Dipl.-Kaufmann (FH), MBA
Lothar Hiese
- Managing Partner -

Overview

Studied business administration in Germany and France

25 years' professional experience in management positions and specialist areas

International experience
UK, France, Austria, Switzerland, United Arab Emirates, USA

Functions
Product manager, head of finance, commercial manager, head of retailing, sales & marketing director, management board member

Operational experience

Product management &
product launches
Branded product in two-wheeler market

Turnaround management
International shop-fitting company in the food sector

Restructuring management
Vertical luxury fashion brand

International expansion management
Vertical luxury fashion brand, vertical food brand

Business start-up
Business-to-business service

Process reengineering
Vertical cosmetics brand, listed food & non-food trading company (incl. SAP roll-out & project management), clothing trading group

Strategic realignment
Fully integrated textiles business, porcelain & ceramics producer & brand-name

Mergers & Acquisitions
porcelain & ceramics producer & brand-name

Professional career

After completing his commercial training in Hannover, Germany, and studying business administration in Germany and France, Lothar Hiese started his career at the French branch of Continental AG as a product manager and PR officer for the brand in France (Paris).

1990 Initially head of finance & IT, subsequently also commercial plant manager and sales manager at Maier+Pistor / Aichinger, a multinational German shop-fitting group.

1995 Assistant vice president for retailing and commercial manager for Bally's German and Austrian market regions (Munich & Vienna).

1997 Managing director of global retail operations at Jil Sander AG, Hamburg.

From 1999 to 2001 Set up a service provider (accounting, business systems) for young growth companies listed on the Neuer Markt exchange.

Set up Management Support Partners at the end of 2001.