Simon-Kucher appoints Maximilian Biesenbach to global board

Simon-Kucher, a global strategy and marketing consultancy, has appointed Cologne-based partner Maximilian Biesenbach to its global board.

Now in his eleventh year at Simon-Kucher, Maximilian Biesenbach is a member of the firm’s Financial Services practice. He specializes in advising online brokers, private banks, asset managers, and B2B infrastructure providers on product offering, pricing, and sales strategies.

Biesenbach joined Simon-Kucher at the start of 2014, and was admitted into the partnership four year later.

Biesenbach now becomes a member of the nine-member global board, which oversees Simon-Kucher’s strategic direction, investment agenda, and focus on company culture topics such as talent and diversity & inclusion.

Other members of the board are co-CEOs Andreas von der Gathen (Bonn) and Mark Billige (London), along with Allison Dupuy (Boston), Bhavin Manjee (New York/Toronto), Dimitris Hiotis (London), Eddie Hartman (San Francisco), Omar Ahmad (Copenhagen), and Robert Dumitrescu (New York).

Headquartered in Germany, Simon-Kucher has more than 2,000 employees in 30 countries. The firm is one of the fastest growing consultancies in the marketplace, and is regarded by many executives as the world’s leading pricing and growth specialist.

Prior to joining the consultancy, Biesenbach worked at Deloitte Consulting in its Zurich office, focusing on pricing, profitability management, and post-merger integration topics. He holds a Master’s in Accounting and Finance from the University of St. Gallen, and a CEMS Master’s in International Management.