The Strategists Network is an alliance of experienced executives offering management consulting services
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles.
If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat.
If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
Sun Tzu, The Art of War – 500 BC
Functions
We are focused on a set of functions
Strategy
Innovation
Operations
Restructuring
Organization
Risk
M&A
Sustainability
Transformation
Digitalization
“The best form of defense is attack.”
Carl von Clausewitz, 1780 – 1831
Industries
We have worked in a number of sectors
Healthcare
Travel, Transport & Logistics
Technology, Media & Telecommunications
Private Equity & Principal Investors
Chemicals
Pharmaceuticals & Medical Products
Oil & Gas
Consumer Packaged Goods
Automotive & Assembly
Electric Power & Natural Gas
“The most difficult thing is the decision to act. The rest is merely tenacity.”
Amelia Earhart, 1897 – 1939
“The best way to predict your future is to create it.”
Peter Drucker , 1909 – 2005
“It always seems impossible until it’s done.”
Nelson Mandela, 1918-2013
Team
Hans von Pfuhlstein
Dr sc ETH
Founding Partner
Experience
Since 2017 Strategy Consultant, Founder of the Strategists network
2014 – 2017 Head of Strategy and Head of Respiratory Care Supplies at Hamilton Medical
2010 – 2014 VP, Head of Corporate Development at Kuehne + Nagel
Since 2013 Faculty at Zurich University of Applied Sciences
2007 – 2010 Manager at Arthur D. Little
2002 – 2007 Project Manager at Johnson & Johnson
1995 – 1996 Paramedic, Emergency Medicine at Malteser
Education
Executive Education at MIT Sloan School of Management
PhD in Risk Management, Group of Technology and Innovation Management at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
Masters of Science in Management, Technology and Economics (MSc MTEC) at Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
Mihajlo Milenkovic
MA HSG
Principal
Experience
Since 2020 Principal at the Strategists network
2015 – 2020 Strategy Consultant at IPG Group and IMP Group
2013 Business Analyst in the Office for Foreign Exchange Reserves at National Bank of Serbia
2011 Business Analyst for M&A, Corporate Finance and Consulting at Virtu Partners
Education
Master of Arts in Banking and Finance at University of St. Gallen (HSG), Switzerland
Bachelor of International Economics, Management and Finance (major Finance) at Bocconi University, Italy
Shiwen Sun
Dr rer. nat. TU Graz
Strategy Consultant
Experience
Since 2022 Strategy Consultant at the Strategists network
2020 – 2022 Senior Sales Specialist at AMEX
2014 – 2017 Research Assistant at Graz University of Technology
Education
PhD in Technical Chemistry at Graz University of Technology, Austria
Master of Science in Chemical and Biochemical Engineering at Rutgers University, USA
Bachelor of Engineering in Bioengineering at Nanjing Tech University, China
“What you do makes a difference. And you have to decide what difference you want to make.”
Jane Goodall
Network Partners
Frank Beham
Urs Bleisch
Leonard Clemens
Dino Crameri
Eugenio Ferrari
Giuseppe Fiandaca
Ines Goebel
Harald Hemming
Thomas Kremser
Thomas Kritzner
Andre Lindner
Mihailo Matovic
Lucas Pianegonda
“The essence of strategy is choosing what not to do.”
Michael E. Porter