Senior leadership experience, on your side of the table.
Osen Invest helps international industrial companies grow, restructure and perform in China and Asia-Pacific – drawing on three decades of hands-on general management in the region.
How we help
Practical, senior-level support for owners, boards and executive teams – from strategy to execution on the ground.
China & APAC strategy
Market assessment, entry and growth strategy, localisation and go-to-market planning for European industrial companies.
Turnaround & performance
Restoring profitability in underperforming subsidiaries: sales effectiveness, cost structure, organisation and leadership.
Operations & engineering
Product cost, local sourcing, engineering transformation and manufacturing set-up – turning global products into competitive local ones.
Board & interim management
Non-executive board roles, advisory to owners, and interim general management when continuity or change leadership is needed.
About
Osen Invest is the consulting practice of Olav Nielsen, a Danish executive based in Shanghai with around 30 years of experience in industrial manufacturing and engineering across China and Asia-Pacific.
Olav has spent more than 20 years in general management with full P&L responsibility – leading sales strategy, product management, finance and engineering transformation – and serves as a board director for several European-owned companies in China.
Our approach
Senior attention, plain language and results you can measure.
Understand
Listen first – to owners, management, customers and the numbers.
Focus
Agree on the few priorities that will really move the business.
Execute
Work alongside your team on the ground, not from a slide deck.
Hand over
Build local capability so results last after we step back.
Let's talk
Whether you're entering China, fixing a subsidiary or looking for an experienced board member – a short, no-obligation conversation is a good place to start.