Germany
For many years, I was engaged as a senior executive and member of supervisory boards in the international consumer goods industry. As an entrepreneurial generalist, I supported demanding transformation projects at globally represented premium brands. This was primarily done in the context of C-Level interim management for renowned family businesses. I gained my professional expertise during my years as a consultant at Arthur Andersen & Co. and as an entrepreneur in the sports and lifestyle sector. From numerous interesting restructuring engagements I bring extensive implementation experiences. Furthermore, I served on advisory and supervisory boards and was active in a voluntary capacity as a representative of leading European trade + research associations in the textile and fashion industry. Currently, as Managing Partner of the consulting boutique ANTEVORTE, which I founded in 2009, I primarily focus on transformation projects in medium-sized, family-owned businesses.
The consulting boutique ANTEVORTE was founded in 2009 by Michael Kamm together with Jürgen Groth in Munich and specializes in the performance optimization of medium-sized brand companies. Our core business is advising entrepreneurs and decision-makers in internationally active structures, with a focus on performance management and transformation. In contrast to traditional consulting firms, we also take on the operational implementation of the performance and transformation programs we develop for clients or offer support for existing programs. Depending on the client's situation, we provide integrated, implementation-strong teams or complete existing client teams. The goal is to achieve sustainable increases in profits or to implement programs for restructuring and transformation in brand companies. This usually takes place as part of the assumption of operational interim management at executive level. In addition, the ANTEVORTE partners also take on the roles of controlling supervisory board and/or advisory board. We are currently four partners based in Munich-Schwabing and specialize primarily in consumer goods.
ZWILLING ... what an iconic brand and company! Challenge, Fun & Honor motivates me to be a member of a great team. I have been on board at ZWILLING since November 2023 as an Executive Board Member and as the CEO and Spokesman of the Board of Management I While this great time I have been responsible on an interim basis for, among other things, a sustainable transformation based on a dedicated customer focus, entrepreneurial performance, complexity reduction and an appropriate profitability. As of January 2025, Gerrit Schneider took over my responsibilties as CEO of ZWILLING and in addition as a new member of the Werhahn Board of Management. As part of her induction, I will continue to head as Chief Sales Officer at ZWILLING until End of February 2025 and to support while Gerrit Schneider´s and Karen Feldpausch-Sturm´s Onboarding phase. Big Thank you to a much more bigger Team ... it was an honour to work with you at ZWILLING .... my "Rome" forever
The ZWILLING Group is a world-leading provider of high-quality kitchen, BBQ and Beauty products for discerning households I ZWILLING was registered as a craft brand in the Solingen knife makers' register as early as 1731 and, with a company history spanning almost 300 years, is a beacon of globally successful sustainable industrial history I ZWILLING Küche is an internationally active group of companies with a premium brand spectrum focused on cutlery, kitchen appliances, BBQ and outdoor grills with many of its own production and sales locations worldwide I As a family business and part of the Neuss-based Werhahn Group, ZWILLING is traditional and modern at the same time I Strong innovative power, entrepreneurial foresight, global working and respectful interaction with one another I The slogans "We Care" and "We are Family" characterize employees and the company as an employer. As CEO and spokesman for the board of the ZWILLING Group, I am delighted to be able to assume my responsibilities in this highly interesting Culinary World Company with great brands such as ZWILLING, Staub, Miyabi, Demeyere, Ballarini, Henckels and Flammkraft. I love the intensive collaboration with numerous great colleagues in our Solingen headquarters as well as in the international subsidiaries and branches.
Chief Transformation (CTO) / Chief Financial Officer (CFO) I In Charge regarding an ambitious Investment Project I Proteros is a Martinsried (Munich) based provider of structure-based early stage drug discovery services with a cutting-edge discovery engine tailored to unlock even the most technically challenging drug targets. Proteros supports its clients to reach the right results and accelerate their overall research timelines, helping them to open the door to lead optimization and clinical programs. Proteros' work is built on scientific excellence, having been founded in year 2000 on Nobel prize-winning science. We stand for reliable results, excellence in project execution and utmost customer orientation and agility. Todays drug discovery is more and more about technically challenging, unprecedented drug targets. These are often multi-subunit protein complexes, membrane or membrane associated proteins such as GPCRs or ion channels or simply protein constructs with a distinct physiologically relevant function. These targets are hard to access and to make available in the RIGHT composition. We help our customers to establish the right enabling technologies for all their discovery approaches. This opens the door to subsequently successful lead discovery and clinical programs.
Triumph International is an international lingerie manufacturer that was founded in Heubach in 1886. The group's headquarters have been in Bad Zurzach since 1977, and there are branches in 45 countries. In addition to the Triumph brand, the group also produces and sells products under the sloggi and AMO's Style by Triumph brands. Triumph International has been an industry leader since the 1960s, particularly for women's and nightwear. Founders Michael Braun and Johann Gottfried Spießhofer registered the Triumph brand in 1902, which was intended to be reminiscent of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. From the 1950s, branches were opened in Belgium, Great Britain, Sweden, Norway, and Austria. In addition, from 1960, Triumph International expanded from Hong Kong into the Asia-Pacific region, including Japan. At the end of the 1960s, Triumph International's share of the entire corsetry market in Germany was around 50 percent. At that time, the group had a turnover of 620 million marks and employed 22,600 people. With the takeover of the two French manufacturers HOM and Valisère, Triumph International has entered the market for men's underwear and high-quality lingerie. In recent years, the company has expanded both through new branches of its own and through the acquisition of competitors. In 2010, Triumph International acquired Beldona, the leading Swiss lingerie retailer. The company is wholly owned by the Braun and Spiesshofer families. Triumph products are sold through trading partners and department stores as well as in its own stores. As a sustainable private company, it is still managed by members of the family as managing partners. From February 2020, I was a member of the Global Management Board in the role of Chief Transformation Officer (CTO) while the Corona Pandemic
The CBR Fashion Group, based in Isernhagen near Hanover, is a fashion company known for its brands Street One, Cecil and Street One Men. The company operates in the European market and supplies around 8,200 sales outlets in 19 countries. Detlev Meyer and Friedhelm Behn built up the company in 1980. In 2004, Meyer and Behn sold CBR Holding GmbH, with around 1,000 textile shops and 600 million in sales, to the financial investors Cinven and Apax, who then sold it to the Swedish EQT in April 2007. During the transition phase from the Swedish investor EQT to the British investor Alteri, I managed the CBR Fashion Group as interim CEO. In addition to a due diligence project and refinancing as part of a successful bond placement, it was possible to achieve a high level of profitability that was unusual for the industry. The DOB Fast Fashion Group, which is represented throughout Europe, achieved this through international procurement and an extremely optimized supply chain structure. Successful provider in the women's outerwear segment with the brands STREET ONE and CECIL | One of the top 5 providers in the women's outerwear sector I Very successful exit with sale of the company to the new British owner ALTERI