Rebels with a Cause
Graubünden, Switzerland
Aike
Festini
Executive by role.
Entrepreneur by nature.
Twenty years of executive leadership, with the instincts of someone who has built companies from zero. I work with executive teams, boards and owners to set direction and build the organisation behind it.
- 13entities run as one group, in a PE-backed integration
- 400+people taken through an agile transformation in three countries
- −30%time to market after that transformation
- 100+enterprise clients won as a founder, from zero
Executive
- Group Chief Operating Officer and Head of TransformationPE-backed WealthTech group, 13 entities. Governance, value-stream organisation and post-merger integration towards a 2028 exit.
- Chief Sales OfficerTrusty, AI-powered compliance SaaS with 4,000+ clients in 90+ countries. DACH pipeline above CHF 2M in five months.
- Chief Strategy OfficerFreesuns, strategic B2B repositioning across product, operations and partnerships.
- Head of Service DeliveryLiberty Global and UPC in Switzerland, Austria and the Netherlands. 400+ FTEs, agile transformation across six locations.
Entrepreneur
- LuckaBox LogisticsCo-founder and CEO. AI-powered logistics platform, from zero to 100+ enterprise clients including IKEA, Migros and Decathlon. European Supply Chain Startup Award.
- Rebels with a CauseStrategy and growth advisory for SMEs and scale-ups, since 2022.
- Maverx.meMentoring platform for universities, including ETH Zurich.
Board
- Chair of the BoardSwiss streetwear label, since 2023
- Chair of the BoardGerman PetTech, 2019 to 2020
- Chair of the BoardLuckaBox Logistics, 2017 to 2022
- Venture PartnerPrivilege Ventures. Scaling, go-to-market and fundraising for portfolio companies.
Academia
- IMDExecutive MBA. Guest lecturer on entrepreneurship and digital innovation.
- ETH ZurichGuest lecturer on entrepreneurship and digital innovation.
- InnosuisseAccredited startup coach
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