Patrick H.-Circular Business Strategist
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Experience
Senior Business Designer
HolyPoly
- Support responsible brands to keep plastic within the circular economy as a full-service partner.
- Craft take-back and recycling schemes that drive revenue and profitability.
Interim Team Lead Waste & AI Hub
NEEW Ventures
- The Waste & AI Hub helps EEW to benefit from AI's potential by sourcing existing solutions (venture clienting) and building individual AI solutions.
Project Lead InDiCE
Circularity
- Led event series to support Berlin-based industry companies to unleash the circular economy's potential.
Co-Founder & Steward
Green PO
- Built a network, movement, and academy to turn product owners into Green Product Owners by providing know-how, exchange, and inspiration.
Jury Member
CIRCULAZE by CURAZE
- Part of the jury awarding the CIRCULAZE Startup Awards in 2022, 2023 & 2024.
Podcaster
Circularity.fm
- Host of the podcast about understanding, building and managing circular business models.
- Produced series “VC for Circularity” (May 2025 – June 2025) describing how venture capital funds are looking at circular start-ups and the circular economy.
- Produced series “PaaS Decoded” (August 2024 – December 2024): 16 conversations about the fine details of product-as-a-service.
Intrapreneur / Head of BlueMovement
BSH Home Appliances Group
- Joined the Digital Business Unit to test, scale and support new business models for BSH globally.
- Grew the circular product-as-a-service section BlueMovement into a business division with 5-digit customer base and millions in revenue.
- Recruited, inspired, and managed the team.
- Acted as interim product owner, owning the product backlog and planning sprints.
- Acted as interim country manager, deciding on portfolio, price, channels, and campaigns.
- Introduced OKRs and created an environment for organizational learning.
- Secured support and buy-in of the corporate board.
Founder & CEO
Skill Hero GmbH
- Enabled personal and organizational development by providing mobile apps.
- Supported people and organizations in strengthening their digital skills with coding workshops for non-experts.
Owner & Managing Director
Hypscher GmbH
- I work with startups, family businesses, corporates and associations to create and scale impact, with a focus on circular economy and digital sustainability.
- My expertise is integrating the commercial and environmental perspectives to create customer and business value.
- Selected past projects:
- Validating a value proposition for plastics recycling in the automotive industry
- Reviewing the product roadmap from a circular business perspective
- Developing a framework to spot business opportunities in current and upcoming legislation
- Creating a business case for a B2B product-as-a-service
- Identifying use cases to apply AI solutions in the waste incineration industry
Team Manager Key Accounts
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions
Executive Assistant
Arvato Supply Chain Solutions
Management Intern
Merck
Industry experience
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Experienced in Professional Services, Utilities, Automotive, Education, Media and Entertainment, and Manufacturing.
Business area experience
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Experienced in Strategy, Sustainability Management, Product Development, Marketing, Information Technology, and Project Management.
Summary
Do you want to build more competitive products, design circular business practices or reduce digital product carbon emissions?
My mission is to help people build businesses that are profitable and regenerative.
Responsible business models will be the future: more competitive, compliant, and commercially successful while supporting people and the planet.
I support companies as
- freelance expert
- interim manager
- venture partner
Send me your question and we can have a chat.
Skills
- Sharing Economy
- Food Waste Reduction
- Recycling
Languages
Education
The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE)
MSc · Philosophy of the Social Sciences · London, United Kingdom
Universität Witten/Herdecke
BA · Business Economics · Witten, Germany
Certifications & licenses
Blockchain Basics
Green Software For Practitioners (LFC131)
Shifting From Human To Life-Centered Design
Statistics
Experience
Global experience
Expertise
Qualifications
Profile
Frequently asked questions
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Patrick is based in Berlin, Germany.
Patrick speaks the following languages: German (Native), English (Advanced).
Patrick has at least 14 years of experience. During this time, Patrick has worked in at least 12 different roles and for 11 different companies. The average length of individual experience is 1 year and 2 months. Note that Patrick may not have shared all experience and actually has more experience.
Based on recent experience, Patrick would be well-suited for roles such as: Senior Business Designer, Interim Team Lead Waste & AI Hub, Project Lead InDiCE.
Patrick's most recent position is Senior Business Designer at HolyPoly.
In recent years, Patrick has worked for HolyPoly, NEEW Ventures, Circularity, Green PO, and CIRCULAZE by CURAZE.
Patrick is most experienced in industries like Professional Services, Utilities, and Automotive. Patrick also has some experience in Education, Media and Entertainment, and Manufacturing.
Patrick is most experienced in business areas like Strategy, Sustainability Management, and Product Development. Patrick also has some experience in Marketing, Information Technology, and Project Management.
Patrick has recently worked in industries like Professional Services, Utilities, and Automotive.
Patrick has recently worked in business areas like Strategy, Sustainability Management, and Product Development.
Patrick holds a Master in Philosophy of the Social Sciences from The London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and a Bachelor in Business Economics from Universität Witten/Herdecke.
Patrick has 3 certificates. These include: Blockchain Basics, Green Software For Practitioners (LFC131), and Shifting From Human To Life-Centered Design.
The availability of Patrick needs to be confirmed.
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