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Founder-led executive mandates.

INTERIM CEO/CRO, MANDATES FOR STRATEGIC RESET, TURNAROUND AND VENTURE BUILDING.

Multi-Founder  —  Private Equity Partner  —  McKinsey & Company  —  Oliver Wyman (Partner)

Ph.D. Physics (summa cum laude)  —  Seven Summits Mountaineer

How I create value.

Transformation.

  • Strategic reset.
  • Turnaround.
  • Venture building.

Executive mandates.

  • Diagnostic sprints and strategic reset mandates.
  • Interim CEO/CRO for mid-cap companies in transition.
  • CEO/CRO for venture builds, corporate ventures and start-ups.
  • Selected board roles with direct support on strategy and execution.

Process.

  1. Align on the North Star and the value-creation logic.
  2. Use AI-supported, data-driven and first-principles-based analysis to focus the few critical moves.
  3. Execute with pace, discipline and people leadership.

Proof

Selected impact.

Representative outcomes across venture building, optimisation, and strategic realignment. Figures reflect realised outcomes, identified potential, or directional scenarios as marked.

Venture Building

VENTURE BUILD

3ventures
Built from zero to operating company.
2exits
Successfully completed.
€65m
Largest exit.

CORPORATE INSURTECH · Executive conclusion

3months
Lean start-up redesign.
Notadopted
Recommendation after three months.
CHF 300m
Later spent on the original path.

Effectiveness & Efficiency

EFFECTIVENESS & EFFICIENCY · Identified potential

€27mp.a.
Sales effectiveness.
€25mp.a.
Pricing.
€27mp.a.
Restructuring.

PLANT NETWORK OPTIMISATION · Identified potential

15%
Cost-reduction potential.
7plants
Across 3 countries in 6 weeks.
1team
Cross-border operating team.

Strategic Realignment

AI-SUPPORTED STRATEGIC RESET · Directional scenario

Path to Levers
7x EBIT
10x EV
€1.3bn Rev.
  • AI-supported strategy design.
  • 3 clusters / 8 business units / 4 ventures
  • People and agile entrepreneurial culture

TURNAROUND

~1/3
Workforce reduction in 2 months.
5months
To cash-flow break-even.
3unions
One major strike managed.

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