Kai Engel

Kai is Member of the Strategic Council at Planven Entrepreneur Ventures.

Kai is Partner at A.T. Kearney and leads the Innovation Practice in Europe.

He has deep expertise in the areas of strategic innovation management (innovation strategy, portfolio management, innovation-to-profit, etc.), supplier-driven innovation approaches, complexity management, design-to-cost, supply chain, and purchasing and manufacturing strategy.

Kai is an active board member and advisor on some of the world’s most innovative initiatives: he serves on the supervisory board of the European Innovation Management Academy, the editorial board of Innovation Manager magazine, and he is also advisor on the World Economic Forum’s Fostering.

Innovation-Driven Entrepreneurship initiative.

He earned a Ph.D. in mechanical engineering from the University of Hannover and a degree in business administration from the University of Braunschw.