Andreas Dörken is the global leader of the Private Equity Industry at the EFESO Group and also heads up the development of the EV Battery Industry. With over 25 years of experience in industrial firms and consulting, he has a proven track record of success.
Andreas started his career in the petrochemical industry with British Petroleum and PdVSA, where he re-engineered production processes for medium and heavy oil. He then applied lean manufacturing best practices across various industries, including food processing, chemicals, automotive suppliers, agricultural equipment, metalworking, and industrial hardware.
He has extensive experience in product cost management and innovation, leading several long-term projects focused on value engineering and Lean Product Development. His work spans sectors like valves, pumps, agriculture, automotive, electronic goods, and chemicals, impacting markets in Europe, the US, and Asia.
Andreas also served as the CEO of a lighting equipment manufacturer before returning to consulting. His expertise has been crucial in managing both local and global footprint strategy developments and deployments.
Areas of Expertise
- Value Engineering (VaVe)
- Product Innovation & Value Management
- Operations Due Diligence
- Supply Chain Management
- Footprint Optimization
- Lean Manufacturing
Published Work
- “Operational Excellence 2.0 – Well Beyond Low-Hanging Fruit” ARGO-EFESO, May 2024
- “Operational VDD: An Independent, Effective Communication of a Company’s Current and Potential Performance to Maximize Exit Value” ARGO-EFESO, Dec 2023
- “Doing More With Less – In the face of change, operational improvement is key to freeing up capital”, IndustryWeek, September 2018
- “Innovate current products – Bring sexy back to your base with value engineering”, Canadian Metalworking, February 2018
- “Boosting Performance Through Asset Redesign”, Uptime, Sept. 2017
- “Merger Integration in the Chemical Industry: The Key to Producing Shareholder Value,” Argo Consulting, Feb 2017
- “Three Key Steps to Reducing Material Cost for Top-line Growth,” Manufacturing Business Technology, Dec 2016
- “M&A and the Importance of Acquisition Integration”, Argo Consulting, Nov. 2016
- “Go Beyond Value Engineering: The benefits of looking at your entire portfolio holistically”, Argo Consulting, October 2016
- “What’s Old Is New Again: The Many Benefits Of Redesigning Your Existing Products”, www.mbtmag.com, October 2016
- “Three Key Steps To Reducing Material Costs For Top-Line Growth”, Manufacturing.Net, August 2013
Education and Languages
Andreas has a five-year Business and Economics degree from the University of Fribourg/Switzerland and is a Harvard Business School graduate of the Executive Training Program on Leading Product Innovation (LPI) and Leading Professional Services Firms (LPSF). He speaks German, English, French, and Spanish.
