Our team

Davide Gronchi – Senior industrial advisor (Growing managing director)

Work Experience
  • McKinsey & Co. (Operations Expert) – 12 years
  • Fiat Automobiles (Head of Carbody production) – 3 years
  • Whirlpool Corp. (Lead production engineer) – 3 years
  • Candy Elettrodomestici (Production engineer) – 3 years
Functional Expertise
  • Agile production and process improvement
  • Lean leadership and change management
  • Capex optimization
  • Industry 4.0 and digital operations
Industry Expertise
  • Automotive
  • Chemicals
  • Industrial goods
  • Pharmaceutical
  • Aircraft and rolling stock maintenance
Education
  • M.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano (Italy)
Languages
  • Italian – native language
  • German – fluent
  • English – fluent
  • French – basic

Frank Hayden – Senior industrial advisor

Work Experience
  • University of Central Lancashire (Professor for Advanced Manufacturing)
  • Rolls-Royce plc (Group Manufacturing Director) – 3 years
  • BAE Systems, Military Aircraft Division (Operations Director) – 6 years
  • Airbus (Group Manufacturing Director) – 4 years
  • BMW Group (Design Engineering, Purchasing, Manufacturing) – 16 years
Functional Expertise
  • Business profitability transformation
  • Global supply chain optimization
  • New product introduction
  • Main Board leadership behaviours coaching
  • Implementing strategies for competitive advantage
  • Mergers and acquisition
  • Innovation in customer experience management
Industry Expertise
  • Automotive
  • Civil and Defense Aerospace
  • Oil & Gas
  • Marine & Energy
  • Pharmaceutical
Education
  • B.Sc. Mechanical Engineering, University of Manchester (UK)
  • M.Sc. Manufacturing Systems Engineering, University of Warwick (UK)
  • Executive MBA modules, Wharton Business School (USA) & University of Oxford (UK)
Languages
  • English – native language
  • German – basic