Member of the Board of Advisors

Advising a highly profitable and fast-growing bootstrapped HR tech startup since inception in regular sessions on strategic, operational, and leadership topics.

• Focus on business model, product-market fit, UX / UI, fundraising, hiring strategy, and team setup.

Co-founded, designed, and launched a same-day delivery venture for groceries.

• Established operations in 3 cities across 2 continents and scaled the business to 100+ employees, achieving strong double-digit revenue growth from week to week.
• Led partnerships, finance, strategy, HR, and PR.
• Initiated major partnerships with retailers and FMCG companies, secured a series A funding, established robust finance and HR processes & tools, and oversaw the strongest PR launch of a Rocket Internet venture.

Full responsibility for project deliverables and leadership for McKinsey & client team members.

• Advised clients internationally across consumer goods, retail, media, travel, logistics, manufacturing, and PE industries on strategic and operational topics. Selected projects include:
• Designed and executed a program to improve commercial excellence levers (product portfolio optimization, sales force efficiency, and pricing) and growth initiatives for a family-owned global manufacturer of natural food ingredients.
• Created a global commercialization strategy for a manufacturer of power supply units.
• Developed and implemented a value creation program for the debt collection unit of a European retail company and orchestrated the preparation of that unit’s sale.
• Evaluated the viability of a mobile services business for a global media company and identified key success factors in collaboration with the client’s Head of Strategy.
• Conducted a strategic and commercial due diligence of a boatbuilder for a PE client.
• Appointed to the extended leadership team of McKinsey’s initiative for midsize growth companies.
• Selected as a core interviewer for full-time hires; conducted 45+ candidate interviews.
• Hired as Associate, promoted to Engagement Manager ahead of schedule.

Handled financial aspects in the acquisition of a literature publishing house with €4M in annual sales.

• Conducted financial analyses, negotiated contract points, and composed the investment proposal.
• Headed the integration of an acquired publishing house into Bertelsmann’s publishing group and assumed responsibility for its financial planning and controlling.
• Established a partnership with a leading Turkish publishing house and developed sales activities for the Harry Potter series in Turkish within Germany.