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Bernd Veith

Managing Director/CEO

Bernd Veith
Haan, Germany

Experience

Oct 2024 - Present
1 year 4 months

Consultant & Interim Executive (CEO / COO / CRO / Transformation Lead)

  • Interim and advisory mandates for B2B platform and digital service businesses with a focus on stabilisation, operating model design and scaling.
  • Support to shareholders and management teams in transformations, carve-outs and integration preparation; set up KPI systems and governance routines.
Jun 2013 - Dec 2023
10 years 7 months
Bochum, Germany

Managing Director / CEO

Trafineo (BP participation)

  • Appointed after BP acquisition; owned rapid turnaround and build-up from a near non-operational setup to a scalable platform business.
  • Designed strategy, business cases and a minimax cost model; established governance, KPIs and reporting aligned with shareholder steering.
  • Led integration of BP portal/transaction activities into Trafineo, followed by progressive integration of additional BP activities under investor-style oversight.
  • Established product management and roadmaps; introduced Agile/Scrum delivery and scalable project/product governance.
  • Implemented ERP (Microsoft Navision) and a highly scalable, automated billing platform (Oracle) to support growth and control.
  • Built an integrated proprietary system landscape and in-house software delivery; created a nearshore IT subsidiary (Turkey) to scale capacity and reduce costs.
  • Built a pan-European operator network (approx. 150 contracts) and expanded services into new SME segments.
  • Grew annual platform throughput to 20m+ transactions and EUR 500m+ volume; scaled organisation from 7 to 90+ employees across multiple countries.
Sep 2010 - May 2013
2 years 9 months
Cologne, Germany

Region Manager DACH, Greece, Turkey

Atradius Collections

  • P&L responsibility; restructured regional business to profitability and built partner networks, including market entry in Turkey.

Head of Partner Business / New Markets

DKV Euro Service

International Sales & Business Development

Siemens / Fujitsu Siemens

Channel & Sales Leadership

Telecom & Media (o2, Premiere)

Summary

Transformation and PMI leader with 10+ years of CEO-level responsibility and a strong track record in building and operating platform businesses. Experienced in designing and executing post-merger transformations across strategic direction, product portfolio, target operating model and scalable processes. Built SaaS-like portal, transaction and billing platforms and scaled organisations from early-stage setups to 90+ employees, operating pan-European networks with shareholder-level governance.

Skills

  • Post-merger Integration (Pmi), Transformation Governance, Value Creation Business Cases
  • Product Portfolio Consolidation, Customer And Product Migrations, Commercial Excellence Enablement
  • Target Operating Model (Tom), Decision Frameworks, Role Models, Incentive-aligned Interfaces
  • Saas Platform Build & Run: Portals, Transaction Processing, Billing And Settlement, Service Operations
  • Scalable Execution: Kpis/okrs, Reporting, Operating Cadence, Continuous Improvement; Stakeholder Management At C-level, Board And Investor/shareholder Level

Languages

German
Native
English
Advanced

Education

Oct 1988 - Jun 1991

Private Business Academy Munich

Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Munich, Germany

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