Commercial leadership | Strategic growth | AI Strategy

Brian Kane

I have 20 years of experience in commercial strategy and execution from numerous companies and industries and the last few years, I've invested heavily in AI strategy.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