Philippe Holtzweiler
Founder

En1997, lorsque j’ai fondé HOPE in picturesque Freiburg, Germany, I had just spent (après une école de commerce très grande par le nom mais plutôt terne par la substance) 15 years managing branded products and services in different European markets. This experience had convinced me of two things:
  • Effective international communications demand a high level of cross-cultural expertise.
  • For most companies, using the services of truly global agencies is beyond reach, and in many cases way too slow and complicated.
This has held true to this day, after a journey which brought me to relocate to the British Isles and the American mainland.

What I did not expect, though, is that the agency’s concept would appeal to unexpectedly large clients, and that, besides a lot of international work, we would be quite active on various single national markets. All the better.

Olga Krasnova
Associate

When Philippe and me got married, in 2016, I had a choice of continuing to work in the natural supplement industry in Southern California, where I had held various executive positions in logistics, sales and international development for the best part of 20 years, or of joining HOPE.

I opted for Philippe’s business, as I could both extend the range of language and cross-cultural capabilities (I’m a Russian-born American), and leverage my knowledge of a booming industry where HOPE was not yet present. Together, we are keen to further expand the agency’s – and its clients’ – horizons. In addition, joining the agency has given new perspectives to my passion for photography…