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Services

SERVICES

High-Stakes Communication

Communication strategies that help executives achieve their business goals and enhance corporate reputation in challenging situations.

Litigation Communication

Communication support for executives and organisations during the course of a dispute or legal proceedings.

Reputation Management

Building and protecting your reputation making it resilient and relevant to your stakeholders.

Sherpa

Personally support and guide corporate leaders to strategically build and manage their reputation.

Training

Preparing you for public appearances making sure your messages are authentic, succinct and powerful.

Crisis Communication

Managing corporate crisis situations through effective communication to mitigate the reputation impact.

When the stakes are high.

Rainer Westermann

Advisor - Chairman - Board Member

RAINER WESTERMANN

Rainer Westermann advises leaders when reputation, trust, and achieving critical objectives are threatened. With extensive experience in Germany, Canada, and the United States, he works with C-suite executives, business owners, and non-profit leaders to build, protect, and restore reputation, particularly in special situations, transformation phases, and periods of heightened stakeholder scrutiny.

An entrepreneur, former senior executive, and trusted advisor, Rainer combines strategic perspective with hands-on leadership experience. Having served as an external consultant, an in-house decision maker, and a member of executive management, he understands the realities of leadership and how strategic communications and reputation management directly support corporate objectives.

Rainer is the former President of Reputation Advisors International. In 2021, he was elected Chairman of the Board of the Life Sciences Acceleration Alliance e.V., Munich, a German non-profit organization. He also serves as Board Advisor at Rosenberg Strategic Communications in Frankfurt.

Previously, Rainer was Global Head of Communications at Infineon Technologies, a DAX 30 company, responsible for corporate brand, internal and external communications, and government relations. As a Member of the Management Board of LHS Group, a NASDAQ- and Neuer Markt-listed U.S. software company, he led investor relations and managed communications during its acquisition by Sema Group.

Rainer serves on the Advisory Board of the TUM Institute for LifeLongLearning and is a lecturer at the TUM School of Management.Learning and is a lecturer at the TUM School of Management.

Rainer Westermann at a lectern speaking at a conference.

about me

Why?

Invaluable experience in special situations, strategic thinking, flawless execution under pressure, international reach and local support.

Rainer Westermann supports leaders personally to effectively overcome today’s challenges. He brings to bear for each client and mandate his full experience gathered over many years in international settings and for multinational clients in Germany, Canada and the USA. He is an experienced entrepreneur, corporate executive and advisor to senior management.

Having been there is invaluable when the going gets tough.

Let us talk: +49 172 671 0148