Simon-Kucher Names Sixteen New Partners
November 21 2016
German-based product, pricing and marketing strategy specialist Simon-Kucher & Partners has named sixteen new partners, who will take up their new roles on January 1st.
Founded in 1985, the firm offers customer segmentation, market forecasting, loyalty programmes, pricing and sales force training. The new partners are:
- Philip Daus in Atlanta, who has more than twelve years of consulting experience in pricing and sales strategy related topics, focusing on B2B industries.
- Charles Gammal, in Boston, where he will support healthcare companies across sub-sectors, including medical devices, diagnostics and healthcare IT.
- Matthias Liefner in Copenhagen, leading the life sciences practice in the Nordics, and advising pharmaceutical and biotech companies.
- Fabian Schulz in Frankfurt, primarily conducting projects for software providers, payment processors, online platforms and IT service companies.
- Lisa Jaeger in Frankfurt, with more than ten years' industry experience in advising media clients on a global scale - from Latin America to Southeast Asia.
- Mert Terzioglu in Istanbul, heading Simon-Kucher's business in Turkey, with more than ten years of international consulting experience in the B2B and B2C sector.
- Peter Colman (London), who joined in 2008 from marketing and technology consultancy LBi, and now leads the technology and industrials practice for the UK/Ireland.
- Gabor Kiss (Munich), who has more than ten years of experience in the life sciences industry and focuses on early market access planning and price negotiations.
- Christian Rebholz (Munich), driving consumer healthcare and medtech activities from short-term pricing topics to long-lasting transformation programs.
- Kajetan Zwirglmaier (Munich), with expertise across the telco, energy and utility sectors, focusing on increasing pricing capabilities and offer/price models.
- Othmar Schwarz (Vienna), focusing on the B2B industrial and technology sector, specializing in topline optimization programs, growth and sales strategies.
- Deepak Sharma in San Francisco, with seventeen years of consulting and industry experience, specializing in strategic pricing and marketing for technology companies.
- Jan Weiser (Singapore), leading the life sciences practice in Southeast Asia, China and Australia/New Zealand, and advising insurance and private equity firms on strategy, pricing and sales topics.
- Men-Andri Benz in Zurich, with expertise in pricing, sales and innovation excellence topics for the financial industry in German speaking countries.
- Ursina Mueller in Zurich, heading the Swiss technology practice and advising clients in the B2B sector on how to achieve profitable revenue growth.
- Silvio Struebi, also in Zurich, heading banking operations in APAC, with a special focus on international private banking and B2B banking in Hong Kong and China.
Through these appointments, the company now has 97 partners, and employs a total of 930 professionals based in 33 offices worldwide: CEO Georg Tacke (pictured) comments: 'Companies have never before been under so much pressure to rethink their business models. With our strengthened team of partners, we will even better guide our clients towards profitable growth in their markets'.
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www.simon-kucher.com .
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