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Alexander Ditzel
Co-Founder
Experience
Jan 2020 - Present
6 years 1 monthGermany
Co-Founder
TripLegend - Travel The World
- Venture-funded online travel startup for sustainable group trips
- Building digital, emotional D2C travel brand for millennials
- Digital conversational commerce approach in sales (30+ countries)
- Responsible for product, operations, sales, online shop and website
Apr 2019 - Present
6 years 10 monthsGermany
Founder
Ladon Ventures
- Freelance consulting projects and interim management
- Due diligence for private equity firms
- Angel investments in startups
Nov 2016 - Mar 2019
2 years 5 monthsGermany
Senior Manager, Corporate Development
OBI Group Holding
- Developed group strategy
- Country strategy development for Eastern Europe and Russia
- Potential M&A targets, market trends and competitor benchmarks
- Expansion and opening of the first store in Kazakhstan
- Developed a career framework model
- Sales promotion program in all 27 Russian megastores
Feb 2015 - Oct 2016
1 year 9 monthsSenior Consultant
OC&C Strategy Consultants (now: EY-Parthenon)
- Product strategy for fashion companies
- Restructuring a fashion retailer
- Conducted more than 10 due diligence projects (vendor and buy side)
Jun 2014 - Sep 2014
4 monthsViet Nam
Consultant
OC&C Strategy Consultants (now: EY-Parthenon)
- Commercial excellence strategy for a French spirits company
Aug 2011 - Aug 2013
2 years 1 monthGermany
Associate
OC&C Strategy Consultants (now: EY Parthenon)
- Multichannel strategy for a premium fashion retailer
- Collection planning framework for an Italian fashion retail chain
- Global strategy for a forklift manufacturer
Jun 2008 - Aug 2010
2 years 3 monthsIntern
Various
- Audit at Deloitte & Touche (GER)
- Management Consulting at Kienbaum Management Consultants (GER)
- Aftersales at Mercedes-Benz (Indonesia)
- Strategy Consulting at SMP Strategy Consulting (GER)
- Online Marketing at Wimdu.com (GER)
Summary
- Comprehensive experience in startups, strategy consulting, business development & due diligence
- Industry knowledge: travel/tourism, retail, consumer goods, private equity
- Functional expertise: brand building, digital business models, operations, product & sales
Skills
- Ms Office
- Gsuites
- Wordpress
- Elementor Website Builder
- Shopify
- Figma
- Airtable
- Slite
Languages
German
NativeEnglish
AdvancedLatin
AdvancedRussian
AdvancedSpanish
Elementary ...and 3 more
Education
Jan 2014 - Jun 2014
St. Petersburg University – Graduate School of Management
Semester abroad, Master of Science in International Management (CEMS) · International Management · Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation
Sep 2013 - Jan 2015
Erasmus University – Rotterdam School of Management
Master of Science in International Management & Russian (Double Degree) · International Management & Russian · Rotterdam, Netherlands
Feb 2010 - Jun 2010
Peking University – Guanghua School of Management
Semester abroad, Bachelor of Science in General Management · General Management · Beijing, China
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