Dan Taavitsainen

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About Dan Taavitsainen

Energetic, creative and analytical international business leader with 18 years of experience in running a premium global brand business, retail, luxury and lifestyle brands. Proven track record of growing profitable market share, operating profits and cash flow for listed and private companies. My specialties: P&L accountability, strategy formulation, consumer-centric innovation, product marketing, strategic and international business development, business integration, consolidation and turnaround, organizational transformation, process development, change management, value-based leadership, motivation, team and talent development My personal skills: focus and simplification, providing direction, problem solving, analytical & commercial thinking, decision making, persuading and influencing, teamwork and collaboration, persistence and perseverance. After a long career in business, my primary focus during 2021-203 was to spend time with my children- Since three years I am also the chairman of Finnish leading watch & jewelry chain (called Laatukoru Oy). Next to strategy, operations, production and retail store new concept development and various team buildings, my main objective is to strengthen the company’s omni-presence and customer centricity. Prior to this, I was for 18 years the MD (through a private company) for LVMH- and Kering Groups watch & jewelry brand’s businesses in Finland, the Baltic States and for Kering Group in Sweden (mainly TAG Heuer, Gucci & Zenith). Our operation covered a network of ca. 140 retail stores. Our private company’s KPIs were constantly above market average and the company was ranked year after year among the top 200 businesses in Finland.#Omnichannel #valuecreation #turnaroundceo #boardchairman #kansainvälistyminen #uudistuminen #P&L accoutability #Strategy #P&L #Consumer #Turn-around