- Results-driven leader with 18 years of experience
- CEO of a publicly listed company for 8 years§ Management consultant at top-tier management consultancy for 10 years
- Strong analytical problem-solving capabilities and a keen business intuition
- Focused on driving pragmatic solutions that deliver tangible value
- Exceptional communication skills and high emotional intelligence
- Passionate about fostering high-performing teams
- ASMALLWORLDChief Executive OfficerTRAVEL & TOURISMNovember 2016 - Today (8 years and 4 months)Zürich, Schweiz
- Strategic transformation: transformed a loss-making social network with CHF 5.0M in sales and a loss of CHF 1.7M (2017) into a profitable luxury travel group with CHF 21.2Min sales and CHF 2.1M in profit (2023)
- Business model redesign: re-shaped business from a single revenue stream into a group of luxury travel businesses with multiple products and revenue streams
- Online travel agency: built a fully-fledged online travel agency from scratch to monetise customers through hotel bookings
- M&A acquisitions: concluded three strategic business acquisitions and successfully integrated them into the businesses
- Company listing: took company public on the SIX Swiss Stock Exchange in 2018
- Fundraising: carried out three capital increases to secure funds for the company’s growth
- Strong team with minimal turnover: changed more than 60% of the staff during the first3 years of my tenure to build a highly functional team; once the right team was in place, not a single employee left the company between 2020 and 2024
- Global Hotel AllianceBoard MemberHOSPITALITYMay 2022 - Today (2 years and 10 months)Dubai - United Arab Emirates
- Hotel loyalty expert: became an expert in hotel loyalty programmes at GHA, the world’s leading independent hotel loyalty programme with 30 million customers, and 40 hotel groups, including Kempinski, NH, Anantara, Corinthia, PanPacific and Capella
- Strategy definition: Shaped the strategy of GHA with the implementation of a new loyalty strategy in 2022 and beyond
- CEO-level network: Built strong relationships with the CEOs of other GHA board members/shareholders: Kempinski, Corinthia, PanPacific, Minor Group (Anantara and NHhotels) and Oracle (IT).
- Bain & CompanyAssociate PartnerCONSULTING & AUDITSMay 2006 - October 2016 (10 years and 5 months)Zürich, Schweiz
- Organizational transformation for $10bn medtech company§ Strategy definition for an emerging market Private Equity fund
- Strategy assessment and re-definition for a national media company
- Sales improvement program for global med-tech company
- Performance improvement for top 5 gold-mining company
- Customer base protection for top 3 elevator manufacturer
- Commercial pre-diligence for top 3 beer producer
- Strategic re-design of a retail format for a national retail company
- many more...
- M.A., Strategy and International Management (SIM)University of St.Gallen2005M.A., Strategy and International Management (SIM)
- MBA, Business AdministrationNanyang Business School2006MBA, Business Administration
- Bachelor of ArtsUniversity of St.Gallen2004B.A., Business Administration