Overview
Christian Gjørup is a client director at Atreus, a Heidrick & Struggles executive interim management company. He leverages his experience as an operational leader in the consumer and retail industry and an advisor with top-tier strategy and executive search firms.
Experience
Christian places interim executives, project leaders, and functional experts for clients facing strategic challenges, including transformation, international growth, and performance improvement. His industry experience includes consumer and retail, private equity, media, healthcare, and professional services.
Prior to joining Heidrick & Struggles, Christian worked in the global consumer practice at another executive search firm, advising clients on executive search and leadership development. Before that, he worked in the media industry as the chief of staff to the executive board.
Christian worked in advisory roles as a strategy consultant, focusing on transformation projects for consumer clients.
He began his career in the retail sector, gaining comprehensive experience across the full value chain, from production in Asia to consumer markets in Europe. As a country manager in Germany and Norway for two retail companies, he held full P&L responsibility.
Christian is fluent in Danish, English, and German.
Education
Copenhagen Business School, Master’s Degree in Applied Economics and Finance
Copenhagen Business School, Bachelor’s Degree in International Business
University of Southern California, Exchange Semester