Lidl US CEO and leadership

Alexey Ershov is an Executive Vice President & Chief Analytics Officer (Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung, Analytics) at Lidl US and Partner at Metyis and is based in München, Free State of Bavaria, Germany. He has worked as Associate at McKinsey & Company, Graduate Research Assistant at Harvard University, and Executive Vice President & Chief Analytics Officer (Mitglied der Geschäftsleitung Analytics) at Lidl International. Alexey works or has worked as Professor (Associate) at Nizhny Novgorod State University. He attended Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology (State University) (MIPT) between 1992 and 1996 and Harvard University between 1996 and 2001.

Boudewijn Tiktak is an Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer at Lidl US and Executive Management Consultant at Meatless Farm and is based in Washington d.c. Metro Area. He has worked as Executive Vice President, Chief Commercial Officer at Lidl; Purchasing Director at Lidl España; and Purchasing Manager at Lidl Nederland. Boudewijn attended University of Groningen and Hanzehogeschool Groningen Hanze University of Applied Sciences Groningen between 2000 and 2005.

Experienced manager with an intercultural background. Passionate about International Management, Global Mobility, Educational Travel, Cultural Exchange, Study Abroad, Sales and Events.

Core Qualifications:

• Ten years of expert knowledge in the Educational Travel industry

• Eight years of managerial responsibility for teams of up to 35 employees

• Building and improving customer, business and employee relationships

• Successful launch of new business divisions

• Optimization of CRM processes

• Value Chain Management

• Global Mobility

• Organization and execution of events and workshops

• International experience and excellent cross-cultural competencies

• Bilingual (German/English)