From founding through scaling to a successful exit to STRABAG/Züblin. I bring this entrepreneurial experience directly into your strategic decisions today – through sparring at eye level, not traditional consulting.
About Frank Hummel
Entrepreneurship. Sparring. Advisory Board.
For effective decisions in energy, digitalization and transformation. As a certified advisory board member (Beirat-BW e.V.), I bring over 30 years of entrepreneurship to advisory and supervisory boards - providing independent sparring for strategy, transformation and entrepreneurially sound decisions.
30+ years of entrepreneurship - building, scaling, sale in 2020, exit end of 2023
Experience in the transition from SME to corporation - 3 years as CEO & Division Head
1,000+ projects realized – consulting, planning, project management & service
Vendor-neutral, P&L-focused - Author of 'Highway to Climate Hell'
“As an advisory board member, I deliberately operate outside the rigid framework of traditional BAFA energy consulting. My focus is on the most economical overall solution for your company (Efficiency First), not on maximizing subsidies.”
NOT A TRADITIONAL ENERGY CONSULTANT
Services
Sparring for the Decisions That Matter
I support leadership teams and decision-makers with questions about transformation, future-readiness and entrepreneurial development - not from theory, but from my own experience.
Strategic Realignment
When markets change, clear decisions are needed - not slide decks. I support you in realigning your company: business model, organization, investments.
Implementing Transformation
Energy, digitalization, infrastructure - the levers for future-readiness. I translate strategy into concrete implementation steps with measurable results.
Securing Investments
Every major investment in building services or energy infrastructure deserves a second look. I bring the entrepreneurial perspective: We calculate using the net present value method and evaluate the Total Cost of Ownership (TCO) over 20 years – independent of short-term subsidy promises from traditional energy consultants.
From Practice
Workshops, Talks & Consulting
Insights into my work with leadership teams, at conferences and in advisory boards.
Workshop
Climate scenarios for sustainable construction futures
Talk
Impulses for decision-makers at the Innovation HUB
Certification
Beirat BW - Qualified Advisory Board Member
My Approach
From Quick-Check to Scaling Roadmap
01
Quick-Check
2 Weeks
Reliable options & payback analysis
02
Pilot
≤ 12 Weeks
Hard KPIs: €/MWh, peaks, self-consumption
03
Scaling
Individual
Board- and bank-ready roadmap
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Services
Topics I Support You With
Future-Readiness
Assessing business model, market position and organization for future-readiness
Energy & Infrastructure
Electrification, self-generated power and mobility as strategic levers
Growth & Scaling
Creating structures that support growth - without losing control
Advisory Board & Governance
Independent perspective at shareholder and management level
Exit Preparation
Increasing company value and recognizing the right timing
SME → Corporation
Managing the transition from owner-managed to corporate enterprise - from my own experience as CEO in a corporation
Keynote & Impulses
Making complex topics tangible - for leadership teams and boards
Author & Speaker
Highway to Climate Hell
Your practical guide to the energy transition - at your doorstep. As an author, I share insights in a compact and understandable way; as a keynote speaker, I translate complex topics into images that move teams to action.
As a certified advisory board member at Beirat BW, I support shareholders, management and leadership teams with independent sparring at eye level. I combine strategic perspective with my own entrepreneurial responsibility experience and a clear focus on results, impact and value creation.
Particular strength at the intersection of strategy, energy, infrastructure and orchestrated project management. Own responsibility in growth phases, strategic realignment, company sale and corporate integration.