Functional Skills
Project Management
Change Management / Org Design
Restructuring / Turnarounds
Post-Merger Integration
Market Research
Human Capital Consulting
HR Transformation
Growth Strategy
Learning & Development
Software Skills
Microsoft Office
Microsoft Project
Microsoft Visio
Monday
Jira
G Suite
Sector Experience
Business Services
Consumer Goods
Life Sciences & Pharma
Manufacturing
Technology
Languages
English
Countries Worked In
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Emerging Funds
Family Offices, Foundations, & Sovereign Wealth
Fortune 500
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Top 25 PE Firms
Experience
Grahampton & Co
Management Consulting
Independent SR. EXEC. ADVISOR & FRACTIONAL TRANSFORMATION LEADER
4/2008 - Present
Peter is a SENIOR EXECUTIVE ADVISOR and EXECUTIVE-IN-CHARGE of Business Transformations, Reorganizations, Carve-outs, Strategy Formations, and Revenue Drives.
In short, Peter is a "genuine change agent" and “dynamic systems thinker”.
As a TRANSFORMATION-REORGANIZATION ARCHITECT and INTEGRATED PROGRAM DELIVERY LEAD, he has uncommon expertise in leading complex, multi-faceted (and often multinational) transformations, integrations, and new venture creations, especially where Culture, Team Diversity, and ESG 2.0 Performance come into play.
By leveraging the perspectives of both a strategist and implementer, Mr. Classen has delivered 2x to 40x revenue increases and +15% to +45% EBITDA improvements in some of the most interesting, innovative, and socially impactful settings imaginable. He has worked across several dozen industries and worked on-the-ground in nearly 60 countries (All of Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa).
At a glance, Peter is:
- Keenly analytical, studied, and oriented towards the future.
- Focused on understanding and solving the actual root-cause problems.
- Direct, decisive, confident, forthright, results-oriented, and a risk-taker.
- Motivated by new challenges, complexity, and scale.
- Highly skilled at interacting with and influencing others, from the Exec-Comm down.
- Enthusiastic, optimistic, open, energetic, and persuasive.
- Sociable, cultured, diplomatic, and comfortable in the spotlight (and hot seat).
In short, Peter is a "genuine change agent" and “dynamic systems thinker”.
As a TRANSFORMATION-REORGANIZATION ARCHITECT and INTEGRATED PROGRAM DELIVERY LEAD, he has uncommon expertise in leading complex, multi-faceted (and often multinational) transformations, integrations, and new venture creations, especially where Culture, Team Diversity, and ESG 2.0 Performance come into play.
By leveraging the perspectives of both a strategist and implementer, Mr. Classen has delivered 2x to 40x revenue increases and +15% to +45% EBITDA improvements in some of the most interesting, innovative, and socially impactful settings imaginable. He has worked across several dozen industries and worked on-the-ground in nearly 60 countries (All of Europe, the Americas, Asia, the Middle East, and Africa).
At a glance, Peter is:
- Keenly analytical, studied, and oriented towards the future.
- Focused on understanding and solving the actual root-cause problems.
- Direct, decisive, confident, forthright, results-oriented, and a risk-taker.
- Motivated by new challenges, complexity, and scale.
- Highly skilled at interacting with and influencing others, from the Exec-Comm down.
- Enthusiastic, optimistic, open, energetic, and persuasive.
- Sociable, cultured, diplomatic, and comfortable in the spotlight (and hot seat).
Grahampton & Co. RESEARCH
Research
Head of Research
4/2008 - Present
- Heading investor-grade market research and data analytics projects using best-of-the-best methodologies for primary, secondary and intel gathering. - - Expert in market opportunity, competitive landscape, and data analytics efforts (from small niche markets to national-scale big data)
- Two decades of experience spanning 36 industries (over 175 studies)
- Clientele has included top VC and PE firms, investment banks, and 34 of Interbrand's Top 100 Global Brands.
- Two decades of experience spanning 36 industries (over 175 studies)
- Clientele has included top VC and PE firms, investment banks, and 34 of Interbrand's Top 100 Global Brands.
Various: Sequoia, Columbus Newport, PA Consulting UK, Khashoggi Inv. Holdings
Corporate Strategy & Development
COO, CSO, CMO
4/1993 - 4/2008
VENTURE CAPITAL, PRIVATE EQUITY, CORPORATE VENTURING - Two decades in senior OPERATIONS, CONSULTING, PORTFOLIO MANAGEMENT roles delivering breakout revenue growth and business transformations. Rare dual perspectives of both strategist and implementer that has yielded 25% to 55% top-line rev. increases, 15% to 45% EBITDA improvements and 150% to 400% share value growths in settings from $5 M to $3.4 B. Consummate organizer and leader of some of the most complex settings imaginable.
Various: Global consultancies, PA Consulting, CN
Management Consulting
SVP, Partner, Managing Consultant
10/2000 - 3/2008
From consultant to the level of Partner/Global Practice Head responsible for the full life cycle of engagements, from the management of an IPO to the global rollout of a satellite-enabled telecom service. Leader of client engagements spanning 33 industrial sectors including automotive, banking, consumer goods and services, education, entertainment, financial services, luxury goods, manufacturing, non-profits, offshoring, power generation, telecomm, technology, and transportation.
Various: RMRC (now part of GfK Global)
Marketing
COO, Head of Research-Consulting
1/1996 - 1/2000
Professional market researcher, chief designer, and chief analyst, leading research projects in the Consumer and B2B spaces. COO of a 1,600-person, 72-office professional market research firm and head of a 270-person advanced research and market consulting practice. Working with global brands, corporations, banks, and investors to understand consumers and businesses in 50 countries.