Mag BARBARA FELDMANN
Independent business consultant and project manager specializing in business development, strategy and solution management, start-up & upscaling, networking, funding & financing.
- Owner of PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS Business Consultancy since 2005
- Managing Partner of MARBARA INVEST GmbH since 2021
- LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT GmbH, Germany – Supervisory Board Member since 2017
- Chairwoman of the AIK Charity Committee supporting the Wiener Hilfswerk since 2012
Career milestones:
- NOVOMATIC AG – Supervisory Board Member (2014 – 2019)
- Managing Partner of APA CENTRAL BeteiligungsGmbH in Germany and Austria
- CEO of the MARKS&SPENCER department store chain in Austria
- Establishment of the MARKS&SPENCER department store chain in Austria
- CEO of MAJELLA VersicherungsvermittlungsGmbH
- Education: Vienna University of Economics and Business
Master’s degree in Social and Economic Sciences - University of Zurich, Ethics Center
Certificate of Advanced Studies UZH in Applied Ethics, Business Ethics, Ethical Leadership - Diploma Zukunft.Frauen
Executive Leadership Program by BMAW, WKO, IV - Over 40 years of experience as an independent entrepreneur
- International experience in Europe and the USA
- Former Member of Parliament and City Council of the ÖVP Vienna, former member of the ÖVP State Party Executive Committee,
- Former Member of the State Group Board, Wirtschaftsbund Vienna,
- Former Delegate of the Vienna Economic Parliament,
- Former Presidium Member of the Austrian Management Club
- Golden Badge of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna
- Grand Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
Projects
Projects within the framework of PROGRESSIVE SOLUTIONS Business Consultancy
Some projects and clients are not named due to confidentiality reasons.
Additional references are available upon request.
- Consulting for national and international companies in the areas of research funding and subsidies
- Strategic consulting for a European PHARMACEUTICAL COMPANY focused on rare diseases & critical care
Strategic orientation, political communication domestically and internationally, international networking, consulting on funding programs - Real estate project concept with architectural firm and developer SIGS GmbH
Project development setup, development of project-specific USPs, branding concepts, project team assembly, financing - Start-up and strategy consulting for a Container Hub Roll-Out by a Polish company in LDCs
- Sale (asset deal) of PHYTO-Nutritional Supplements AGILKOMPLEX Prof. Weinstabl to an Austrian trading company
- Relaunch of PHYTOPOWER AGILKOMPLEX Prof. Weinstabl
Calculation, design, branding, storytelling, approval processes for health claims regulations, EU trademark - Consulting for an Austrian CYBER CRIME company for strategic and economic advice and core client sales
- Strategy consulting and mediation for the Austrian adult EDUCATION INSTITUTION VITALAKADEMIE with 7 locations in Austria
- Mediation, negotiation of a settlement for an ELECTRONIC DEVICE MANUFACTURER with the procurement company of an Austrian hospital and the city of Vienna
- EMBODIMENT EXHIBITION by artist Milan Vukovich. Project development, event management, press, and media
- Strategic consulting, mediation, and negotiation for Austrian HOSPITALITY GmbH – HUTH GASTRONOMIE
- Strategy consulting and partnership in the HEADHUNTER Boutique EPL
- Strategic development of a gender-sensitive personnel program for a leading Austrian BANK
- Development of a migration certification – Ethno Quality Seal THE CUBE, for companies
- Project development, event management, press, media for ISA STEIN PERFORMANCE TRILOGY
- Economic and strategic consulting for the BAUM Working Group
- Development of a pharmacy franchise concept for the Austrian pharmacy group SAINT CHARLES
- Strategic consulting for an international FAST FOOD chain in Human Resources, introducing a system catering agreement in collective bargaining for the hospitality sector
- Public affairs, corporate identity, and networking for a European MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
- Strategic consulting and growth concept for Austrian companies in the BUILDING MATERIALS industry, fixed building materials
- Start-up and international market launch of the Arabic–Austrian beverage production KREM EZZAT
- Strategic consulting for a company in plant construction for BIODIESEL, developing new markets
Projects under APA CENTRAL BeteiligungsGmbH as Managing Partner
- Management of the APAX/PROVIDENCE EQUITY Private Equity Consortium for the acquisition of Austria’s leading telecommunications company
- Strategic consulting for various alternative landline providers such as MIT, UTA, Telering, Western Wireless
- Setup and management of the Data Room for an Austrian office and school supplies retail chain, during sales and takeover negotiations
- Strategy consulting and concept creation for Austria’s largest shopping mall
- Executive management for the start-up of PTI Telecom Germany, a subsidiary of international carrier Primus Telecom Washington. Developing the German market – license acquisition, interconnection negotiations with Deutsche Telekom AG, management team setup, billing system development, customer program, distribution system
- Start-up, company establishment, and interconnection negotiations for PRIMUS TELECOM AUSTRIA – a subsidiary of international carrier Primus Telecom Washington. Subsequent sale of Primus Telecom Austria to parent company Primus Telecom Washington
- Strategic consulting for MEDUPHA Austria and Germany, a medical-pharmaceutical market research company
- Shareholder structure consulting for DIETZEL UNIVOLT, an Austrian manufacturer of electrical installation materials with international operations
Strategic consulting for a German publishing group in the course of a stake divestment
