Daniel Gerhard
Associate Partner Germany
Daniel is a management consultant with more than 15 years of international experience. During this career he has managed a range of engagements predominately in the technology, finance, pharmaceutical, chemical and telecommunications industry in Europe.
In addition to his experience in the three areas of Total Working Capital improvement ( TWC ) and Interim Management, Daniel has profound expertise in “supply chain” optimisation. His areas of special focus include purchasing and cost optimization, in particular strategic sourcing, as well as process optimization, restructuring, production and logistics.
His track record as a management consultant encompasses the restructuring of entire purchasing departments for several large international corporations, including after a transatlantic merger and various times following the consolidation of multiple portfolio companies. In addition, he took over the interim CPO role (i.e. “Head of Procurement”), for a leading global insurance company and had responsibility for a spend in the three digit millions. He also conducted numerous Total Working Capital improvement projects at various DAX and MDAX companies, achieving saving in TWC up to one monthly sales turnover.
Prior to Lansdowne, Daniel worked for Mitchell Madison Group in London, REL consultancy in London and Madrid and as independent senior advisor for various industrial and commercial clients. Since 2015 he is a Managing Partner at Lansdowne Consulting in Germany. Daniel is fluent in German, English, French and Spanish.
Daniel holds a Bachelor of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Darmstadt and the German title Diplom-Kaufmann (Master in Management) as well as the French “Diplôme de Grande École de Commerce” from (EAP) ESCP European School of Management.