Christian Leonhard Email and Phone Number

A senior strategic advisor and consultant, graduate mechanical engineer and senior management executive with 30 +years’ experience leading operations around the world for multinational companies such as BASF, Gillette, P&G and family-owned industry leaders like Festo, based in France, Ireland and Germany.As strong, result-focused and success-oriented technical leader, I led complex industry expansions and transformation across Europe, North America, and Asia. In various roles leading manufacturing for global operations, I planned and executed numerous factory expansion and relocation projects in Europe, Asia and North America, developing and implementing new strategies including the integration of acquired companies, the introduction of a fully integrated production systems, the restructuration of the product portfolio, and the harmonization of worldwide manufacturing standards. A German native, also fluent in French and English, I have effectively led multicultural teams across multiple continents and time zones.