EMPOWER is a consulting approach that connects process optimisation with compliance. By placing compliance measures purposefully within your process landscape, your processes become safer and more efficient.
Developed by Christian Parsow (WP|StB) and Dr. Henny Lena Holzhauser (certified Compliance Manager)
Positioning
Why EMPOWER?
Internal stakeholders
Resilient processes for your growth
You know yourself that strong growth challenges your processes. With EMPOWER you make your processes scalable and safer.
External stakeholders
Convince investors and customers
With every growth step the requirements on your company increase. With EMPOWER you proactively address those requirements at every stage of development.
Years of advisory
Mid-market · Corporate · SME
CMS readiness
ISO 37301 · audit-proof
Locations
Düsseldorf & Berlin · bilingual
Compliance isn't in the fine print. It's in the process.
Advisory
External Compliance Officers
We also support you as external Compliance Officers. Independent. Transparent. Pragmatic.
Concretely: we take on the central compliance duties in your company — as an interim role, as continuous support, or under a defined engagement. You get two experienced sparring partners: a certified auditor & tax advisor (compliance methodology, audit depth, IDW 980 & ISO 37301 readiness) and a certified Compliance Manager CM-HSG (University of St. Gallen — strategy, processes, mid-market practice). Without the fixed costs of an in-house compliance department.
What we cover
- 01
Compliance Management System
Build, maintain and operate the CMS · IDW 980 & ISO 37301 readiness.
- 02
Risk analysis
Identification · assessment · consolidation across functions.
- 03
Whistleblowing system
HinSchG-compliant, anonymous, auditable — setup and operation.
- 04
Training & awareness
Tailored for leadership and operational teams.
- 05
Audit & monitoring
KPI reporting · annual effectiveness and status reviews.
- 06
Crisis management
Internal investigations · escalation · regulator communication.
How we work with you
- 01
Hourly retainer
Flexible on-demand · transparent billing
- 02
Monthly retainer
Fixed availability · quarterly review
- 03
Project mandate
Defined scope · fixed fee · deliverables
Project phases
DETERMINE STATUS QUO
Based on your answers to our questionnaire, we capture the key processes in workshops.
AI Governance
Compliance in AI
We support you not only in integrating AI into your compliance processes, but also in developing a tailored AI Governance program that ensures transparency, security and regulatory compliance.
EU AI Act Risk Assessment, AI-powered.
Specialised platform for EU-AI-Act-aligned risk analysis. An AI-powered two-stage workflow classifies your AI systems across the four risk levels — from Minimal to Prohibited — with audit trail, mandatory controls per level, and audit-ready reports. Built on 25+ years of advisory experience. Hosted in Germany.
- Four risk levelsProhibited · High-risk · Limited · Minimal — plus GPAI
- Two-stage workflowScreening · CO triage · Deep analysis · Final classification
- AI-poweredPer-article rationales with audit trail (Art. 5/6/52)
- Mandatory controlsControl catalogue per risk level · Owner · Deadline
- GDPR · Hetzner DEPII stripping before AI calls · Made in Germany
- Audit reportsPDF · XLSX · PPTX · DOCX — authority-ready
Preview · Tool view
The team behind EMPOWER
Christian Parsow (WP | StB) and Dr. Henny Lena Holzhauser (certified Compliance Manager, CM-HSG) have developed EMPOWER on the basis of their joint and individual consulting experience — an approach that puts processes first and enriches them with compliance elements. The result is an approach built on the long-standing project practice of two experienced management consultants.
DüsseldorfCertified Auditor & Tax Advisor
Christian Parsow | Düsseldorf
After roles as Director at Deloitte and KPMG and as Partner at Ebner Stolz, Christian Parsow (WP|StB) founded his own practice in Düsseldorf. For more than twenty years his focus has been advising companies on compliance matters.
Member of DICO - German Institute for Compliance
BerlinCertified Compliance Manager (CM-HSG)
Dr. Henny Lena Holzhauser | Berlin
Dr. Holzhauser has 15+ years of experience in strategy and processes in mid-sized companies, is a certified Compliance Manager (University of St. Gallen, ES-HSG) and — having developed and launched the ONDE Bag Belt — knows what it means to bring an idea from paper to market.
Member of DICO - German Institute for Compliance
Contact
Düsseldorf office
Christian Parsow (WP|StB)
Berliner Allee 51-53, 40212 Düsseldorf
Berlin office
Dr. Henny Lena Holzhauser
Dickhardtstrasse 2, 12159 Berlin
Email: lena.holzhauser@hlh-consulting.com
Mobile: +49 160 61 55 703