Turning complexity into clarity, decisions and execution. I work across the business - connecting operating reality, economics, people and decisions when performance is under pressure, something needs to change, or the next stage needs to be built.

Where I step in:

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Performance under pressure

When margin, cash, capacity, service or execution need to move.

Performance improvement
Cash & working capital
Cost & productivity
Operational constraints
Restructuring & recovery

02

Business at an inflection point

When the existing model, footprint or organisation has to change.

Transformation
M&A, PMI & carve outs
Operating model redesign
Footprint & CAPEX
Leadership & execution

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Building what comes next

When businesses need to grow, adapt or build a new capability.

Growth & scale
New markets
Technology & AI
Energy & Infrastructure e
Supply networks & resilience

Global Industrial Leadership. Tested at scale.

— 15+years across complex highly regulated industrial businesses from established to emerging and high growth markets.

120 Sites+

across manufacturing, supply, energy & advanced tech

CHF1 Bn+

enterprise, capital and portfolio responsibility.

CHF200m+

cumulative P&L impact

100-300+

Cross-functional and matrix teams

Europe . Africa . Asia . Americas.

Established, high growth and emerging markets.

How I operate

Read the business

Connect what the numbers say and what is happening operationally, commercially and organizationally.

Find what matters

Navigating complexity to focus on priority constraints, decisions and opportunities that can change outcome.

Make decisions executable

Translate complexity into clear trade offs, choices, ownership, sequences and consequences.

Build to scale

create the operating engine that allows execution to move through the organisation.

Thoughts from the field

Ideas from the operating edge of business on performance, industrial systems, decisions, leadership, technology and the changing human organisation. Reading the business. Rethinking what comes next.

Executive Memos

Long form thinking

On the decisions, systems and operating realities that shape performance - particularly where the answer rarely sits in one function. Latest on Industrial Fluency, the Decision Layer and the human business

→ Read Latest.
Industrial Briefs

Industrial observations

Sharing signals from factories, supply networks, markets, technology and places where business is changing. Experiences from Shop floor to boardroom and what comes next.

→ Explore Briefs

Executive work across the whole business

  • Operational & industrial performance
  • Supply chain & procurement
  • Cash, working capital & Productivity
  • Transformation & operating models
  • M&A, PMI, Carve outs
  • Footpint, CAPEX & infrastructure
  • Technology, data & AI
  • Executive & board decision making

I have led across operations, supply chains, transformation, capital, footprint, M&A and enterprise execution – particularly where decisions across functions are key and the consequences are difficult to reverse.

I work where the answer is rarely contained in one function. Operating cross functional thinking across 5 diverse lenses.

With CEOs, boards and executive teams navigating performance pressure, transformation, growth and consequential decisions – where clarity, sequencing and execution matter.

When something important needs to move.

Performance may be under pressure. The business may be at an inflection point. A consequential decision may need to be made or the next stage simply needs to be built.

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Permanent executive leadership. Interim mandates. Selected strategic situations.

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