Helping Businesses Grow, Transform and Perform.

We partner with leadership teams, business owners and investors to accelerate growth, improve performance and lead transformation.

30+ Years of international management experience

✓ Trusted partner to executives and boards

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Who We Are

Enabling Sustainable Performance

Strategic Perspective

Helping leadership teams define winning strategies, prioritize opportunities, and build businesses that are positioned for long-term success.

Operational Execution

Transforming strategy into results through organizational alignment, manufacturing excellence, commercial performance, and disciplined execution.

Executive Experience

More than 30 years of international executive leadership across global food and ingredient businesses, bringing practical insight and a proven track record of delivering sustainable value.

Background

30+ years of executive leadership across global Food & Healthcare industries

Leading teams in Belgium, France, Canada, USA & Netherlands

Cargill

6 yrs

Managing Director – Protein Europe 2019 – 2025

Netherlands

Puratos

23 yrs

President North America & Member of Global Executive Committee 1995 – 2018

Cherry Hill, NJ, USA

Earlier Career

6 yrs

Sales & Marketing Director – Medical 1989 – 1995

Brussels, Belgium

Education

INSEAD Digital Disruption Strategy

Vlerick Business School Advanced Management Program

Hasselt University MBA, 1990–1991

Hasselt University Masters in Economics, 1981–1986

What We Do

We help organizations through these 6 core services

Strategy Definition & Execution

Developing clear strategies and turning them into sustainable business results.

Organizational Design & Leadership

Building organizations, leadership teams and governance models that enable high performance.

Commercial Excellence

Strengthening commercial capabilities to accelerate profitable and sustainable growth.

Product Portfolio Management

Creating focused product portfolios that support growth, profitability and operational effectiveness.

Operational Excellence & Manufacturing Transformation

Improving operational performance through manufacturing excellence, organizational alignment and disciplined execution.

M&A Integration & Value Creation

Unlocking acquisition potential through effective integration, transformation and performance enhancement

Every engagement is tailored, practical, and designed to deliver results that stick.

How We Work

Our approach is grounded in experience and built for impact

Executive Experience

Drawing on more than 30 years of international executive leadership, we understand the realities, responsibilities and decisions that leadership teams face every day.

Practical by Design

Every recommendation is shaped by real-world experience and focused on practical solutions that can be implemented with confidence.

Lasting Impact

Our objective is not simply to solve today's challenges, but to help organizations become stronger, more resilient and better positioned for the future.

Perspectives

Insights on strategy, performance and transformation

Periodic insights, published as a short read with an in-depth PDF.

Coming soon

First Perspective

New Perspectives will be published here periodically. Check back soon for the first edition.

Get in Touch

Experience is valuable.

Experience that delivers lasting results is invaluable.

Karel Zimmermann Consulting is an independent executive advisory practice. Depending on the nature and scope of an assignment, we collaborate with a trusted network of experienced specialists to provide complementary expertise whenever it adds value.

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✉️ zimmermannkarel1@gmail.com

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