Commercial leadership | Strategic growth | Digital | Experience

Brian Kane

I have 20 years of experience in commercial strategy and execution from numerous companies and industries.My work is most often focused on high-stakes initiatives with C-suite oversight in large corporates, this is where I thrive the most.I have an international background, dual Irish and Danish citizen, but have always had Copenhagen as my base, where I live with my partner and four wonderful kids.After a while of focusing on other life priorities, I’m currently open to permanent employment or consulting opportunities.Don’t hesitate to get in touch if you think I might be able to contribute in your organization.

Experience

Employments

  • Independent Advisor

  • VELUX, Senior Director Head of Group Strategy, VP Head of Group Strategy and Executive Office, SVP Head of Global Consumer Services

  • Novo Nordisk, Director Corporate Strategy

  • Accenture Strategy: Analyst, Consultant, Manager, Senior Manager


Consulting clients (selected)

  • Financial Services: Danske Bank, Nordea, RSA

  • Media/Tech: Microsoft, Egmont, Telenor

  • Industrials/B2B: Grundfos, VELUX, Novonesis, ISS, Novo Nordisk

  • Energy: Total, Aker Solutions, Mærsk Oil, Andel

  • Consumer: Carlsberg, Pandora, IKEA


Projects and initiatives (selected)

Commercial

  • Overall company purpose redefinition and brand refresh

  • Adjacency strategy defining potential new business areas beyond current core

  • Numerous growth strategies focusing on various dimensions (geography, segment, offering, etc)

  • Channel strategy, global mapping of routes to market and proposed adjustments and value potential

  • Direct to consumer sales strategy and operating model

  • Multiple marketing strategies covering end-to-end capability definition and opmodel

  • Multiple digital strategies, both full value-chain and focused on specific domains

  • Extensive work on how experience design can enhance the offering

  • Multiple commercial operating model designs for global commercial organisations

M&A

  • Numerous M&A related initiatives, both sell-side and buy-side, end-to-end transaction responsibility, DD (mostly commercial), carve-out, some integration

  • Multiple M&A capability designs, to establish in-house M&A capability, opmodel, governance, etc.

Offering/Innovation

  • Product and innovation strategy incl. product strategy and opmodel

  • Premium product range strategy, with aim to increase prices and primiumize the overall brand

  • Product line profitability analysis and turnaround

Operations

  • Manufacturing blueprint – mostly from a commercial perspective

  • Multiple company-wide cost-out initiatives, often paired with reinvestment in new capabilities

  • Multiple outsourcing strategies, both full value-chain and for specific functions

  • Zero-based budgeting / zero-based organization initiatives

Education

  • CBS Executive, Board Leadership Education

  • Copenhagen Business School, Ph.D. in Management of Organisational Performance

  • IT University Copenhagen, M.Sc. in E-business. (cand.it)

  • China Europe International Business School, partial MBA program

  • Roskilde University, B.A. in Business Studies

Potential Roles

The below are examples of roles that I could confidently take in a range of industries. My strengths are best applied where there is a need for a significant change or pursuit of a large opportunity, that needs to realized with pace.

  • Head of a BU, probably with a transformation agenda

  • Heading a larger strategic programme

  • CEO of small/mid-size company

  • Head of Digital

  • Head of Strategy

  • Head of Commercial Excellence

  • Head of Transformation / Strategy Execution

  • Advisor or interim support in the above also very possible

  • Board positions

Get in touch

Feel free to get in touch if you want my full CV or want to discuss a consulting, board, or employment opportunity.[email protected]+4542403344