Alpha Executive Advisory

About Alpha Executive Advisory

Profile Frank M. Bruns

Career / Technologies

30 years of expertise in C-Level Management in the process industry

20 years CEO for global family-owned companies and business units of listed technology and market leaders in the process and consumer goods industry

Industry expert, CRO, CFO, COO, Advisory Board Chairman, international Advisory Board mandates, Operational Advisor, Coach and Mentor of IT start-ups

Independent entrepreneur, Founder and Owner of the Management Consultancy Alpha Executive Advisory since 2020

B2B, B2C, trading expertise in the automotive, electrical, construction, hygiene, medical, furniture, decorative industries. Surface technologies and materials made from plastics, composites, nonwovens, films, paints, varnishes and metals 

Main Emphasis

Business Transformations, Change, Turnarounds and international Restructurings

Sparring Partner for C-level and shareholders

Crisis Management of current and structural challenges

Strategic realignment and growth-orientated value creation, Sales and Market Strategies

M & A, Buy & Build, Carve-outs, Spin-offs, Post-Merger Integration, Displacements, Exits

Business Excellence, Best Practice, Performance Culture  

Professional Qualifications

Degree in Mechanical Engineering, graduated as Diploma Engineer

Postgraduate studies Industrial Engineering with specialising in Controlling, Finance and Leadership 

Career History

Function
CompanyBranchBranchProducts / Materials
Founder and Owner
Alpha Executive Advisory
2020 – today
Manufacturing Industries
Competence in implementation
as CEO - CRO - Board.
Restructuring, Growth Strategies,
Change-Management

Previous positions (until 2020)

Function
CompanyBranchProducts / Materials
CEO Döllken Kunststoffe GmbH
and Probos Plasticos S.A. as well as Deputy CEO und COO Surteco Decor GmbH
Surteco SE Group
Furniture, Surfaces, PlasticsDecorative Papers, Edge Bandings, Paints / Lacquers, Extrusion

CEO impress Group
impress Decor Group/ Constantia Industries AG
Furniture, SurfacesDecorative Papers, Impregnation, Paints / Lacquers
CEO Menzolit-Fibron Gruppe and
Managing Director DNK
Dynamit Nobel Kunststoffe (DNK)
Automotive Compounds/CompositesComposites, Injection-Molding, Thermoplastic / -set Mold Parts, SMC, BMC, LFT
Board Operations and Technology
Dechamps Textil AG
Textile and ClothingTextile Fabrics
COO and Member of the Management Board
Lohmann GmbH & Co. KG
Hygiene, Medical, Automotive,
Industrial Products
Nonwovens, Synthetic Leather
Branch Director
Ferchau Konstruktion GmbH
Service and EngineeringConsulting and Construction Service, Project Business
Engineering and Processing Nonwowens
Freudenberg Gruppe
Hygiene, Medical, Automotive,
Industrial Products
Nonwovens

Advisory Board Mandates, active and terminated

FunctionCompany
Period
 Branch
Products / Materials
Operative Advisor
AUCTA UG
2020 – today
Manufacturing Industries
Digitalization, Software
Chairman of
the Advisory Board
Alanod GmbH & Co KG
2021 – 2024
Electrical and Electronics, Furniture, Decoratives, Photovoltaics
Aluminum Surface Finishing
Various international mandates as Chairman or Member of the Advisory Board of affiliated companies
Surteco SE Group, impress Decor Group, Menzolit-Fibron Gruppe
2000 – 2020
Furniture and Automotive in Portugal, Spain, Italy, France, UK, Canada, USA, Chile, Brazil, Indonesia, Singapure, Australia
Decorative Papers, Edge Bandings, Paints/Lacquers, Extrusion, Composites, Injection-molding, Thermoplastic/-set Mold Parts, SMC, BMC, LFT
 Chairman or Member of the Advisory Board
AVK-TV and JEC
2001 – 2008
Automotive
Composites/Compounds

Frank M. Bruns
Owner

Contact

Technologiepark Heidelberg
TP InnovationCenter
Im Neuenheimer Feld 582
69120 Heidelberg
Germany

Understanding and Implementing