World development, industrial technique, and pricing specialist Simon-Kucher has farewelled longtime Australian chief Chris Petzoldt, with Mitchell Taylor now listed as nation managing director.
Chris Petzoldt has been with Simon-Kucher & Companions for the previous two and a half many years, initially becoming a member of the consultancy in its residence nation of Germany earlier than efficiently making the case for the launch of a Sydney workplace and migrating to Australia in 2010.
In the meantime, Mitchell Taylor has been with the agency since 2016, earlier than then being made a accomplice six years on. His present position as managing director follows the latest appointment of Gunnar Clausen and Joerg Kruetten as co-CEOs, with a acknowledged concentrate on the Asia Pacific.
Talking on his departure, Petzoldt stated; “This second brings deep reflection and immense gratitude. I vividly keep in mind pitching the enterprise case for a Sydney workplace, armed with zero funds and barely an area community. What began as a daring concept with a few desks grew right into a thriving enterprise on the coronary heart of the CBD, now serving marquee purchasers throughout sectors.”
Having been a part of the agency’s cloth since graduating a enterprise administration diploma at Kiel College in 2000, Petzoldt’s word to Linkedin elicited a lot shock amongst his fellow senior colleagues, together with feedback equivalent to ‘It took me some time to completely course of your choice, as having you as a colleague has felt like a given,” from Boston-based accomplice Peter Harms.
Development in Australia
Simon-Kucher has served quite a few Australian blue-chip purchasers throughout Petzoldt’s time on the helm, together with names equivalent to Westpac, ANZ Financial institution, REA Group, Xero, and Canva on strategic advertising, portfolio design, and pricing optimisation. Whereas the previous nation managing director has but to declare his subsequent transfer, Petzoldt famous that he’s presently pursuing a recent alternative.
Simon-Kucher additionally hasn’t formally introduced Taylor as Petzoldt’s everlasting alternative, aside from the ‘managing director’ title that includes in his bio on the consultancy’s web site. Previous to becoming a member of the agency, Taylor hung out as a class supervisor at Nestlé and GWA Group, and now leads Simon-Kucher’s client items & retail apply for the Asia Pacific.
With Simon-Kucher turning its consideration to additional enlargement within the Asia Pacific, Petzoldt’s time main the Australian enterprise has coincided with a outstanding interval of development. Now into its fortieth yr since inception, the agency final yr banked €572 million in world revenues, its turnover virtually doubling since 2018. That determine stood at simply over €100 million at time of its Australian launch.
