Peter Andrist

CEO, Ambassador's SkyChef

Managing Director Gate Gourmet Japan July 2009 - August 2010 VP Business Development at Gate Gourmet (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Hospitality industry) July 1999 – June 2009 Negotiate acquisitions. Perform feasibility studies and evaluation for acquisition of Catering units and Greenfield operations in Asia & Pacific. Execute due diligence's. Tender negotiations and submissions. Establish project budget and business plans. Negotiation of acquisition agreements and contracts. Project manager for acquisition and responsible for the integration of acquired units. Pre-opening planing fro the start up of new units. Set up the Organisation and project team for the start up of new or acquired units. Establish possible customer portfolio for new business. Implementation of Company's policies, procedures and corporate identity in new units. Analyze catering operations and improvement potential. Operational support for the units. Perfom competitor & industry market analysis. Establish network of important contacts. Acting Managing Director for Japan (8 months) and Shanghai (4 months). Global supply management and logistic for the Division (1 year). Director at Gate Gourmet Zurich (Public Company; 501-1000 employees; Hospitality industry) July 1994 – June 1999 (5 years) Planing, organisation and management of the division with 200 staff an 60 MCHF turnover. Responsible for the operation, production and logistic of 70 customer airlines. Budget responsibility for the division. Establishing Budget & Business Plan. Marketing & market analysis. Negotiate agreements and contracts with customers. Key Account Manager for major customer. Division Manager - Supply Management, Logistic and Uniforms at Swissair (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry) July 1992 – June 1994 (2 years) Responsible for the logistic of all Swissair warehouses at the home base. Purchase and out fitting of the world-wide Swissair staff with uniforms & accessories. Purchase and supply to Swissair IT Department with IT spare parts. Responsible for the internal and external mail service for the Swissair head quarter. Management of the car fleet at head quarter. Mangement, update and distribution of pilot & crew manuals. Manager System Planning at Swissair (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Aviation & Aerospace industry) September 1989 – June 1992 (2 years 10 months) - Project Management - Development and design of Information Systems - Development of concepts for users. - Implementation and support of new concepts, information systems and organisations. - Performing factory analysis. Information Technology Officer at Credit Suisse (Public Company; 10,001 or more employees; Banking industry) April 1988 – August 1989 (1 year 5 months) for this position Branch Manager at Swissair Restaurants Cairo - Egypt (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry) January 1985 – January 1987 (2 years 1 month) Assistant Executive Manager at Swissair Restaurants Cairo - Egypt (Privately Held; 51-200 employees; Hospitality industry) April 1983 – December 1984 (1 year 9 months) Deputy Production Manager at Buenos Aires Catering - Argentina (Public Company; 201-500 employees; Hospitality industry) April 1980 – April 1983 (3 years 1 month) Assistan Director at Plaza Hotel Lucchesi - Florence, Italy (Privately Held; Hospitality industry) April 1979 – February 1980 ( 11 months)