Bernhard Kowatsch

Founded the WFP Innovation Accelerator - a global social impact startup accelerator & digital venture builder for WFP and external clients. In 2021, our startups positively impacted a total of 8+ million people and raised $160M in grants Assembled a 60+ people team with $20M annual budget Clients incl. Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Humanitarian Grand Challenge . Operating a total of 12 accelerator programs. Received multiple awards from FastCompany incl. #2 Most Innovative Non-Profit 2021

ShareTheMeal is one of the Best Apps of 2020 of Google Play and the Apple App Store, raised more than 99M meals/ $53M from over 4 million app users. One of two co-founders: Led product management, marketing, hiring fundraising and partnerships. Managed up to 15 people; realising record donations for the German and global app launch, achieving top media coverage and top ranking in Google and Apple app stores; Advisor since 01/2016: on fundraising, marketing and strategic partnerships

Created a new Business Innovation team, an internal management consulting team, driving corporate strategic initiatives, innovative business practices. Managed teams of up to 15 staff working with other offices/units client teams and external partners. Key projects include: Managed the global PMO of the corporate transformation of the new CEO, ran efficiency optimisation (50% cost reduction ($10M)) for Afghanistan operation, lead WFP-wide country-presence strategy and global partnerships office strategy

Managed new business development, product launch, marketing and operations optimisation projects for global technology and industrial goods companies Promoted from Associate, Consultant to Project Manager among top performers Key projects included -setting up a new supply chain business from strategy to implementation realising $600M sales and $60M profit in first year of operation for a multinational conglomerate -Market entry strategy for an automotive -Global pricing strategy for a global tech company