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Mag. Uwe W. Klenk
Founder

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He has more than 30 years global experience in Retail and Consumer Good roles. He worked in 10 different countries. He was more than 10 years working for EMD AG, the biggest Pan-European buying group alliance, based in Switzerland, more than 10 years with WALMART US/International, the biggest company in the world, based out of the US in 5 different countries and he was Managing Partner Retail & Consumer Goods Alvarez & Marsal US/Europa, based in London. He has experience as CEO, CRO, CPO and Supervisory Board roles in Retail and Consumer Goods.

Mag. Robert Jung
Partner

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He has 15 years of experience in the Retail and Restaurant / QSR Industry. He was working for Hofer (Aldi) based in Austria and Nordsee out of Germany leading European store portfolios. He was developing company owned as well as franchised business models with experience as COO, CMO and CEO. He shares a deep passion for brands, food and sustainability.

Tamas Czegledy, MBA
Partner

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Business strategigist with over 10 years experience and with strong tech focus. H is activly studying the potential business applications – how to implement disruptive technologies (#blockchain, #AI, #IoT, #BigData, #i4,0) in existing business processes and re-designing business model and aligning strategies. Involved in several digitalization projects. He is lecturer of vlockchain business stratgies at Edutus University, Budapest, is frequently guest lecturing in different universities and invited speaker of regional (CEE) tech and business conferences.

Stefan Forsbach
Partner

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He has over 15 years experience in the retail and property management industry. As a senior retail executive he was Managing Director Austria at KiK Textilien und Non Food GmbH (till 2019), a leading clothing retailer. Prior to this he was in charge of Takko Fashion’s international expansion as Head of Expansion, Austria, Switzerland, CEE and Italy where he was engaged in securing the further growth of Takko Fashion in 13 countries. He was Director Business Development, CEE / CIS at MK Illumination, a specialty lighting retailer. He was also Head of Expansion / Business Development OBI Bau- und Heimwerkermärkte Systemzentrale GmbH, a leading DIY retailer.

Daniel Krutzinna
Partner

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He has 15 years of experience in consulting, of which 12 years working on the ground in East European countries (Russia, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland). He was a consultant with Capgemini and Roland Berger, working out of the Berlin office, before becoming a partner at the First Belarusian Investment Bank “Uniter”. Later, he became a partner at Civitta, a leading management consulting firm in Central and Eastern Europe. He has also served on several supervisory boards, and acted as an advisor to the Prime Minister of Belarus.

Neil Turton, MBA
Partner

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He is an experienced senior executive in convenience retail and wholesale in the UK. His experience includes roles as CEO of Nisa (7 years), COO of Co-ops UK and MD of the wholesale buying group Sugro as well as time with M&S and in international shopper insights with HIM! He has led significant transformation of customer offer, technology, governance and culture. He has also chaired the Association of Convenience stores and is on the Board of the Federation of Wholesale Distributors. His experience also includes charity governance; between 2014 and 2020 he was Trustee of Mines Advisory Group (MAG), a leading humanitarian charity and co-laureate of the Nobel Peace Prize (1997). He presently chairs a charity provided water sanitation projects in developing countries.

Marc Houpermans, MBA, MSc
Partner

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He has gained years of in-depth experience in several executive positions in on- and offline retail and procurement. Now his main interests lie in developing international business opportunities and cost efficient operations in discount retailing and supply chain. He is the Co-founder and Executive Partner, Discount Retail Consulting in Germany, Nigeria and Indonesia. He has ongoing board member role at start-up e-commerce discounter DARY (powered by DSV) in the Netherlands. He was Managing Director and Board member at Aldi in the Netherlands.

Andreas Kornberger
Partner

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He has more than 20 years of experience in international Retail and Consumer Goods sector from various top management positions as CEO,CRO and CPO. In addition to the expertise in Austria, CEE and SEE, he also gained experience in the Ukraine, Russia, Belarus and Kazakhstan. He was the CEO of MTI Shoe & Apparel retailer in Ukraine and Kazakhstan. He was working as a Managing Director for Niedermeyer in Austria, Tamaris in Austria and CEE, Salamander in Hungary, He also advised companies with the implementation and realization of projects and assumed operational responsibility. He was interim CPO at Stiefelkönig in Austria.

Anton Pershin
KI-Value UK
Strategic Partner

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https://ki-value.com

With 20 years’ international experience across industries ranging from manufacturing to retail to technology, Anton is a great believer in constantly learning and updating a skills base. It is what led him to a Masters at Oxford University in global business and what drives him to help companies harness digital solutions to improve performance. He works in a collaborative way, partnering with clients to fully understand their business before tailoring a specific project to suit their needs and place them where they want to be to ensure a strong future. Prior to founding KI-VALUE, Anton held senior management and executive positions with Oracle, Aptos and TXT Group as Vice President and with McKinsey & Company as an external consultant. KI-VALUE is an innovation advisory designed as an alternative to the oversized, expensive and reactive system integrators. For business owners, who lack the high-end tools and resources of their competitors, we give access to innovations and knowledge that empower and help their businesses grow.

Dipl. Ing. Stephan Schmitz
ReLease
Strategic Partner

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https://www.release-service.de

He is a Senior executive with 20+ years experience and profound knowledge of real estate in commercial and construction sector, focused on expansion and lease portfolio consulting of retail brands. Driving expansion and roll-out of the shop network up to 125 locations within 2 years in the retail trade relevant city centre locations. Negotiations of new and existing lease-conditions, exit deals, execution of closure measures within restructuring projects, savings more than 12M EUR with more than 150 locations closed. He worked with clients in the sectors banking, food, telecommunications, DIY, computer-electronics and textile. He is expertise in commercial tenancy law, initial training as an architect.

Hermann Gottwald
LeachGottwald Germany
Strategic Partner

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https://leachgottwald.com

He has professional experience over 35 years in executive roles in Blue-Chip companies, such as Nestlé, Coca-Cola, PepsiCo and Colgate-Palmolive with profound experience in managing difficult business situations, returning companies back to profitable growth, both analytical and hands-on leadership and management attitude. He has deep functional expertise in Sales, Marketing and Supply Chain. He is also supporting companies in business building and efficiency driving projects, as well as in profiling excellent candidates for management positions.

Dr. Peter Orban
Orban Consulting
Strategic Partner

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https://www.orbanconsulting.de

Restructuring, Interim Management, Production Relocation After studies in mechanical engineering in Germany and USA he went to the automotive industry: He started his career in the quality management, switched to operations and ended up as member of the executive management board of a German automotive supplier. Ten years ago he started his own business in consultancy with the main focus on operational excellence and quality management. Today he is coordinating a team of 40 consultants executing projects mainly in the automotive, transportation, retail and wind turbine businesses. Orban Consulting has unique know-how in standardizing processes considering a high quality level facilitating satisfied customers and high efficiency.

David Strack
Fengda Finance
Strategic Partner

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https://www.fengda.finance

He is an internationally recognized retail expert with more than 30 years of experience. He is co-founder and managing partner (CEO) of Fengda Factoring, a non-banking licensed Chinese factorer to improve international working capital structures between Europe and China. He lived in Europe and the US where he worked for EDEKA and PLUS, Germany’s biggest food retailer and Europe’s third largest food discount format. He also worked for more than 10 years for ALDI, one of the biggest food discounter in the world and was Vice President International Sales at Media-Saturn-Holding.He has experience as COO/CPO and Supervisory Board roles in Retail and Consumer Goods in Europe and China. He holds a PhD and an MBA, both from the University of Cologne, Germany..

Guenther Strenn
Job Rocker
Strategic Partner

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https://www.jobrocker.com

He has more than 15 years experience in Headhunting, recruitment and HR consulting in more than 5 countries with Michael Page, USG and others. In 2016 he founded his own company with the goal in mind to disrupt the headhunting and recruitment market and lead the analog HR industry into the digital future. Today he is Founder and CEO of the digital Headhunting-Platform JobRocker. He is Founding member of RI and became CEO since 2011. RI combines experience and intelligence to provide real, sustainable, value-driving solutions to retail clients. Solves challenges on-shelf availability, promotional execution, total loss (waste and shrink), real estate optimisation, online grocery fulfilment and effective vendor collaboration.

Paul Boyle
Retail Insight UK
Strategic Partner

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https://www.ri-team.com

He holds a Master’s degree in Engineering from Strathclyde. Previously he worked in F&HC marketing at P&G. He is Founding member of RI and became CEO since 2011. RI combines experience and intelligence to provide real, sustainable, value-driving solutions to retail clients. Solves challenges on-shelf availability, promotional execution, total loss (waste and shrink), real estate optimisation, online grocery fulfilment and effective vendor collaboration.