Katja Gerber

Board member of a publicly listed global leader in sustainable thermal comfort and energy efficiency (€3B revenue, 10K employees, 40 countries).

Drove commercial evaluation, integration, and value creation across HP’s global M&A portfolio, accelerating growth strategy. Spearheaded $3B Poly acquisition with a commercial approach, surpassing revenue synergy targets and solidifying market leadership.

Advised leading $100B+ e-commerce platform on growth, digital innovation, and customer experience.

Led HP's global digital business (B2C & B2B) as general manager with full responsibility for multibillion-dollar P&L and >1,000 people across 30 countries. Led product, category, marketing, sales, merchandising, content, UX, operations, customer service, strategy, planning, and analytics globally across the end-to-end digital value chain.

Advised premium post-purchase experience platform utilized by 100M+ consumers on product roadmap and scaling.

Product Lead for Innovation Labs team in Apple’s e-commerce organization (the world’s second-largest online retailer with presence in ~40 countries). Developed omni-channel strategy, drove innovation initiative on the future of commerce across online and retail. Defined vision, led product strategy, identified new domains, built online and mobile shopping platforms at the intersection of product, tech, UX. Integrated Beats by Dr. Dre e-commerce activity during the largest acquisition in company history.

Managed top enterprise clients contributing >50% of Swiss direct revenue.

Directed 5 sub-contracting companies (market research, branding, legal, apparel production, store design) for branding of soccer in Qatar ($2M budget) and development of sports apparel brand, including comprehensive business plan. Administered corporate services: Strategy and corporate development (including new business), financial (planning, reporting, cash flow), legal (contractual, brands, company foundations), main liaison for Board of Directors.

Led competitive benchmarking of online banking user interface with team of experts for major Swiss bank ($>1T AUM). Prepared acquisition target profile ($25B AUM) and key positions recruitment for medium-sized Swiss bank.

Led 70 students as MIT $100K Pitch Contest Director to organize event of the largest university entrepreneurship competition. Teaching assistant for Competitive Strategy (60 students). Cross-registered at Harvard Business School and MIT’s computer science department.

Selected as one of 40 students nationwide among all 200K Swiss students (0.02%) to be admitted to the Swiss Study Foundation based on proven excellence and potential to achieve exceptional accomplishments in society.

Won awards for highest Matura grade of class (100 students), best French Matura exam as selected by the French Embassy, Matura Project, and Schollenberger Prize for highest grade of the school (750 students).