Enabling informed decisions when it matters
I’m Tim Wolters, a consultant working between Europe and the United States. I know the European rules U.S. companies have to plan for, and I track the U.S. policy that affects European ones. After about four years of consulting in Berlin, I’m moving to New York.
About four years of consulting in Berlin, most recently as Senior Associate at Kekst CNC. My focus is public affairs, strategic communications and policy analysis, for clients in energy, financial services, insurance, aviation and technology.
I’m a U.S. permanent resident and need no visa sponsorship. I’m moving to New York as soon as an offer is confirmed.
Full experience
What I do
Practices
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Public affairs and government relations
Stakeholder mapping, meetings with lawmakers and senior officials, briefing memos. For one client I ran the whole program.
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Strategic and crisis communications
Press releases, position papers, messaging and a crisis communications playbook.
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Policy research and analysis
Monitoring at EU, federal and state level, turned into alerts, monthly reports and issue briefs.
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AI-enabled intelligence
AI agents that automate policy monitoring, and an AI readiness assessment for clients.
Sectors
- Energy
- Financial services
- Insurance
- Aviation and transport
- Technology
What the work looked like
Clients stay unnamed, as consultancy work requires.
- 2026Kekst CNC
Strategy for two blue-chip companies
Helped shape public affairs strategies for two of Germany’s largest publicly traded companies, one of them during a corporate reorganization.
- 2026Kekst CNC
AI agents for policy monitoring
Introduced agents that turn policy developments into executive-ready monitoring and monthly client reports, and created an AI readiness assessment for clients.
- 2024–25Hans Bellstedt Public Affairs
Government relations, end to end
Ran one client’s program from identifying key lawmakers and officials to securing meetings, writing briefing memos and documenting outcomes.
- 2024–25Hans Bellstedt Public Affairs
Regulatory intelligence for a listed financial group
Monitored policy and regulation for a banking and financial services group, tracked legislation from the draft stage and summarized what it meant for the client.
Germany and the United States in numbers
Trade and investment between the two countries, from the official annual statistics.
German exports to the United States fell in 2025 after a record year
Goods exports from Germany to the United States, € billion
Imports from the United States came to €94.3 billion in 2025. That left a German surplus of €51.9 billion, after €69.6 billion in 2024.
Data table
Source: Federal Statistical Office of Germany (Destatis), annual foreign trade releases. 2025 release, February 2026.
Germany is the third-largest foreign investor in the United States
Foreign direct investment position by country of ultimate owner, end of 2025, $ billion
All foreign investors together held $5.86 trillion at the end of 2025. German owners accounted for 12 percent of it.
Data table
Source: U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis, Direct Investment by Country and Industry, 2025, country table as published by SelectUSA.
U.S. law and the 2026 midterms, tracked in one place
My AI agent tracks 28 federal and state laws and the statements behind the issues of eight companies. An interactive map shows what the midterms changed in every state.
- BriefingNovember 11, 2026
German exports to the United States after the record year
What the annual trade and investment figures for 2025 show, and what they leave open.
- DataAnnual figures
Germany and the United States in numbers
German exports to the United States since 2017 and foreign direct investment by country, with tables and sources.
- TrackerUpdated November 10, 2026
The new committee chairs, sector by sector
Who is expected to lead the nine committees behind six sectors in the 120th Congress. Open and contested posts are marked.
- Interactive mapUpdated November 10, 2026
The 2026 midterms, state by state
Senate, House, governors and state legislatures, with every seat that changed party.
- DatabaseUpdated November 10, 2026
28 federal and state laws, read for business
Status, summary and who is affected, by sector. Each entry links to the official text or the source.
From Passau via Bristol and Berlin to New York
- Apr – Oct 2026
Senior Associate
Kekst CNC, Berlin
Public affairs strategy for two of Germany’s largest listed companies, new-business pitches, AI agents for policy monitoring and a crisis communications playbook.
- Jun 2024 – Sep 2025
Account Manager
Hans Bellstedt Public Affairs, Berlin
Led several client accounts and ran one government relations program end to end, with meetings up to the Chancellor’s office. Clients in energy, aviation and financial services.
- Jun 2023 – May 2024
Junior Associate
Hans Bellstedt Public Affairs, Berlin
Policy monitoring at EU, federal and state level, regional analyses for energy infrastructure and stakeholder maps.
- May 2022 – Mar 2023
Associate, previously Student Associate
Johanssen + Kretschmer Strategic Communication, Berlin
Campaign work for clients in transportation, energy and technology, plus press releases and position papers during the 2022 energy crisis.
Education
- M.Sc. International Relations, with MeritUniversity of Bristol, United Kingdom, 2022
- B.A. Governance and Public PolicyUniversity of Passau, Germany, 2021
Languages
- GermanNative
- EnglishFluent
- FrenchBasic
“In political outreach, he succeeded in organizing numerous valuable meetings with relevant stakeholders in parliament and the ministries, and in preparing and accompanying them.”