Fractional COO
Strategic operator and growth architect. - fully part of your team, yet flexible
Two decades as an executive in large global conglomerates and private-equity-owned companies – across shipping, finance, services and healthcare. Specialised in turning strategy into operations that perform consistently, and in re-configuring organisations during the moments that define them.
2–3 days
a week, embedded in your leadership team with skin in the game. We share the goals, and give you the full ownership of an inhouse COO, without you having to commit for a full time permanent role.
One period
of specific change: a new operating model, a turnaround, scale-up, integration or transformation. The situations where big change is necessary in the mix of people, process and technology, and you want the benefit of a senior leader who has been through it before.
Ownership
of execution until the change is sure to last. We bridge between technology, people and the way of working - we know that the outcomes are only sustainable on the P&L when the change is properly embedded in the delivery engine.
Track record
Christa Nielsen has led multi-million-dollar budgets and mission-critical programs with a strategic, cross-functional lens. Led multiple turnarounds with significant top- and bottom-line impact. Led organisations from 5 to 1,100 people. Steered operations through the Nordic banking anti-money-laundering crisis, a pandemic and hyperinflation.
Active angel investor in Danish fintech and health-tech.
Strategy into operations
Translating ambitious visions into scalable, high-performance operations – and institutionalising them in the operating rhythm.
Complex tech rollouts
ERP, AI, digitalisation and automation, led company-wide so the technology actually lands with people and processes.
Scale and performance
Operating model, outsourcing and insourcing, and disciplined performance management with a cross-functional lens.
International growth
On-the-ground experience building operations in Lithuania, Poland, India, China and the USA.
Calm under pressure
Confidential, discreet crisis leadership – forged in the financial sector and other regulated markets, where composure and trust are integral.