Core team
Khosro Ezaz-Nikpay was a senior Partner with McKinsey & Company in the UK and Germany Offices. He has 18 years management consulting experience and led McKinsey’s global Purchasing and Supply Management Practice. He also initiated, developed and oversaw McKinsey’s India Centre of Competence, and lead McKinsey’s work on sourcing innovation. Parallel with working on Enjoin Partners, Khosro is Managing Director of Zendegii Ltd, a start-up company focused on Health and Nutrition. Prior to joining McKinsey in 1994, Khosro received a Bachelor of Science from the University of California at Berkeley and a PhD in Chemistry from Harvard University in Cambridge. Khosro is on the board of trustees of Future Talent a UK charity focused on helping children with extraordinary music talent develop their skills.
Helena Nelson has 12 years work experience, including Consultant and Global Knowledge Manager at McKinsey & Company, based in the US, Sweden, UK, Holland offices; Business Development Manager at PriceWaterhouseCoopers, based in the Swedish office; and CEO and founder of Yourniverse, a Swedish start-up company focused on competence development. Helena has a background in purchasing and operations, competence development and training, knowledge and intelligence development. She has extensive experience in the development of new ventures and models, for large corporations and in start-up settings. Prior to joining McKinsey, Helena received a Master of Science in Economics and International Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden, and Columbia Business School in New York.
Hendrik Sabert is an innovation and technology expert. He was a strategy consultant with McKinsey & Co., worked as a senior researcher with Sony in Japan, and as CTO of a start-up company. Hendrik has worked extensively with big data modelling and insight extraction. He leads all technology development at Zendegii Ltd. He holds an MBA from London Business School and a PhD in Electrical Engineering from the University of Hamburg, Germany.
Malin Elinder is a operations and productivity expert. She has worked as operations director in a number of start-ups in life sciences and consumer goods. Malin has a PhD in biochemistry from Uppsala University.
Zbigniew “Spish” Rurak has over 25 years experience in executive search and selection. His practice encompasses recruiting and assessing senior executives, auditing management teams and corporate recruiting systems, as well as executive coaching and transition counselling across a diverse and global spectrum of industries and functions. Previously, he worked in international sales & marketing, product development, and strategic planning with Comsat, a leading satellite communications company in Washington, DC. Also, he worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company in their Düsseldorf office. He holds an M.Sc. in Economics from the London School of Economics, and an AB in Government from Harvard University.
Andrew McKinlay has over 20 years of experience in the marketing and communication industry. He worked as general manager at Saatchi and Saatchi, located in both Europe and Asia. Following a position as global network director at Publicis Group, he was global director of Marketing Operations at Nokia. Most recently, he was CEO of a creative content consultancy where he has been instrumental in its global profitable growth. Andrew serves global FMCG companies on marketing strategy and implementation, and corporate communications. He is on the board of trustees of a Resurgo Trust a UK charity whose initiatives Spear and SpearHead provide coaching services to create sustainable employment for disadvantaged young people.
Cecilia Ezaz-Nikpay is an economist, and communications expert. She has 10 years experience as a consultant, mainly focused on organization and talent management. For several years she has worked as a freelance journalist, writing cover stories, news articles and columns from her position in London for Swedish magazines, including leading publications such as Fokus, Axess, and Affärsvärlden. She previously worked at McKinsey, Germany, and holds a Master of Science in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in Sweden.
Aurelie Geronimus (Schmitt) is a psychologist with a Master in clinical psychology from the University of Strasbourg. She spends some of her time working for Zendegii Ltd, a company providing health food and information, where she focusses on Nascent Demand and innovation.
Bodi Rongen is a professional councillor and leads Enjoin’s counselling methodology. He studied Psychoenergetics with Professor Peter Shellenbaum in Switzerland. He is also an accomplished professional painter. Bodi has a degree in Semitic languages and culture from the University of Leiden in Holland.
The Core Team draws on a network of experienced practicioners and functional experts, e.g., HR, marketing, branding, strategy, big data analytics, procurement, R&D, and operations.