Christopher Gruen

Christopher Gruen has a diverse range of work experience spanning multiple industries. Christopher is currently the Managing Director and co-founder of NovAzure Consulting, where they oversee activities with startups, corporations, and investors in the areas of clean energy and mobility. Christopher'srole involves providing support to innovative startups and scale-ups with strategy, go-to-market, fundraising, and operations scaling.

In addition to their role at NovAzure, Christopher is the Director of Business Development at CityQ, a company focused on hiring. Christopher is responsible for driving business development initiatives.

Prior to their current positions, Christopher served as the Start-Up Lead at Shell Alumni Network and as the Managing Director of SigmaSurge. At SigmaSurge, they offered services and tailor-made solutions in energy efficiency, alternative energy, and operational improvements, working with clients ranging from small businesses to multinationals.

Christopher also has extensive experience at Shell, where they held various roles over a period of 15 years. These roles included UK Retail Strategy Implementation Program Manager, where they managed workstreams across multiple business functions to implement strategies for maximizing customer satisfaction and performance. Christopher also served as the Shell Aviation Global Offer to Cash Process Expert, leading improvement projects within global shared service centers and local sales and support offices. Additionally, Christopher worked as the Global Shell Aviation Streamline Design Lead and the Aviation Sales Support & Junior Account Manager for Shell Aviation in Ireland and Germany.

Before entering the business industry, Christopher undertook a rotating traineeship at Shell/RWE joint venture as a Commercial Trainee while pursuing their Bachelor's degree in Business Administration. Christopher also gained experience in the German Federal Armed Forces as a Tank Artillery Radio/Fire Operator and SFOR assistant instructor.

Overall, Christopher Gruen's work experience demonstrates their expertise in clean energy, mobility, consulting, business development, project management, and process improvement.

Christopher Gruen earned a Bachelor in Business Administration (Betriebswirt WAH) from the Wirtschaftsakademie Hamburg (Hamburg Academy of Business Management) from 1999 to 2002. The degree focused on Business Administration, Sales & International Marketing. Additionally, Christopher obtained various certifications including a Greenbelt in Lean / Six Sigma in July 2015, a Lean Practitioner certification in 2012, and a Commercial Trainer / Coach certification from the Chamber of Commerce of Hamburg in 2001. The institutions that awarded these certifications are not specified.