We are OPOLUS solutions
International Executive Advisory, Transformation and Interim Leadership
OPOLUS solutions is an independent Swiss executive advisory boutique supporting boards, business owners, CEOs and executive teams in demanding business situations across Switzerland, Europe and Southeast Asia.
We combine strategic perspective, extensive international leadership experience and hands-on execution. Our work ranges from confidential executive sparring and strategic advisory to transformation, restructuring, growth initiatives and interim leadership mandates.
With our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, we support European companies pursuing opportunities in Southeast Asia as well as organisations in the region seeking experienced international leadership, governance and transformation expertise.
We do not stop at recommendations. Where required, we assume responsibility for implementation and support our clients until measurable progress has been achieved.
Discover Our Core Competencies
Our work is grounded in extensive international CEO, executive and board experience across technology, telecommunications, infrastructure, construction, industrial services and other service-based businesses.
From our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, OPOLUS solutions supports clients across Switzerland, Europe and Southeast Asia in the following five core areas:
1. Executive Advisory & Retainer Model
Tailored executive advisory and continuous access to senior international leadership expertise for sustainable business success.
Our approach includes
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Executive Advisory Retainer – Ongoing Partnership: For clients seeking continuous access to senior executive expertise, our retainer model provides confidential strategic sparring, proactive risk and opportunity assessment, and on-demand executive support. Engagements can be structured monthly, quarterly or annually and tailored to the client’s specific situation.
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Project-Based Advisory: Tailored senior-level engagements addressing specific strategic, operational, organisational, governance or international growth challenges.
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Implementation & Integration Support: Hands-on leadership to ensure the effective implementation of growth initiatives, transformations, post-merger integrations, market-entry projects and other strategically important programmes.
2. M&A, Integration & International Growth
OPOLUS solutions provides senior advisory and implementation support for acquisitions, divestments, post-merger integrations, carve-outs and cross-border growth initiatives.
Through our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, we support European companies evaluating opportunities in Southeast Asia as well as regional organisations engaging with European partners and markets.
3. Board & Governance Advisory
OPOLUS solutions provides independent board-level advice and experienced governance support for business owners, shareholders, boards and executive management.
Our international experience enables us to support organisations navigating strategy, governance, succession and executive oversight across different markets, cultures and ownership structures.
4. Executive Interim & Project Management
OPOLUS solutions provides experienced interim executives and senior project leaders to bridge leadership vacancies, stabilise critical situations and deliver strategically important initiatives.
Our international mandates may include interim CEO and COO roles, transformation leadership, restructuring, post-merger integration, market entry and the management of complex cross-border projects across Europe and Southeast Asia.
5. Turnaround, Restructuring & Change Management
OPOLUS solutions supports companies facing performance pressure, crisis situations, restructuring requirements or fundamental organisational change.
We provide senior-level assessment, strategic direction and hands-on implementation support — from stabilising the immediate situation and aligning stakeholders to leading the required transformation and restoring sustainable performance.
LASTING SUCCESS
Your ambition deserves more than a standard consulting approach.
OPOLUS solutions combines strategic thinking, extensive international leadership experience and hands-on implementation capability. We analyse the situation, challenge assumptions, establish clarity and support decision-makers in converting strategic intent into disciplined action.
Our clients engage us when experienced judgement, independent advice and reliable execution are essential — nationally or across international markets.
OPOLUS solutions supports you in:
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restructuring organisations and managing critical situations;
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bridging executive and leadership vacancies;
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leading strategically important projects;
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developing and implementing growth strategies;
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supporting international expansion and market entry;
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transforming change into sustainable business performance.
With our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, we support clients across Europe and Southeast Asia.
Let us support your company’s journey towards sustainable growth and lasting success.
WHAT CAN WE DO FOR YOU?
Executive and Ownership Succession Planning
Board, Governance and Advisory Mandates
Executive, Strategy and Management Advisory
International Business Development and Strategic Partnerships
Leadership of Complex Projects and Transformation Programmes
Customer Experience and Commercial Performance Improvement
Transformation, Innovation and Sustainable Business Development
Digital Transformation, Automation, AI and New Market Opportunities
Innovation & Digital Transformation
People & Culture
M&A & International Growth
Market Entry & Incorporations
Restructuring & Transformation
Leadership & Sustainable Performance
Organisation & Performance
Strategy & Sustainable Growth
Customer & Commercial Performance
Board Mandates & Executive Interim Management
Your Solution Finder
Are you facing an important strategic decision, a demanding transformation, a leadership transition or an international growth opportunity?
OPOLUS solutions helps boards, business owners and executive teams establish clarity, evaluate the available options and define a practical way forward. Our support may include strategy, transformation, governance, succession, market entry, cross-border growth, business development, automation or the leadership of complex projects.
With our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, we support European and Southeast Asian business situations and act as a bridge between European business standards and the commercial realities of regional markets.
An initial confidential discussion allows us to understand your situation and determine where our experience, international network and local market access can create the greatest value.
Sustainable progress often begins with a clear assessment, a sound decision and disciplined execution.
OUR VISION
To help organisations succeed across markets, cultures and business environments in a constantly changing world.
OUR MISSION
To provide boards, business owners and executive teams with independent advice, international perspective, experienced leadership and practical support that create sustainable business value.
OUR PURPOSE
To help leaders navigate complexity, make better decisions and turn difficult situations into opportunities for meaningful progress.
How we can help you?
OPOLUS solutions supports boards, business owners, CEOs and executive teams in complex business situations requiring strategic clarity, independent judgement and strong implementation capability.
Our work may include corporate strategy, transformation, turnaround, restructuring, growth, M&A, integration, governance, succession, market entry, organisational development, digital transformation and interim executive leadership.
With our Swiss base and representation in Bangkok, Thailand, we also support cross-border growth, international partnerships and market-entry initiatives between Europe and Southeast Asia.
Depending on the situation, OPOLUS solutions acts as an executive advisor, strategic sparring partner, transformation leader, project executive, local representative or interim manager.
Our services are available through defined advisory projects, flexible executive-advisory retainers and short- or long-term interim leadership mandates.
Holistic Improvement of Customer Value and Commerical Performance
Holistic Improvement of Customer Value and Commercial Performance
Sustainable growth depends on an organisation’s ability to understand its customers, deliver relevant value and maintain consistent quality throughout the customer relationship.
OPOLUS solutions supports clients in assessing customer needs, strengthening commercial processes, improving service delivery and aligning the organisation around a clear customer proposition.
Our approach connects customer experience with strategy, operations, leadership and financial performance. This helps organisations improve customer loyalty, reduce avoidable service failures and strengthen the effectiveness of their sales, marketing and customer-retention activities.
Consulting
Fields of advice
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Corporate Governance
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Fair Process Leadership
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Strategic Business Development
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Customer Experience
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Customer Lifecycle Management
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Change Management
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Restructuring Management
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Integration Management
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Pragmatic Mediation
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Connected Digitalization
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Cyber Resilience
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Mergers and Acquisitions
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Start-up Advisory
Areas
Affected areas
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Technological changes lead to new business models (innovation, digital)
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New business processes can change entire industries (change, transformation, disruption)
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Globalization is associated with social change (ethics, politics, wealth, health)
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Corporate governance under the aspect of fair process leadership (culture, risk management)
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New cooperations to fulfill customer expecations of today (liasion, relationship, interconnect)
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Labour force trends with it's future skill needs (demographic change, digitisation, extensive value chains, increased complexity)
Mentoring
Unlock your mental health
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Creating a trusted environment to get a safe space for reflection with immediate impact while
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Creating space for a deeper level of learning by exploring filters and sensitive dilemmas about the self
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Nurturing a growth mindset to become the best leader you can be to deal successful with the todays challenges
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Active engagement in the learning process allows to implement new practices and on-going development
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Becoming a reflective leader who can act swiftly and decisively without losing sight of the bigger picture
Development
Development of business and people
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Assistance for mergers, acquisitions and growth
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Collaboration with due dilligences
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Advice on succession planning
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Support with talent management, shadowing and mentoring
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Support to draft compensation models
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Access to our extensive network in Switzerland and abroad
Risk Management
Higher critical maturity
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Bridging gaps in internal capabilities through external independent services
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Identifying, assessing and controlling every day threats to an organization's capital and earnings
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Considering a wide variety of sources, including financial uncertainty, legal liabilities, strategic management errors, accidents, operational human errors and natural disasters
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Fulfilling mental health and physical wellbeing responsibilities for the people
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Reduce incidents and protect workforce, customers and business from claims, fines and reputational damage
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Find cost-effective risk management strategies to support a successful and sustainable business
Change
Guiding automation and transformation
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Encouraging optimizing processes and organization
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Challenge the customer journey
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Innovate to break up structures and support change projects
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Design job architecture and grading
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Support the transition to the new world of digital work
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Strengthen trust among internal and external stakeholders
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Coordinating relationship management
Initialisation
Analyzing the current situation
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Creating financial and other transparency
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Evaluation of problematic interfaces
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Define optimization actions
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Managing optimization programs
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Define performance management
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Coaching and onboarding of CEO's
Board Services
Independence and governance
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To demonstrate a commitment for good corporate governance to families, owners, shareholders and any kind of investors, it should be ensured that boards contain an appropriate number of experienced, well educated, networked and in particular independent non-conflicted directors
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Independence is key for effective corporate governance, any director employed by a service provider or advisor of any kind of vehicle cannot be truly independent and will find it difficult to avoid giving the impression of conflict of interest
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Independent directors, managers or officers are typically not affiliated with any administration group, law firm, management company or any other service provider and therefore free from any potential conflict of interest
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Pressures on governmental budgets across Europe has led to tax authorities reviewing and challenging cross-border structures to prove genuine substance
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We are Swiss citizen, working permanently in Switzerland and having our family homes in Switzerland as well, thus without any claim to residency that could be questioned and therefore no risk of challenge on the Swiss substance
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Having occupied executive, non-executive and various senior management roles in Switzerland but also all over the planet, we commit the appropriate amount of time to ensure good governance
Profile
OPOLUS solutions offers you a comprehensive range of experience and in-depth knowledge to help you to solve the most complex challenges.
WE MOVE YOU ON!
One of our senior profile contains the following experience:
> 25 years management- and leadership positions
> 20 years CEO
> 20 years non-executive board director
> 15 years key account- and sales management
> 10 years non-executive chairman
> 05 years board advisory and executive interim management
Projects in:
Switzerland, Germany, Austria, Netherland, France, Portugal, Spain, Italy, Bosnia, Bulgaria, Poland, Czech Republic, Hungary, Thailand, Dominican Republic, Russia…
Fluent in:
Swiss German, German, English.
Experienced in:
IT, Telecommunications, Infrastructure, Insurance, Property, Restoration, Facility Management, Environmental Services, Finance, Logistics, Retail Trade, Hospitality, NGO, Government, Customer Interaction, Claims Management, Risk Management, Crisis Management, Change Management, Restructuring Management, Coaching, Mentoring...
Some certifications of our senior advisor profile:
INSEAD - Leading from the Chair
INSEAD - IDP-C
INSEAD - Corporate Governance
INSEAD - Global Management
INSEAD - Advanced Management
MIT - Blockchain Technologies for Executives
HSG - Senior Management
HSG - Competence in Insurance Management
HSG - Corporate Strategy
SCA - Systemic Business- and Management Coach
EUBS - Executive Master in Business Administration
KVZ - Technical Business Manager
Would you like to experience the expertise of OPOLUS solutions yourself? Please contact us and we will discuss together what we can do for you.
OPOLUS stands for "from thinking to doing – with substance"
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About
Sandro GERBER
Chairman
Sandro GERBER is a sparring partner, strategic coach, management consultant, executive advisor and leadership mentor. He started in 2003 to support various companies at management- and also at board-level, nationally and internationally.
At the beginning of his professional career, he worked as an administrative clerk before he then concentrated more on sales management, marketing tasks and project management. He has then over the past 25 years held various management, CEO and board member positions in national and international companies with a focus on services, technology, infrastructure and construction.
Sandro GERBER was especially involved early on and repeatedly in the development, redesign and transformation of various industries and companies and has therefore considerable experience in the areas of transformation, innovation, digitalisation, corporate development, change, market liberalization, business development, restructuring, mergers and acquisitions.
He has an Executive MBA degree and various academic certifications in the areas of organization, sales, leadership, strategy, change and business management as well as corporate governance from various universities such as INSEAD, MIT, the University of St. Gallen and the European University.
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Contact
Opolus AG
Bohnackerstrasse 2
8309 Nürensdorf-Zürich
Switzerland
+41 44 505 30 10