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Steve RealeunlockedStefan: together at Avatour (2022–2025)
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×5Stefan: together at METRO AG
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Co-founders at Avatour
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Prasad BalasubramanianFounder
Experience
- AvatourCEOcurrent2025 — present
- AvatourCRO & MD EMEA2024 — 2025
- AvatourManaging Director EMEA2021 — 2024Vereinigtes Königreich
- GS1GS1 UK - Honorary Lifetime Membercurrent2016 — present
- GS1GS1 Global Data Excellence Inc. - Board Member2018 — 2021New York & Brussels
- GS1GS1 UK - Member Supervisory Board & Chair Audit & Risk Com. (2007-2017), Honorary Lifetime Member2007 — 2016London, UK
- AlkemicsStrategic Advisor2018 — 2022
- AlkemicsCFO & UK Managing Director2016 — 2018Paris & London
- METRO AGmakro Cash & Carry UK - CFO / Director Finance, IT, SCM & E-Commerce2005 — 2012Manchester, UK
- METRO AGVice President Financial Planning & Analysis2003 — 2005Düsseldorf, Germany
- METRO AGmakro Cash & Carry Netherlands - CFO / Director Finance , IT and Legal2001 — 2003Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- METRO AGMETRO Cash & Carry Romania - CFO / Director Finance, IT, SCM and Legal2000 — 2001Bucharest, Romania
- METRO AGMETRO Cash & Carry Bulgaria - Head of Finance1998 — 2000Sofia, Bulgaria
- METRO AGMETRO Cash & Carry International - Corporate Financial Controller1996 — 1998Düsseldorf, Germany
- BAYER de EspanaConsultant Management Information Systems1995 — 1996Barcelona, Spain
- University of BarcelonaGuest Researcher1995 — 1996Barcelona, Spain
Skills & more
Business StrategyBusiness PlanningRetailBusiness AnalysisManagerial FinanceChange ManagementSupply Chain ManagementE-commerceFMCGFinancial ManagementIT StrategyIT Management
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Corporate FinanceBusiness TransformationWholesaleInternational BusinessRestructuringBusiness Process ImprovementLogisticsMulti-channel RetailInventory ManagementEntrepreneurshipCompetitive AnalysisBusiness IntelligenceLanguages Bulgarian · Dutch · English · French · German · Spanish
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Frequently asked questions
- Who is Stefan Hesse?
- Founder at AVATOUR, Imeve
- Where does Stefan Hesse work?
- Stefan Hesse is Founder of Avatour.
- What companies did Stefan Hesse found?
- Stefan Hesse founded Avatour.
- Where did Stefan Hesse go to school?
- Stefan Hesse studied at INSEAD (METRO Academy, Strategic Marketing and Value Innovation); Bergische Universität Wuppertal (PhD (Dr. rer. oec.), Applied Database Technologies in Strategic Management); Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität zu Köln (MBA (Dipl.-Kfm.), Business Administration & Economics).
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Also attended Bergische Universität Wuppertal7
Elena Harumi StarkVP of Platform and Impact at AENUPeter SchmetzPrincipal at Vorwerk VenturesDaniel BohlmannInvestment Director at EXTORELJulius RachorFounder at SanvivoVolen VulkovFounder at EnhancvStefan ArandFounder at CUREosity
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Also attended Wirtschafts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität zu Köln1
Also attended The Chartered Institute of Management Accountants55
Shelley MargetsonManaging Partner at V-Bio VenturesBryan TurnerPartner at Spear CapitalLuke CurranSenior Analyst at Naples Technology VenturesNatalie EvansFinance Director at Calculus Capital Ltd.Hannah WilliamsonSenior Investment Manager at Edge VCTania HayesCOO, Strategic Equity at Gresham House Ventures
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Shared employers
Also worked at Avatour2
Also worked at GS11
Also worked at METRO AG7
Maja MarkovicPartner at GimvMarius RodertCFO at Katjes GreenfoodOlaf KochPartner at ZintinusFabio ZiemssenPartner at ZintinusAdriano BattegazzoreInvestment Committee & Advisory Board member at DoorwayThomas UngerAffiliate Partner at Lindsay Goldberg
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Also worked at BAYER de Espana147
Vincent RoseInvestment Manager at Burda Principal InvestmentsBenjamin BrockwellVenture Partner at Copper Sky CapitalAxel BouchonVenture Partner at ARCH Venture PartnersVincent RulandEntrepreneur-in-Residence at Versant VenturesAtsushi ShimadaSenior Principal at AN Venture PartnersMelike Abacioglu GunesVP of Marketing at Asymmetric Capital Partners
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