Personal contact creates trust
We place our knowledge, experience and capabilities at our clients’ service. Direct collaboration is the basis for trusted, long-term mandates.
Independent Management Advisory · Zug
Think entrepreneurially.
Take responsibility.
Since 2004, Arete Consulting has supported companies, owners and governing bodies in demanding strategic, organisational and entrepreneurial matters – with a holistic approach and personal responsibility.
01 · Philosophy
The ambition behind our name.
areté is one of the frequently referenced human qualities and virtues in Greek philosophy.
In essence, areté means making the best of one’s abilities and consistently realising one’s potential. This ambition shapes our understanding of advisory work and entrepreneurial responsibility.
Excellence emerges where experience, judgement and execution come together.
Arete does not view advisory work as an isolated discipline, but as an entrepreneurial task requiring a view of the whole.
02 · Vision & Mission
Personal. Generalist.
Results-oriented.
Seeing the whole picture
We approach challenges across disciplines and from a generalist perspective, consciously considering interdependencies so that solutions serve the business as a whole.
Advice with implementation responsibility
We work efficiently, reliably and with a focus on performance. Where appropriate, we go beyond decision support and take responsibility for implementation.
03 · Experience & Expertise
A holistic perspective built on experience.
Our strength lies in combining different entrepreneurial perspectives. Experience across diverse disciplines enables us to assess issues not in isolation, but in their strategic, organisational, financial and operational context.
Among other areas, Arete has particular experience in the restructuring of industrial SMEs.
Sales &
Marketing
Marketing
Business
Development
Development
Production
Supply Chain
Management
Management
Finance
Human Resources
IT &
Digitalisation
Digitalisation
Strategy &
Organisation Development
Organisation Development
M&A
Holistic
Perspective
Perspective
Typical mandate formats
Arete typically provides its services through Board of Directors, Board of Trustees or executive management mandates, as well as through traditional advisory engagements.
01Board of Directors
Mandates
Mandates
02Board of Trustees
Mandates
Mandates
03Executive Management
Mandates
Mandates
04Advisory mandates,
especially for M&A projects
especially for M&A projects
04 · Selected Clients
Long-standing experience across industries.
A selection of companies and institutions for which Arete Consulting has provided advisory, management or governing-body services.
Carpigiani Group
Egro Coffee Systems AG
Egro Immo AG
EquityNova AG
Fritz Schumacher AG
Gemeinde Emmen
Kelag Systems AG
Nexis Fibers Group
Pavenstedt und Pauli AG
Rancilio macchine per caffè spa
Roasting Plant Inc.
Stoppani AG
SwissFactory.Group AG
swissfillon AG
Switzerland Innovation Park Biel/Bienne
Tamarind Village
UBS
Vitra International AG
05 · Team
Lean in structure.
Direct in the mandate.
Founding Partner
Hans Gattlen
- Born 1964
- Attorney-at-law and business economist
- International management experience as CEO and in business development, strategy and organisational development, project management and legal advisory
- Co-owner, CEO and Chairman of the Board of various SMEs
- Languages: German, French, English
Junior Project Manager
Aurélien Blaser
06 · Contact
Direct dialogue.
Short lines.
Arete Consulting GmbH
Kolinplatz 10
6300 Zug · Schweiz / Switzerland / Suisse