Bernd Veith-Managing Director/CEO
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Experience
Consultant & Interim Executive (CEO / COO / CRO / Transformation Lead)
- Interim and advisory mandates for B2B platform and digital service businesses with a focus on stabilisation, operating model design and scaling.
- Support to shareholders and management teams in transformations, carve-outs and integration preparation; set up KPI systems and governance routines.
Managing Director / CEO
Trafineo (BP participation)
- Appointed after BP acquisition; owned rapid turnaround and build-up from a near non-operational setup to a scalable platform business.
- Designed strategy, business cases and a minimax cost model; established governance, KPIs and reporting aligned with shareholder steering.
- Led integration of BP portal/transaction activities into Trafineo, followed by progressive integration of additional BP activities under investor-style oversight.
- Established product management and roadmaps; introduced Agile/Scrum delivery and scalable project/product governance.
- Implemented ERP (Microsoft Navision) and a highly scalable, automated billing platform (Oracle) to support growth and control.
- Built an integrated proprietary system landscape and in-house software delivery; created a nearshore IT subsidiary (Turkey) to scale capacity and reduce costs.
- Built a pan-European operator network (approx. 150 contracts) and expanded services into new SME segments.
- Grew annual platform throughput to 20m+ transactions and EUR 500m+ volume; scaled organisation from 7 to 90+ employees across multiple countries.
Region Manager DACH, Greece, Turkey
Atradius Collections
- P&L responsibility; restructured regional business to profitability and built partner networks, including market entry in Turkey.
Head of Partner Business / New Markets
DKV Euro Service
International Sales & Business Development
Siemens / Fujitsu Siemens
Channel & Sales Leadership
Telecom & Media (o2, Premiere)
Industry experience
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Experienced in Information Technology, Energy, and Banking and Finance.
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Experienced in Strategy, Project Management, Information Technology, and Operations.
Summary
Transformation and PMI leader with 10+ years of CEO-level responsibility and a strong track record in building and operating platform businesses. Experienced in designing and executing post-merger transformations across strategic direction, product portfolio, target operating model and scalable processes. Built SaaS-like portal, transaction and billing platforms and scaled organisations from early-stage setups to 90+ employees, operating pan-European networks with shareholder-level governance.
Skills
- Post-Merger Integration (Pmi), Transformation Governance, Value Creation Business Cases
- Product Portfolio Consolidation, Customer And Product Migrations, Commercial Excellence Enablement
- Target Operating Model (Tom), Decision Frameworks, Role Models, Incentive-Aligned Interfaces
- Saas Platform Build & Run: Portals, Transaction Processing, Billing And Settlement, Service Operations
- Scalable Execution: Kpis/Okrs, Reporting, Operating Cadence, Continuous Improvement; Stakeholder Management At C-Level, Board And Investor/Shareholder Level
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Education
Private Business Academy Munich
Diploma in Business Administration · Business Administration · Munich, Germany
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Experience
Global experience
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Bernd is based in Haan, Germany.
Bernd speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Bernd has at least 15 years of experience. During this time, Bernd has worked in at least 3 different roles and for 2 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 5 years. Note that Bernd may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Bernd would be well-suited for roles such as: Consultant & Interim Executive (CEO / COO / CRO / Transformation Lead), Managing Director / CEO, Region Manager DACH, Greece, Turkey.
Bernd's most recent position is Consultant & Interim Executive (CEO / COO / CRO / Transformation Lead).
In recent years, Bernd has worked for Trafineo (BP participation).
Bernd is most experienced in industries like Information Technology, Energy, and Banking and Finance.
Bernd is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Project Management, and Information Technology. Bernd also has some experience in Operations.
Bernd has recently worked in industries like Information Technology and Energy.
Bernd has recently worked in business areas like Project Management, Strategy, and Information Technology.
Bernd attended Private Business Academy Munich for Business Administration.
The availability of Bernd needs to be confirmed.
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