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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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- 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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