind. It will change yours .”*

— Raffael Fellmer, CEO SirPlus

 *“I never knew I have so much kindness in me”*

— Claire Midwood, Former CEO Amorelie

*“Nikolas teaches the science of meditation in a way that immediately is applicable to help me be a better leader”*
— Franziska Schmitt, CEO Humanize

*“An amazing program to reflect how I am showing up as a leader”*

— Oddur Magnusson, Founder Klang Games

Founder 

ForChiefs Alliance | Leadership Sidekicks

I help CEOs and Founders to create the most meaningful work and organisations of their lives. 

My clients typically have 20-1000 employees, have raised $5-150M of capital, and are scaling fast. 

How can I support you?

As a sidekick, I work hand in hand with leaders and their organizations to empower and support ambitious change. 

I design coaching and facilitation experiences that connect minds and hearts:

- Executive & Leadership Coaching
- Leadership Development
- Workshop Facilitation (online & offline)
- Visioning and Strategic Planning
- Executive Team Coaching

Contact me if you need a sidekick to help drive your transformation or a coach to support your team.

Executive Coach/ CEO Sidekick

The Mindful CEO

Receive 1 short email every Monday about modern leadership and timeless wisdom.

Over 5 million people read my writing in the last year. My newsletter "The Mindful CEO" is a must read for leaders that try to "do the hard things in a human way". Sign up below for free.

Writer

With ForChiefs we co-founded Shift Collective, a group of innovative agencies and consultancies in Germany, that stands for a new economy. 

We have joined forces to provide even better support for organisations, with the agility of 10 founder-managed companies.

We are all united not only by our mission to change the economy in a sustainable way, but also to be a role model for this new economy: 

With the Shift Collective we turn 10 competitors into one strong partner.

Board Member

ŌHIA

Assembling and leading a crew of experienced mind travellers to chart a spaceship on its mission to help curious souls fall in love with their mind. 

Head teacher guiding monthly workshops & weekly sessions on the art, science and tradition of meditation.

Head of Meditation 

Mind Inc

Leadership Coaching, Executive Workshops & Organisational Design 

Supporting the mindful champions of the future - Mind Inc advises organisations & change makers to become mindful leaders in strategy, culture and reflection.

 At Mind Inc we coach change-makers in innovative organisations like Google Deep Mind, AKQA, Sir Plus or Siemens. We are on a mission to inspire the next generations of organisations and change-makers to lead with purpose. Our clients range from the C-Suite to ***Star Michelin Cooks - all shaping the world to come.

Founder

Onyra

Your Home for Mental Wellbeing

Guides, Courses and Community for aspiring & advanced Meditators

European Parliament

The Spokesperson/Coordinator sets the strategical political direction on Data Protection, Migration, Visa and Rule of Law legislation for the second biggest political group in the European Parliament. This work involves the election and coordination of elected decision-makers in high stake negotiations with the aim of delivering fair rules applicable to all European citizens. The Spokesperson is also the European Parliaments negotiation lead (rapporteur) for the E-privacy (the update to the EU cookie law) and the e-evidence regulation.
My role includes i.a.
▪ Advising the S&D spokesperson on Justice and Home Affairs negotiations and policy strategy
▪ Elaboration of strategic position papers, speeches, briefings, amendments, resolutions, reports 
▪ Public relations/Communication with stakeholders & key journalists

Advisor (APA) to S&D Coordinator on Justice and Home Affairs

•	Assisting the President's Internal Policies Team in its general work,
•	Preparing Briefings and drafting speaking notes for the President's meetings with stakeholders (Jürgen Stock, Secretary General of Interpol; Tim Cook, CEO of Apple; Toomas Hendrik Ilves, President of Estonia; Margrethe Vestager, European Commissioner for Competition, Jeroen Dijsselbloem, President of the Eurogroup; Suma Chakrabarti, President of the EBRD),
•	Researching detailed information for the President on various policy questions (Digital Single Market, European Deposit Insurance Scheme, Banking Union, Tax practices of multinational corporations)
•	Attending and drafting feedback notes from meetings of different committees (Economic and Monetary Affairs, Internal Market and Consumer Protection, Employment and Social Affairs, Industry, Research and Energy, Constitutional Affairs, Special Committee on Tax Rulings), the Conference of Committee Chairs and Trilogue meetings,
•	Drafting speeches, interventions and correspondence of the President in the field of internal policies,
•	Following issues related to the Digital Single Market on behalf of the Cabinet.

Trainee - Cabinet of the President of the European Parliament

TEDx

Leading a team of ten talented people in the organization of a TED conference with nine international speakers and an audience of 150 people. Curated a modern art exhibition showcasing the work of ten local artists in the College of Europe.

Lead Organizer TEDxCollegeOfEurope

Leadership is lonely.

The higher you climb, the higher the stakes, and the fewer people you can truly trust to help you cut through the complexity.

I’ve sat with founders at €2M ARR and with boards of billion-dollar family enterprises.

Different contexts but reality is the same:

• Blind spots no one dares point out.
• Cultures drifting because clarity slipped.
• Teams looking to you for answers you’re still trying to form yourself.

My work is to hold up the mirror and walk leaders like yourself back into clarity.

Sometimes that looks like a silent retreat.

Sometimes it’s a boardroom reset.

Sometimes it’s a series of 1:1 conversations.

But it’s always about one thing:

Turning the inner game of leadership into outer results.

And if you’ve actually read this far, it probably means something here spoke to you.

That recognition (the moment you see yourself in these words) is usually where the real work begins.

I work with scale-stage founders & CEOs above €150K MRR who are willing to grow themselves as much as their companies.

If that’s you, send me a DM saying “CLARITY” or even “Nikolas, I actually read your about section” and let’s talk!

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