My Red Couch Talk with Sascha Meissner
Sascha Meissner is a Senior Director Client Solutions with a strong focus on global mobility, strategic advisory, and long‑term client partnerships. Based in Germany, he works closely with multinational organizations to help them navigate the complexity of international assignments while aligning mobility programs with broader business and talent strategies.
With a career shaped by curiosity, relationship‑building, and a pragmatic approach to problem-solving, Sascha has developed deep expertise in mobility policy design, benchmarking, and program transformation. He is particularly passionate about translating complex mobility challenges into clear, actionable solutions that deliver both employee value and organizational impact.
Connect with Sascha Meissner via LinkedIn
https://www.linkedin.com/in/sascha-meissner-861aab84
DGFP Event in Berlin 29 June 2026
https://www.dgfp.de/veranstaltungen/dgfp-global-mobility-conference-2026
🛋️ My Red Couch Talk with Sascha Meissner
Sascha Meissner is a Senior Director at Graebel, where he helps organizations rethink their global mobility operational models. His journey into the industry began in an unconventional way: as an expat spouse in Shanghai. After facing the hurdles of visa issues and career reinvention firsthand, Sascha transformed those challenges into a career dedicated to humanizing the relocation process.
In our talk, we dig into the technical side of Managed Service Providers (MSP) versus traditional RMCs, the reality of “Reverse Culture Shock,” and why your best ideas might actually come from spending time in a rose garden.
✨ The Shanghai Pivot: How Sascha turned a challenging relocation into an MBA and a career in intercultural training.
✨ MSP vs. RMC: A masterclass on the evolution of outsourcing—why German companies are moving toward governance-only internal teams.
✨ Duty of Care: Why supporting the “trailing spouse” is the single most effective way to ensure assignment success.
✨ Gardening for Resilience: How maintaining 300 roses and a flock of chickens provides the mental clarity needed to manage global supply chains.
✨ Reverse Culture Shock: Why coming “home” is often harder than leaving, and how to spot the cultural nuances you never noticed before.
