Leading private sector consulting in CEE region (but the clients are not limited to the region) for +10 countries and +60 consulting professionals across innovation and strategy practices,
•Reached x4 times gross revenue increase in 2 years by growing the team by 30% headcount increase,
•Expanded client portfolio across countries such as France, Turkey, Netherlands, Spain, Germany, USA, UK, and Mid-Asia countries,
•Leading and providing services with a focus on FMCG, private equity, venture capitals, retail, FMCG, industrials, professional services, media, e-sports, automotive, services finance and fin-tech sectors,
•Providing successful services including top-line strategy, go-to-market strategy, digital transformation, product management and strategy, portfolio strategy, operating model design, board consulting and support, commercial due diligence and BPM including both creation and implementation services to support our client in their transformation and growth journeys.

Established and led the operations in EMEA region for the organization which was followed by investment portfolio creation with a size of +80$m
•Reaching portfolio value to $100m in a year with an annual portfolio growth of more than 25%,
•Leading M&A activities focusing on corporate divestiture in EMEA and re-structuring support for the portfolio companies,
•Giving consultancy and management support for portfolio companies in e-commerce, manufacturing, and services industries for their journey in their growth and turn-around strategies as a board member. ARDA GÜRTUNA

Forming 5-year strategic plan cross portfolio companies which operate in energy, industrials, steel, automotive, logistics and machinery with +$10b portfolio annually, +90 549 7258520
•Providing internal consultancy services in go-to market strategy, CX, technological re-platforming, cost ardagurtuna@gmail.com optimization, platform management and strategies, operating model, and governance structures, https://www.linkedin.com/in/ardagurtuna/
•Managing entire start-up portfolio for optimization, re-structuring and scale-up across industries with a total valuation of +$80m; reached +160% valuation growth in a year through portfolio optimization and scale-up support activites,
•Leading and supporting corporate re-structuring activities for strategy execution, processes, risk governance and portfolio management.
•Leading corporate sponsored projects – e.g., new investments, M&A and market entry initiatives across EMEA, Far Asia, and USA.
•Providing steer-co and board member role dut

Establishing a 3-year strategic plan formation across portfolio companies in e-commerce (core business), last-mile delivery, furniture and fashion, payment, and retail based on companies,
•Setting up and led company governance structure, PMO and strategy teams as well as data, cost control and CX business units,
•Leading, forming, and executing all strategic focus projects that covers 90% of the company project portfolio with a budget of $40m a year,
•Creating a successful track record through initiatives with high impact supporting both growth and profitable scale-up that reached positive EBITDA targets in 18 months and 125% annual growth on average across 2 years,
•Managing product portfolio (+20 scaled products) in addition to product ownership of 4 units with 40 people; introducing 7 new products in 2 years across payment, delivery, customer services, marketing optimization, warehouse systems and big data,
•Directly leading strategy and PMO team with with a total size of 25 t

Leading strategy and transformation projects in industry and solution agnostic way of working across banking, textile, e-commerce, travel and airlines and retail across MEA, CEE and Benelux,

Conducting analysis, design, and implementation services for due diligence, go-to-market, transformation governance and corporate strategy projects in the UK,
•Providing consulting services in digital, technology and analytics functions in both retail and banking sectors focusing on growth and business development,
•Supporting industry research activities in the UK for automotive, technology and transportation industries.

Initiating market research activities for new channel development in offline segment and preparing value proposition report for further enhancements,
•Analyzing channel performance activities, creating market analysis outputs for performance optimization and development.