Seasoned Navigators
For situations of rapid change
Founded
Located
Area of operation
Focus of service
Areas of service
Area of Operation
2012
Zurich, Switzerland
Europe & Middle East
growth, turnaround, transformation
Strategy, Corporate Finance, Transformation, Innovation & Technology
Europe, North America & Middle East
Founded: 2012
Located: Zurich, Switzerland
Area of operation: Europe & Middle East
Focus of service: growth, turnaround, transformation
Areas of service: Strategy, Corporate Finance, Transformation, Innovation & Technology
Area of Operation: Europe, North America & Middle East
Vision & mission statement
Leverage Experts AG (LE) was founded in 2012 in Zurich as an independent group of interdisciplinary experts. The experienced team supports companies throughout complex and critical challenges with a strategic mindset and a passion for implementation.
LE focuses on Situations of Rapid Change (SRC), transformation, restructuring, and turnaround management. LE implements corporate and growth strategies, accompanies entrepreneurs through crisis situations, is leads (digital) transformation and restructuring processes and is a trusted partner for M&A and corporate finance goals.
The team of LE enhances an active and effective shaping of the future – At short notice, with high impact.
We partner on eyelevel and preserve jobs and shareholder equity, cut losses and recover investments. With high proficiency in corporate finance, strategy and management, we help you to resolve urgent challenges, deal with debt and special situations and build a resilient organization for the future. We are result driven and passionate to transform, grow, and vitalize businesses.
Experts
Kolja A. Rafferty
MBA, IDP-C, CTP
practice lead corporate strategy (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
A seasoned CEO, certified Non-Executive-Director and Certified Turnaround Practitioner (CTP), with proven success in Situations of Rapid Change (SRC), delivering attractive multiples and successful exits. Strongly focused on success factors and measurable results, driven by pace, flexibility and aspiration for performance.
Areas of Expertise
- Strategy and Corporate Development
- Turnaround and distress management in Situations of Rapid Change (SRC)
- Transformation and Restructuring
Management Education
INSEAD, IE University (et al)
Areas of Expertise
- Transformation and Change
Management - Digitalization and Business Development
- Human Resource planning and staffing
- Alignment of strategy and MBO
Management Education
Executive MBA Rochester-Bern
Heinz Brägger
MBA
practice lead change & transformation (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
A seasoned change and transformation expert. Successfully integrated M&A transactions, reorganized entities in digital business transformation and formed winning teams. Evaluated, hired, outsourced and outplaced employees. Supporting Top Management and HR departments in Situations of Rapid Change (SRC), as well as in strategic personal resource planning.
Sandra Happel
practice lead change & transformation (DE)
Geschäftsführung Leverage Experts (Deutschland) GmbH
Location: Mainz, Germany
Sandra Happel is an experienced and certified expert in executive development and leadership. In transformation processes, she guides management and leadership teams safely through the necessary changes. She stands for future-proof and high-performance corporate development through the synchronization of personalities, competencies and value parameters of the executives with the organizational and process flows in the company.
Areas of Expertise
- Executive Development
- Tranformation-Coaching Competence-Assessments
- Resilience Concepts Leadership
- Team-Transformation and Development Personality Analysis
- Value Chain Analysis Process Optimization
- Succession Strategy & Support
Areas of Expertise
- Strategic R&D
- Program Management
- Service Delivery Management
- Agile / Scrum Methodology
- Cloud Computing
Management Education
INSEAD
Peter Yves Ruland
principal digital transformation (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
An experienced CTO with extensive competencies to direct and lead high profile & complex IT projects. Focusing on the digitization with 20+ years of experience in B2C and B2B2C including substantial experience with CSPs, MNOs, MVPDs and partners.
Comprehensive corporate experience including start-up‘s and turnaround projects. Recognized achievements in development and implementation of platform business models.
Aladar Tepelea
principal corporate strategy (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Throughout his professional career Aladar has been working on strategy and corporate finance topics in companies of all sizes, ranging from large corporates like BlackRock and Novartis over mid-sized “hidden champions” all the way down to technology startups with high growth potential. In all these environments he has taken an entrepreneurial approach, sparring with the C-level advocating for innovative solutions – striving to apply creative, “out-of-the-box” methods.
At Leverage Experts, he supports both the Strategy and the Change and Transformation practices using his skills to add conceptual value and develop new business across borders.
Areas of Expertise
- Fundraising and Corporate Finance
- Growth Strategy
- Business Development
- FinTech and HealthTech
- Personal High Performance Mgmt and Continuous Education Mgmt
Management in
Central and Eastern Europe
Vienna University of Economics and Business
Areas of Expertise
- Investor Relations
- Fundraising
- Business Development
Kaan Atila
expert fundraiser (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
Experienced fundraiser and sales manager with 23 years of experience in Medical Products, Healthcare, Digital Consumer Platforms et al.
Tanja Sara Hegglin
manager change & transformation (CH)
Location: Zurich, Switzerland
For more than 20 years Tanja has been leading different projects like building HR strategy, concept for development program, implementing salary grading and salary system, project lead for different digital topics. She is solving urgent entrepreneurial challenges in situations of rapid change (SRC), for SMEs. As a Manager in Leverage Experts, she advises and supports entrepreneurs and HR Teams in all kinds of HR topics.
Areas of Expertise
- HR Strategy
- Leadership
- Corporate Culture Compensation & Benefits
- Social Insurances Coaching for Leaders and Employees Development Program
- Get-Things-Done Internationalization
- Digital Transformation
Areas of Expertise
- Business Development and Sales
- Strategic Planning
- Talent development
- Cloud Services
Management Education
NYU, Stern
Kent C. Daniel
MBA
revenue growth specialist (USA)
Location: San Francisco, USA
A results focused technology executive with over 25 years building multi-million dollar businesses for Corporate 500 as well as start-up clients. Extensive experience developing GTM plans and driving customer excellence. Advise, create and execute on strategic pivots and new market entries.
Dr. Detlef Weber
manager change & transformation (DE)
Location: Germany
Dr. Weber is one of the most experienced experts in total productivity management and operational excellence, focusing on the food industry, the pharmaceutical industry, and the biotechnology sector. He creates fast and successful turnaround by clearly analyzing processes and identifying problems making use of shopfloor management and performance boards (AOS standard). He controls the processes of complex product launches and designs customer-focused quality management based on his vast expertise with valid root cause analyses.
Areas of Expertise
Total Productive Management
Process Technology
Lean and Quality Management
Process Design
Operational Excellence (OEE)
Industry 4.0 (digital processes)
OKR Project Management GEMBA
Partners
Operative Team
Hanna Lang
director of operations
Through dedicated project management, Hanna ensures that even strict timelines are met. Various years in leading positions in HR and market research make her an experienced partner for process optimization and customer communication.
Alejandra Tello
digital marketing
With around 10 years of experience in mass communications and online marketing, Alejandra helps businesses to elevate in the digital world. She believes in the power of interconnection and innovation, always keeping businesses up to date in this rapidly changing world. Alejandra has specialized in omnichannel digital marketing keeping the focus on the user experience to convert prospects into life-time clients.
Vera Gretzke
press & media
Vera is an expert in strategic corporate communications and PR. She supports companies in building relevant reach and increasing awareness. Her focus is on sustainable growth of reputation and customer trust. Vera represents the company’s interests and combines the editorial demands of the media with a convincing approach to the target group.
ASSOCIATES
Thorsten Stutzmann
research associate
Since 2015, the Marktforscher (formerly die Marktpartner) has been offering customized, cost-efficient and fast data collection. The independent researchers provide marketing insights at home and abroad. In addition, market entry strategies are simulated in advance and therefore offer security for investments.
Jessica Nazary
executive assisstant
As a trained bank clerk and with her structured way of working, Jessica Nazary organizes all administrative tasks at the German office and supports the management.
She is the contact person for clients and service providers in all processing-related questions and ensures that client projects are reliably planned and managed.
Marco Neukom
junior assistant
Marco has many years of experience as a business information scientist and in project coordination. He takes care of data quality, general quality assurance and with his networked thinking Marco is the perfect all-round talent. He ensures close collaboration with various team members.