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Christian Gj\u00f8rup is an internationally experienced leader with two decades of experience in the retail and consumer goods sectors across Europe and Asia. He brings a unique perspective by combining hands-on operational leadership with expertise from top-tier strategy consulting and executive search firms.<\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/strong><\/p>

Christian began his career at a family-owned toy retailer, where he gained deep operational experience across the entire value chain, from sourcing in Asia to managing store networks in Germany and Norway. As a country manager, he held full P&L responsibility for two retail banners, including TOYS “R” US, and successfully prepared the Norwegian business for its sale to the private equity investor EQT. Subsequently, he broadened his expertise at McKinsey & Company as a member of the global marketing and sales practice, advising on transformation and strategy implementation.<\/p>

Christian is fluent in Danish, English, and German.<\/p> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n\n\n\n

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INDUSTRY FOCUS<\/h1>
  • Consumer & Retail (incl. Specialty Retail, Fashion, Luxury)<\/li>
  • Private Equity<\/li>
  • Media<\/li>
  • Healthcare<\/li>
  • Professional Services<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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    FUNCTIONAL AREAS<\/h2>
    • Transformation & Change Management<\/li>
    • Strategy Definition & Implementation<\/li>
    • General Management & P&L Responsibility<\/li>
    • Post-Merger \/ Process Integration<\/li>
    • International Growth & Market Entry<\/li>
    • Marketing & Sales<\/li>
    • Supply Chain Management & Sourcing<\/li>
    • Leadership Advisory & People Development<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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      Vocation Stations<\/h2>
      • Consulting and interim leadership, C Gj\u00f8rup ApS<\/li>
      • Executive Director, Russell Reynolds Associates<\/li>
      • Chief of Staff to Executive Board, Bauer Media Group Strategy<\/li>
      • Consultant, McKinsey & Company<\/li>
      • Country Manager Norway, TOP-TOY<\/li>
      • Country Manager Germany, BR-Spielwaren<\/li><\/ul><\/div><\/div> <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"author":20,"featured_media":0,"menu_order":0,"template":"","competences":[],"industry-sectors":[378,369],"typ-team":[427],"class_list":["post-873604","team","type-team","status-publish","hentry","industry-sectors-consumer-goods","industry-sectors-trade","typ-team-director"],"allData":{"_zw_post_wordcount":["228"],"_zw_reading_time_seconds":["46"],"_edit_lock":["1761299137:3"],"_wpml_word_count":["277"],"rank_math_seo_score":["53"],"rank_math_internal_links_processed":["1"],"_edit_last":["3"],"_zw_max_input_files":["-1"],"_wpml_media_duplicate":["1"],"_wpml_media_featured":["1"],"_zw_lastname":["Gj\u00f8rup"],"_zw_prename":["Christian"],"_zw_email":["christian.gjoerup@atreus.de"],"_last_translation_edit_mode":["native-editor"],"rank_math_focus_keyword":["Christian Gj\u00f8rup"],"rank_math_title":["Christian Gj\u00f8rup, Director Atreus GmbH"],"rank_math_description":["Christian Gj\u00f8rup is an internationally experienced leader with two decades of experience in the retail and consumer goods sectors."],"_zw_description":["Director"],"_zw_linkedin":["https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/christiangjoerup\/"],"rank_math_facebook_image":["https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/10\/gjoerup-christian-2.png"],"rank_math_facebook_image_id":["877380"],"_zw_portraitImg":["877380"],"_zw_phone":["+49 89 452249-002"]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/873604","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/team"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/20"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/team\/873604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=873604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"competences","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/competences?post=873604"},{"taxonomy":"industry-sectors","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/industry-sectors?post=873604"},{"taxonomy":"typ-team","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.atreus.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/typ-team?post=873604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}