Christian Kurtzke

CEO / Strategic Advisor, Luxury Goods & Jewelry

Introducing Christian Kurtzke: An Internationally-experienced CEO with 20+ years of transformational leadership experience in luxury-lifestyle

Christian Kurtzke's Bio:

Christian Kurtzke's Experience:

• President & CEO at PORSCHE DESIGN GROUP

  June 2015 - September 2016 | Worldwide

  • Re-structuring of the brand architecture and strategic re-alignment of the brand communication, in order to position the Group as a leading Premium Sports-Lifestyle Brand • Reduction of the product portfolio complexity and restructuring of pipelines with focus on key innovations in the relevant categories: Fashion, Sports, Jewellery & Watches, Accessories and Home Interiors • Re-structuring the global sales & distribution network, including own local companies: performance optimization of own Retail-Distribution, reorganization of digital Channels (e-commerce and social media), refocusing of Franchise-Network, Travel Retail and Corporate/B2B • Re-structuring of key processes and organizational design, including Global Compliance Management and Performance-Management Systems . strategic partnership with Li & Fung Group for Greater China

• President & CEO at PORSCHE DESIGN GROUP (Luxury-Lifestyle products)

  June 2015 - September 2016 | Worldwide

  • Re-structuring of the brand architecture and strategic re-alignment of the brand communication, in order to position the Group as a leading Premium Sports-Lifestyle Brand • Reduction of the product portfolio complexity and restructuring of pipelines with focus on key innovations in the relevant categories: Fashion, Sports, Jewellery & Watches, Accessories and Home Interiors • Re-structuring the global sales & distribution network, including own local companies: performance optimization of own Retail-Distribution, reorganization of digital Channels (e-commerce and social media), refocusing of Franchise-Network, Travel Retail and Corporate/B2B • Re-structuring of key processes and organizational design, including Global Compliance Management and Performance-Management Systems . strategic partnership with Li & Fung Group for Greater China

• President & CEO at MEISSEN COUTURE LUXURY GROUP

  September 2008 - May 2015 | Worldwide

  • Strategic re-positioning from a 300 year old traditional porcelain player to an international Luxury & Lifestyle Brand • Successful positioning in the Top 10 of the German luxury brands • Strategic diversification of the product portfolio into four segments: Couture & Accessoires, Fine Jewellery & Watches, Home Interior and Art presented respectively at Milan Fashion Week, Baselworld, Maison et Objet (Paris), St. Moritz Art Masters • Development of international sales & distribution partnerships for each of those product categories • Re-structuring of the brand communication (Press- and Marketing Communication) • Management of external designers and product management as the Group`s Creative Director • Leading the restructuring of all internal processes and supply-chain management • Introduction of key-performance indicators and reporting systems • Representation in Germany and internationally . strategic partnership with the China Academy for Fine Arts (CAFA), Beijing, in collaboration with Professor Di' an Fan, President of China National Art Gallery

• CEO at RIEBER AG - PREMIUM CONSUMER GOODS

  January 2005 - August 2007 | Worldwide

  Re-structuring and Innovation Management for the Leading Brand in Food-Service Solutions, including Growth Strategy for the Premium Consumer Segment (luxury kitchen appliances)

• Co-Founder & CEO at AGiLiENCE GROUP

  January 2000 - April 2004 | Worldwide

  MBO/Spin-off from Siemens AG and Xerox Palo Alto Research Center Digital Venture for driving Productivity and Customer-Service Excellence in globally-distributed organizations by leveraging Artificial-Intelligence-enhanced web-based & mobile business solutions

• PRINCIPAL at THE BOSTON CONSULTING GROUP

  January 1999 - April 2000 | Worldwide

  Leading Global Organizational Business Transformation Projects

• VICE PRESIDENT, BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION at SIEMENS AG

  January 1995 - April 1999 | Worldwide

  • Responsible for Siemens-internal Business-Transformation and Organizational Innovation-Projects • including Reengineering Learning& Six Sigma Training at Motorola University, Chicago, USA

• Strategic Business Planner at SIEMENS AG

  January 1994 - January 1995 | Germany

  • Responsible for strategic planning processes and • Leading international restructuring projects

• Strategic Consultant at AT & T Bell Labs

  January 1993 - January 1994 | USA

  Research and Development work on developing new technologies for overcoming the limitations of ultra-long fiber-optic communication systems. Development of 3 patents, about 10 international publications and international speaker for AT&T Bell Labs on international technology summits. Auditor for the IEEE fiber-optic community and for the European Commission.

Christian Kurtzke's Education:

• Technische Universitaet Berlin, Germany

  1988 – 1994
  Doctorate degree in Engineering
  Concentration: Telecommunications and additional focus on Economics

Christian Kurtzke's Interests & Activities: