"As a consultant, Kerstin carried out a strategic repositioning project for MY BIG BANG in 2020, which helped us redefine our vision, mission, USP and differentiators.

Closely cooperating with myself, she took on the entire process, starting with market and competitive research, creating realistic growth scenarios, up to defining our differentiation strategy, and even briefing our web agency for the relaunch.

Kerstin is a highly skilled and experienced professional when it comes to strategic development and client orientation. I particularly recommend her capacity to look at all details without ever losing the “big picture” of the business and the “view from outside”, that’s a great quality. Finally, Kerstin has excellent communication skills, not to mention the fact she speaks four languages: a perfect combination of talents for international assignments."

We worked with Kerstin on a first project, which was to define the internationalization strategy of the Speedy brand. Define a new systemic approach, structured, solid according to the zones, the market opportunities, integrate the DNA of Speedy, stay on the values of the company while building a strong expansion ambition. A complex and high level project with the board of Speedy/Bridgestone which required a great expertise of analysis and strategic vision.

Following this first successful experience, it was natural to continue with a concrete case and to build the road for the launch of the brand in Italy. A complex project, where it was necessary to take into account the specificities of the market, to be inspired, to be Italian and to remain faithful to the brand. Another successful performance, Kerstin built the entire marketing approach, managed the market studies and collection of information, the "go to market", the business case in close cooperation with the top management of Speedy France & Bridgestone Italy.

In these two complex projects, we found a great listening, the will to appropriate the values of the company to build a solid business. A major contribution, a work of great rigor which found an excellent echo.”

"While building my wholesale company SCENTS, Kerstin became the new EMEA sales director at Newell Brands.

Kerstin has helped me tremendously in our growth. She is someone who thinks along with you to achieve common goals. Kerstin is also a real relationship builder and brings people together for a higher purpose.

Are you looking for a specialist with a lot of experience and valuable know-how, who is honest and communicates clearly: I advise you to contact Kerstin.”

"In her role as Global Brand Manager, Kerstin Leibold was responsible for the portfolio strategy, product development, profitability and execution of Parker’ key product line. Kerstin has shown extraordinary skills in strategic thinking, market analysis by building in-depth knowledge of consumer and customer needs, and conveying into the development and Go-To-Market strategy.

Her performance has been remarkable – our revenues and profitability have increased, and our brand image has seen major improvement.

Kerstin is very talented, passionate and always willing to learn and possesses excellent communication skills. She was building a deep cross-cultural relationship management and everyone enjoyed working with her.

She had my full trust throughout our collaboration and felt happy working with Kerstin as her loyalty and commitment were incredible."

"Speedy worked with Kerstin as a consultant in 2020 & 2021 on our international strategy for business development.

She helped us to identify our business model and needs for international expansion, to define what is our DNA so we could launch our brand in new territories, to understand the competitors in those new territories, to assess risks and opportunities and formalize what we should have or modify today in our organization to make this project a success!

After few months of working on the project, we obtained the greenlight from our shareholders!

Many thanks Kerstin for this success."

"Kerstin was not just my manager but also an international market expert I truly admired!

I joined Kerstin's EMEA home fragrance sales team when WoodWick Candles was acquired by Newell Brands. I thoroughly enjoyed working for Kerstin with her open and optimistic mindset and took many learnings from her approach to optimising distributor networks and strategy development to integrate the newly acquired WoodWick brand.

Kerstin is highly experienced in managing multi-cultural relationships and teams, leading to action plans that have successfully turned sales around. What makes Kerstin unique is her market expertise coupled with her ability to understand the complexities and subtleties of international business expansion, while putting the brand and the consumer always at the forefront.

I highly recommend Kerstin. She will add great value to your business!"

"I met Kerstin Leibold when she was the European Export Manager for Frisk, a subsidiary of the group.

Kerstin managed and developed the activities and sales of the FRISK brand in various countries, including France. Within this role, she demonstrated remarkable listening skills and a clear ability to understand the local French market in order to assess its potential.

She demonstrated great finesse and precision in her diagnosis and recommendations, finding the right balance between international brand management and the necessary local adaptations.

In addition to her marketing, international management and business development skills, Kerstin Leibold is a very reliable, pragmatic and trustworthy individual. I enjoyed our cooperation very much.

I would definitely recommend her services for all international business challenges requiring practical and strategic skills."

"Thanks to Kerstin, we now possess a comprehensive understanding of the German market.

Hoopzï, our innovative lighting concept, had great potential in Germany.

As a European B2C specialist consultant, Kerstin guided us through every step to enter the market: market research, strategic plan, website optimisation, meetings with key accounts and approval of a Country Manager.

Results: today, we have one active key account, internet partners and a successful B2C website.

We highly recommend working with Kerstin to benefit from her transparency, active listening, quick understanding of issues and her communication skills."