Über Gerrit
Entrepreneurial and ambitious CEO & Founder with 10+ years’ experience working for global food, agriculture, biotech & chemical corporates as well as startups in leadership roles for up to 35 FTE teams.
Founded SMC - Shyft Management Consulting as specialized consultancy in the sustainable food & material sectors to advice for instance VCs & PEs via commercial, technical & scientific due diligence and target search projects. Also, advised on board, SVP and VP level global FMCG, food processing, chemical, biotechnology & ingredient companies such as Danone, BASF, IFFCO, Unilever, Kraft Heinz, Cargill, ABInBev, and Givaudan.
First-hand experience as CEO for an agri-food AI software startup, Interim CCO for a biomass fermentation startup and Interim CSO for a precision fermentation startup in pre-seed, seed & series A stages.
Ex-EY M&A Consultant and Ex-Kearney Management Consultant up to project lead level.
Team player, sustainability driven, down-to-earth, and eager to learn with a practical and structured approach to problem-solving. Build a large global network of VC partners & senior managers, innovation professionals as well as experts & freelancing consultants in food-tech, biotechnology & material science.
Very strong expertise in sustainable food, material and biotechnology sector solutions as well as the broader bioeconomy and circular economy. Worked on numerous market entry, supply chain assessment, due diligence, post-merger-integration, startup & technology scouting, business plan development & assessment, sustainability strategy development and similar projects.
Deutsch
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Englisch
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Projekt- und Berufserfahrung
- Shyft Management ConsultingManaging Partner and CEOBERATUNG & AUDITSNovember 2023 - Heute (2 Jahre und 7 Monate)Hamburg, DeutschlandBuild Shyft Consulting as global management consultancy in the bioeconomy sector with 3400+ expert network, several databases & partnerships. Led various strategy projects & teams to work on market entry strategies, industry park planning & development, start-up & technology scouting, and supply chain strategies.
- Bioshyft GmbHManaging Director & Chief Executive OfficerSOFTWARE-HERSTELLERFebruar 2023 - Heute (3 Jahre und 4 Monate)GermanyBioshyft boosts your sustainable innovation, funding and revenue in the bioeconomy. On a mission to connect Startups, Investors, Corporates & Service Providers in Climate-Tech, AgTech, FoodTech, Biomaterials, BioTech, Waste & CO2 Utilization, Renewable Energy, Water, and more.Agrishyft, Oceanshyft, Foodshyft, Materialshyft, Energyshyft & Watershyft are all powered by Bioshyft.I manage all business-related activities such as strategy development, sales discussions withpotential B2B customers, funding round preparation, business plan development, and more.
- Seed-stage biotechnology startup focused on mycelium productionChief Commercial Officer (CCO)BIOTECHNOLOGIEOktober 2022 - Mai 2023 (7 Monate)Manage all business-related activities such as strategy development, sales discussions with potential B2B customers, funding round preparation, engineering-based cost forecasting, business plan development, liquidity and burn rate planning, pitch deck preparation, and HR management.
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Ausbildung und Abschlüsse
- Master of ScienceHHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management2016Master of Science in Management, Business/Managerial Economics
- Master of ManagementUniversity of Adelaide2015Exchange Semester, Master in Management