Thorsten Seefried

Interim executive – CEO / COO / CRO – manufacturing & industrial technology.
France / Germany / Europe – transformation, performance improvement, restructuring. M&A (buy- & sell-side) and post-acquisition integration (PMI) – P&L up to €200m.

Dipl.-Ing. (Mechatronics) | Executive MBA (ESSEC & Mannheim) | Fluent French/English/German.

Career

30+ years in industrial businesses, including 20+ years in international leadership roles across Germany, France and Europe (groups and mid-sized companies). I deliver sustainable profitability uplift through operational excellence (Lean, productivity, supply chain & OTD), organizational transformation, commercial performance (key accounts, pricing/margin) and post-acquisition integration (PMI). Comfortable in high-pressure environments (pace, cash focus, governance cadence), including restructuring phases and sell-side preparation when relevant.

Process instrumentation • sensors & IIoT • industrial valves • industrial electronics • automotive components • HVAC (engineering, factory assembly, on-site installation & field service/after-sales)

References

WIKA Group • Cofinair Group / Gohl-KTK • Phönix Valve Group • SECO Northern Europe • Poppe+Potthoff • WIKA TECH • SENSeOR