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The Linearis team

Strategy, product and portfolio development, consumer research, financial modelling, retail and hospitality formats, design, coffee expertise and entrepreneurship: these are some of the areas represented across the Linearis team.

When an assignment requires expertise beyond the core team, we work with national and international partners to extend our capabilities, from product design, architecture and branding up to retail development and real estate.

Davide Rastello

Davide Rastello

Founder — Portfolio, Retail & Business Strategy

Advises premium consumer and luxury businesses on growth strategy and business expansion. With experience across both multinationals and emerging brands, he has shaped global product portfolios, developed new retail and hospitality formats, and supported entry into new markets. Trained first as a designer and then in business, he helps clients connect the dots between strategy, design, operations and customer experience.

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Valérie Nguyen Dang

Valérie Nguyen Dang

Product & Offer Development

Focuses on developing and bringing offers to market, with particular depth in coffee, B2B and hospitality. Her experience includes global coffee portfolio development and product launches, complemented by direct entrepreneurial and operational exposure to café and foodservice.

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Frederic Laforge

Frederic Laforge

Consumer & Market Insights

Frederic has spent more than twenty years in consumer research and competitive intelligence. He combines a corporate background with hands-on expertise across research approaches: ethnography, exploration, user experience. He believes listening and observing are the starting point of any meaningful intelligence gathering: first the client, then the consumer. His background in premium consumer goods and beauty adds a research-led perspective to the work of Linearis.

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Patrick Brennan

Patrick Brennan

Financial Strategy & Business Modelling

Patrick’s experience spans strategic planning and finance leadership in a multi-billion-dollar international business, along with building and financing new ventures. He helps clients test business-model viability, size investment requirements, and decide how capital should be allocated across markets, locations and portfolios.

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Where we work

We are based in Lausanne, in the heart of French-speaking Switzerland, and we work internationally. Between us we are Italian, French, Swiss and American: Swiss precision, Italian creativity, French charm and American pragmatism are in the room.

Cultural clichés? Maybe, but we like to think that sometimes they are true.

Languages

English, French, Italian.

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Linearis Linearis Consulting
Mont-sur-Lausanne, Switzerland