Lukas Fastabend
Senior Consultant Strategy & Transformation
Experience
- Professional reorientation and exit from management consulting
- Setting up a self-employed business after terminating an employment contract
- Professional reorientation after termination by the employer
- Career orientation after completing a Master’s degree
- First-time leadership role in a previously unknown functional area with disciplinary responsibility for 18 employees on two continents
- Development towards more strategic management tasks, including empowerment of the team
- Handover of management responsibility and splitting of own area of responsibility in preparation for own partial retirement
- Decision-making between two possible job offers (Senior Management roles)
- Dealing with one’s own emotions to make it easier to cope with unpleasant tasks
- Workshop and individual coaching for founders and self-employed business owners on self-management and time management
- Improving the self-management and time management of a self-employed entrepreneur
Automotive supplier/mechanical engineering company
- Detailing of the target operating model (including organizational and process structure) for closer cooperation between two parts of an automotive supplier/mechanical engineering company
Automotive supplier/mechanical engineering company
- Preparation of employee communication and setup of a change agent network for an automotive supplier/mechanical engineering company
Big4 accounting firm
- Establishment of a new department for agile organizational development for a Big4 accounting firm to increase organizational resilience and adapt to the growing complexity of the market
Energy producer
- Strategic realignment of an energy producer and development of the new organizational structure, including improving cost efficiency in the core business
European group of companies in the textile industry
- Development of the organizational structure and governance model following the reduction from four to three Management Board divisions for a European group of companies in the textile industry
Franco-German bank
- Change management consulting, training and coaching for improving cross-functional collaboration for a Franco-German bank
Global automotive supplier
- Development of the change management concept for the transformation of the procurement department (~3,000 employees) of a global automotive supplier
Investment management company
- Improving agile collaboration between the business and IT departments (e.g., business analysis, requirements engineering) for an investment management company
Large German Landesbank
- Supporting cross-functional collaboration in a regulatory project for a large German Landesbank
Pharmaceutical & chemicals industry
- Program Management Office (PMO) for a global IT outsourcing & transformation program in the pharmaceutical & chemicals industry
Pharmaceutical & chemicals industry
- Global change management workshops with leaders for initiating the change journey as part of a reorganization project following a carve-out in the pharmaceutical & chemicals industry
Team of IT consultants
- Design thinking process to validate and develop an innovative product idea with a team of IT consultants
Team of data protection experts and lawyers
- Regular retrospectives and individual conflict moderation between a manager and employees of a team of data protection experts and lawyers
Team of tax consultants and lawyers
- Development of a shared vision and mission as well as introduction, training, and coaching in the application of Objectives and Key Results (OKRs) with a team of tax consultants and lawyers
Summary
I believe that lasting success happens when strategy, structure, and people align. That’s why I support organizations and founders in creating strategic clarity, designing future-ready structures, and integrating the human side of change with intention.
With more than 8 years of experience in strategy and transformation consulting, I work with organizations across Financial and Professional Services, Automotive, and Life Science on strategic realignments, reorganizations, and complex transformation initiatives.
My focus areas include:
- Strategy & Leadership Alignment
- Operating Model & Organizational Design
- Transformation & Change Management
- Leadership Coaching & Team Development
My approach combines business expertise, strategic thinking, and empathy. I draw on modern organizational principles and insights from systemic organizational development and neuroscience — ensuring that change is not only designed well, but truly lived.
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