Alexander Franzen — CEO

Deep experience as both a strategic advisor and operational executor. Developed core skills – practicality & effectiveness, adaptability, and stakeholder influencing with effective communication - that support track record of results delivery. In addition, built a reputation for successfully building relationships, leading teams, & delivering results quickly in both developed & international growth markets at SABMiller, ABInBev, & BCG. Deep operational and strategic experience in consulting. Highlights include multiple commercial due diligences for corporate & private equity acquirers, corporate strategy creation, Go-to-Market strategies, operating model creation & implementation, and extensive project leadership experience. Strong track record at ABInBev & SABMiller. Member of 4-person leadership team, heading finance vertical and jointly accountable for team of ~70 professionals. Highlights include supporting the inception of the first global function, defining the 5-year businesses strategy, successfully implementing a change management initiative across African markets, and integration of SABMiller into ABInBev. Love fast paced businesses and has a proven track record of succeeding in highly ambiguous and diverse environments. Strong stakeholder management and communication skills to board level. Particularly enjoy working with teams to positively motivate people to drive change. Strong bias for action and the use of data to drive second order insights to support business decisions.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the Tech and Beverage sectors with a focus on growth and operational excellence.

Location: Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland

Experience: 14 yrs 6 mos

Career Highlights

Proven track record in international market expansion.
Led successful change management initiatives across diverse environments.
Expertise in commercial strategy and operational execution.

Work Experience

Google

Head of International Growth | DACH, CEE & Emerging Markets | Large Customer Sales (1 yr 11 mos)

International Growth Strategy & Sales Manager | DACH, CEE, & Emerging Markets | Large Customer Sales (3 yrs 1 mo)

Boston Consulting Group (BCG)

Project Leader (11 mos)

Consultant (2 yrs 1 mo)

Amphenol Military & Aerospace Operations

Business Development Intern (1 mo)

Anheuser-Busch InBev

Finance Business Partner (2 mos)

SABMiller

Finance Business Partner (1 yr 8 mos)

Financial Planning & Analysis (1 yr 11 mos)

Notenstein Asset Management

Equity Analyst (3 yrs 2 mos)

Lereko Metier

Private Equity Intern (2 mos)

General Atlantic

Private Equity Intern (3 mos)

Education

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.) at INSEAD

Bachelor’s Degree at University of Cape Town

High School at Diocesan College (Bishops)

Alexander Franzen

CEO

Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland14 yrs 6 mos experience

Most Likely To SwitchHighly Stable

Key Highlights

Proven track record in international market expansion.
Led successful change management initiatives across diverse environments.
Expertise in commercial strategy and operational execution.

Stackforce AI infers this person is a strategic leader in the Tech and Beverage sectors with a focus on growth and operational excellence.

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Experience

Google

2 roles

Head of International Growth | DACH, CEE & Emerging Markets | Large Customer Sales

Promoted

Apr 2024 – Present · 1 yr 11 mos · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland · On-site

Leader of Google EMEA Central Europe (DACH & CEE) and Emerging Markets International Growth Teams (IGT) of International Growth Consultants, supporting Google's largest clients to identify target markets for expansion, execute against their growth strategy including operational best practices, and optimisation of strategy in existing international markets.
EMEA Innovation Hub Product Integration Lead, working with EMEA Sales and Engineering and Global Product and Engineering teams to source, incubate, and activate new customer solutions at scale in the global sales org.

International Growth Strategy & Sales Manager | DACH, CEE, & Emerging Markets | Large Customer Sales

May 2021 – Jun 2024 · 3 yrs 1 mo · Dublin, County Dublin, Ireland · On-site

Strategy & Sales Manager, leading the EMEA Central Europe (DACH & CEE) and Emerging Markets International Growth Teams (IGT) of 14 International Growth Consultants, supporting Google's largest clients to identify target markets for expansion, execute against their growth strategy including operational best practices, and optimisation of strategy in existing international markets.
Lead International Growth Team (IGT) Apps Pillar, developing solutions to support the global expansion of Googles EMEA clients through Apps incl. Pureplayer Apps (e.g. Gaming) and non-Pureplayer (e.g. Retail).

Boston consulting group (bcg)

2 roles

Project Leader

Promoted

May 2020 – Apr 2021 · 11 mos

Consumer Goods & Health Care, specializing in Commercial Strategy and Operations. Highlights include:
Commercial Due Diligence of acquisition targets for corporate acquirers & PE investors
Led strategy & operating model design to facilitate E2E digitalization of Pharma Manufacturing
Strategy reviews of Pharma Quality, Manufacturing, & Product Development in Europe & NA

Consultant

Apr 2018 – May 2020 · 2 yrs 1 mo

Focused on Consumer & Industrial Goods and Health Care, specializing in Commercial Strategy Highlights include:
Recommended future operating model & after-sales service offering incl. Go-to-Market strategies
Implemented merchandizing & cost optimization pilots for large retailers
Transformed the E2E Supply Chain of a top 3 global medical devices organization

Amphenol military & aerospace operations

Business Development Intern

Jul 2017 – Aug 2017 · 1 mo · Beverly, MA

Focus on Business Development initiatives for global growth strategy including long term forecasting and business case for investment in global space industry (i.e. rockets, satellites, & ground equipment) by Amphenol portfolio companies and identified potential for Amphenol fiber optics businesses to invest in civil aviation.

Anheuser-busch inbev

Finance Business Partner

Oct 2016 – Dec 2016 · 2 mos · Steinhausen, Switzerland

Member of team driving integration of SABMiller into ABInBev. Highlights include: writing first combined global Procurement Human Resources budget for FY 2017 ($ ~70m) and implementation of Zero Based Budgeting (ZBB) in Procurement organisation.

Sabmiller

2 roles

Finance Business Partner

Promoted

Jan 2015 – Sep 2016 · 1 yr 8 mos · Steinhausen, Switzerland

Marketing & Business Services leadership team as finance & strategy lead including Chief of Staff to VP. Jointly accountable for team of ~70 professionals in Hub and 5 regions. Highlights include:
Managed global procurement division as member of 4-person leadership team
Developed 5-year procurement strategy (US$8B spend) & presented to the Board of Directors
Designed 3-year org. restructuring plan to secure 15% savings for reinvestment in marketing
Managed US$2M outsourcing arrangement incl. contract negotiation and management reviews

Financial Planning & Analysis

Jan 2013 – Dec 2014 · 1 yr 11 mos · Steinhausen, Switzerland

Finance lead for the Supply Chain & Logistics and South African Procurement teams in matrix organization. Managed functional & regional financial performance, forecasting, annual budgeting and reporting cycles. Highlights include
Delivered investment & operational business cases with regional & market commercial leads
Led change management program across African markets as part of Supply Chain centralization
Wrote & trained the Procurement Benefit Methodology

Notenstein asset management

Equity Analyst

Jan 2010 – Mar 2013 · 3 yrs 2 mos · Zurich, Switzerland · On-site

Swiss investment management firm with $25bn AuM. Promoted to Associate Director within 2 years. Responsible for single stock recommendations in Energy & Telco industries for private and institutional clients. Managed North America Equity Fund and Realo © Equity Fund, which outperformed benchmarks in each year managed. Deep analysis using discounted cash flow (DCF), residual income, etc.

Lereko metier

Private Equity Intern

Nov 2007 – Jan 2008 · 2 mos · City of Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa · On-site

Investment recommendations across Nuclear Energy value chain in South Africa and the various component sectors and suppliers. Analysed and presented my findings to the Board of Directors. Supported the execution of two transactions in an analytical capacity.

General atlantic

Private Equity Intern

Nov 2006 – Feb 2007 · 3 mos · Greenwich, Connecticut, United States · On-site

Analysis and investment recommendation on Easter European markets and sectors to invest across the outsourcing industry. Analytical intern on two completed transactions.