Arthur D. Little

Dr. Michael Tram is the Global Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Arthur D. Little. A lawyer by training, Michael has a long and prestigious background in consulting, having previously held senior positions in A.T. Kearney and Celerant Consulting. Michael has written a number of books including The Value Growers, After the Merger, Spearheading Growth and the The 100 day Myth. Michael started his career in 1986 as a Junior Barrister before joining A.T. Kearney in 1989. By 1997 Michael had been promoted to Vice President and became a member of the Global Strategy team. His professional expertise includes the development of growth strategies, post merger integrations and restructuring assignments. In 2000 he had been promoted to Managing Director for Central Europe and became a member of the firm's Global Senior Leadership Team. By 2003 Michael had been appointed as the Managing Director Profit Centre Greater Europe (EMEA) and a member of A.T. Kearney?s Global Operating Committee holding multiple managerial and client development responsibilities. During those years Michael had also been a supervisory board member of EDS Germany. In 2004 Michael left the firm to become Executive Vice President for Celerant Management Consulting before leaving to join Arthur D. Little as Global CEO.

Diethard is the Managing Director of Arthur D. Little Central Europe. He has considerable experience in management consulting and is active in the areas of development and implementation of business unit strategies, organizational development, as well as marketing, product management, and sales management, change management projects, transformation and turnaround programs. He has worked in several industries on restructuring and strategy assignments, but has a special focus on the TIME (Telecommunications, IT, Media, Electronics) industries. He has specific, relevant work experience in Australia, North America, and all across Europe. Diethard, a qualified attorney-at-law, studied Law at the University of Hamburg, Germany and at l' Universite de Lausanne, Switzerland; he holds a PhD from the University of Hamburg, and an MBA from the University of San Francisco, USA.

Gerrit studied Business Administration at the University of Munich (Dipl.-Kfm., Dr. publ. oec., majors: Organizations, Banking) and as a scholar of the Rotary Foundation at the University of Rochester in New York (MBA, majors: Finance, Marketing). He is fluent in the German, English and French.

Mark is Managing Director of Arthur D. Little UK and the head of the UK TIME practice. Mark?s work focuses on corporate strategy and development in the telecoms and media sectors with particular emphasis on product and service innovation and media mobile market entry. Mark?s position at ADL builds upon considerable experience in innovation consulting and telecommunications; previously Mark led a boutique innovation company in the UK and China, established the China office of CSMG Adventis and for eight years led the European business of CSMG.

Ms. Callahan is responsible for all aspects of CONRAD's clinical program and oversees a staff of clinical research coordinators, monitors, and administrators. She was educated at Vassar College and at Northeastern University. Ms. Callahan began her scientific career as a researcher at the Worcester Foundation for Experimental Biology and as a member of the professional staff of Arthur D. Little, Inc. (ADL), a private consulting firm. She left ADL to become a founding partner of Lipid Specialties, Inc., a new company based on a patented lipid technology developed at ADL. Prior to joining CONRAD in 1995, Ms. Callahan was Director of Clinical Research Operations for Medical and Technical Research Associates, Inc., a clinical research organization in Boston, Massachusetts. She is author and co-author of numerous scientific articles.

Sara Cozzi is a Business Analyst of the Global Environment and Risk Practice of Arthur D. Little Italy. Her professional experience includes development and implementation of integrated management systems (ISO 9001, OHSAS 18001, ISO 14001), design and review of environmental reports, environmental due diligences.

Wilhelm is Central Europe Strategy & Organization and Corporate Finance Practice Leader with considerable consulting experience. He is also affiliated to the Chemicals, Manufacturing and the Consumer Goods & Retail practices. Wilhelm holds a Beverage Engineering Degree and a Master of Business Administration.

Laurent is based in our Paris Office. He has extensive experience in management consulting and has acquired a deep knowledge of process industries, electrical equipments and services, packaging, building & construction and utilities. Laurent assists clients on strategic as well as organizational and performance-driven issues. He is an expert in strategy - organization alignment and has led several large transformation projects. Laurent graduated from ESCP-EAP and is a Diplom-Kaufmann (business graduate) from Berlin TU.

Massimo is a Director at Arthur D. Little Italy, based in the Milan office. He leads the FSG (Financial Services) practice. His competency focus are Retail Banking, Compliance and Change Management. During many years of professional experience Massimo assisted the largest banking Group in Italy in a cross-border alliance project; he designed and implemented innovative client segments service model for SME and private individuals; he assisted local and international asset managers and private banks in their strategy of growth in Italy; he defined, developed and launched the "concept" of a secondary Loan Sale Market in Italy. He holds a degree in Economics and a Biennium in IT from the University of Pisa.

Michael is a Director at Arthur D. Little Central Europe, based in the Dusseldorf office. He is a member of the Global Strategy & Organization and Corporate Finance practice and is also affiliated to the Financial Services practice. His professional focus is on providing transaction support to industrial and Private Equity investors (e.g. M&A strategy, target selection, due diligence, pre-merger planning, and post-merger integration) as well as corporate and business unit strategy development. Michael holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Diploma in Business Administration from Hamburg University.