Role: Group CEO, VICAP A/S & CEO, Exhausto A/S Tenure: 2011 – 2013 Industry: Ventilation & Indoor Climate Manufacturing (Denmark / Germany / Poland) THE MANDATE Originally recruited by VKR Holding to lead an aggressive ‘Build and Buy’ international growth strategy — targeting a scale-up of the Ventilation & Indoor Climate division (VICAP) from DKK … Read more
Role: CEO & Majority Owner Tenure: 2021 – 2025 Industry: Electrical Panel Manufacturing / Industrial (Denmark / Poland) THE MANDATE Elogic was a volume-driven manufacturer of control and distribution panels struggling with unprofitability, a lack of standardization, and poor cash flow discipline upon acquisition in 2021. The mandate was to lead a comprehensive turnaround and … Read more
Role: General Manager, White Cement Business Unit Tenure: 2008 – 2011 Industry: Global Cement Production / Building Materials (France / International) THE MANDATE Joined Lafarge — at the time the world’s largest cement producer and top 3 in gypsum and concrete (76,000 employees) — to lead the White Cement global business unit. The mandate was … Read more
Before we go into the details of the brand turnaround project, I would like to give a short statement about being a women leader: YES, I AM A WOMEN BUT I have always behaved without thinking I am a women. Work place is competitive for all (men and women) and what will make difference is … Read more
A business turnaround success history Revitalised the company , successful Due Diligence, acquired a start-up and established a Joint Venture with a fortune 500 all within 12 months followed from fast growth , global expansion and acquired within 3 years.Company: Medium Size , 5 years in B to B business , offices in 7 countries … Read more
Introduction to international business relationships This success story describes one experience and two levels of feedback on international business relationships. The experience is my assignment as Executive Vice President for Orascom started 7 years ago. One level is describing a senior management position within an emerging market leader organization. The other is how, on a … Read more
CONTEXT Turnaround: A SMB company acting in ophtalmic lenses had to face a critical situation: An equity fund having invested in this company asked to the owner-president to hire temporary an Executive Interim Manager as CEO to save quickly the situation. It was urgent to negotiate on one hand a timing payment deferral with suppliers, … Read more
Part 1: Interim Management: Life at the Sharp End of the BusinessPart 2: Interim Management: The First Week Interim Management, is there a Recipe? Ideally, what you would like to have is sort of a recipe, telling you what your ingredients are, how to stir them and finally at what temperature the oven should be … Read more