Chris Ohlund

Chris Ohlund - Professional Experience:    

 

Position: Pennington Ventures LLC

Partner International Practice

Management Consulting industry

London, GB

01/1/2007 — Present

The specific role of Advisor includes consultation and active management on European Internet matters as well as all preparatory work for the market entry of an innovative Internet platform in Germany, Switzerland and Austria. I also accepted requests to serve as Executive Advisor to CSFB, Citigroup, Canyon Capital Advisors and Investcorp.

 

Position: FedEx Express Inc.

Manager Int'l Expansion and Country Manager

International Logistics

Brussels, BE

06/1/1985 — 06/1/1992

FedEx Corp. (NYSE: FDX) provides customers worldwide with a broad portfolio of transportation, e-commerce and business services. With annual revenues of $36 billion, the company offers integrated business applications through operating companies competing collectively and managed collaboratively under the FedEx brand.

 

Country Manager Sweden Start-up and closure of Company Operations in Stockholm, Malmö and Gothenburg after FedEx decided to partially retrench from the European market in March 1992. Director of Operations for Northern Germany Managed over 300 Associates and Operating Budget of US$ 34 Million. Executed Integration Management of diverse acquisitions. Introduced Handheld terminals to Operations staff and Courier workforce to improve data capture for fact-based decision making. Promoted to Country Manager. Manager of International Agents and Expansion at FedEx’s European HQ (Brussels, Belgium) Responsible for Business Development and Operations of 11 European and 12 African agent-served countries. Initiated and implemented FedEx’ expansion into the African territories as well as managing transformation from agent-served to direct-served European countries (Spain, Italy). International Operations Specialist at FedEx’s HQ in Brussels, Belgium Responsible as Agent Coordinator within European Operations. Received various promotions.

 

Position: TNT Express Worldwide

Director of Operations and General Manager

International Logistics

Amsterdam, AN

09/1/1992 — 11/1/1997

TNT N.V.’s (Ticker: TNT Amsterdam Euronext Stock Exchange) Express division is one of the world’s leading business to business express delivery services providers. It delivers 4.1 million parcels, documents and pieces of freight a week to over 200 countries using its network of over 1,200 depots, hubs and sort centers. The Express division operates over 23,400 road vehicles and 44 aircraft and has the largest door-to-door air and road express delivery infrastructure in Europe. TNT’s express division employs over 74,000 staff worldwide.

 

Director of Operations Central and Eastern Europe (8 Countries) - based in Frankfurt, Germany Promoted to manage Central and Eastern European operations with 2,200 Associates and a budget of € 250 Million. Implemented year-on-year cost reduction of 17%. Improved Service performance by 250 basis points to exceed 98%. Increased Productivity by 39% in mature markets such as Germany and overall by 21% in the Region. I resigned in order to join GE Capital Services. Corporate General Manager Airport/Hub and Gateway Operations - based in Amsterdam, The Netherlands Planned, directed and organized worldwide distribution centers and customs affairs within the functional Operations stream. Managed 1,400 Associates and an Operating Budget of US$ 100 Million. During my tenure, Global Network Performance reached its highest level ever (91%). Reduced unit cost by 12% year-on-year and conceived, initiated and gained approval for the Company’s largest infrastructure project of planning and building a new European Hub in Liège, Belgium. General Manager European Hub based in Cologne, Germany Managed over 450 Associates and Operating Budget of US$ 32 Million. Improved process capacity by 40%, on time performance from 38% to 87% and reduced unit cost by 24%. Promoted to a global functional role at TNT’s corporate headquarter.

 

Position: GE Capital Services GmbH

Managing Director Central Europe

Financial Services

Frankfurt, DE

01/1/1998 — 06/1/1999

GE (NYSE: GE) is a diversified technology, media and financial services company. GE Capital Fleet Services, with more than 250,000 vehicles in Europe is a leading global car leasing and fleet management company. In Germany GE Capital Fleet Services had a fleet of 20,000 vehicles which was managed by a staff of 120 Associates.

 

Substantially grew the Asset Leasing business in Germany, Switzerland and Austria by introducing new Client Services, improving Fleet Re-marketing performance and implementing Six Sigma for improved customer satisfaction. With NEA exceeding US$ 250 Million and annual revenue in excess of US$ 100 Million, Pre-tax profit increased by 62% and Net Income by 173% year-on-year.

Rated as an “A” Player. Resigned in order to join Webvan in the U.S.

 

Chris Ohlund - Education: 

 

Columbia University

Business Administration

Bachelors Degree

New York, NY US

06/1/1999 — 06/30/1999

 

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