Dr. Daniel Tschofen | Executive Partner & Interim Management Mexico
The direct bridge between your global headquarters and the Mexican shop floor. I combine 20 years of hands-on executive leadership in Mexico's industrial and financial sectors with the pragmatism, cost-efficiency, and uncompromising standards of European market leaders.
A 20-Year Track Record: Leadership, Turnaround & Setup in the Industrial Sector
When your Mexican subsidiary lacks leadership, operational processes stall, or the manufacturing plant is deep in the red, I step in to take interim executive control.
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Interim Plant Manager & Operations Lead (incl. HMT Heldener Metalltechnik): Daily management of logistics, finance, and administration for an international automotive supplier in Mexico. Troubleshooting SAT import/export systems (Pedimentos) and directly harmonizing communication with the parent company.
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Advisory & Interim CFO (incl. Car Solutions America, COBMEX Apparel): Establishing robust financial structures, liquidity management, and executing deep operational restructurings. Identifying cash leaks, optimizing costs, and implementing electronic accounting (Contabilidad Electrónica).
Establishing and integrating manufacturing sites and corporate entities in Mexico requires strict budget control and absolute legal rigor.
- Joint Venture Structuring: Leading negotiations and structuring a joint venture with Latin America's leading steel construction company to manufacture intermodal cranes for the US market (including legal and operational safeguards for the foreign partner).
- Corporate Build-up: Setup, structuring, and leadership of sales and production companies, taking them from start-up to national industry leader and key supplier for the US market.
- Industrial Projects (incl. Batimat Aislamientos): Management of critical industrial construction projects across five locations in Mexico, including large-scale facilities for international breweries.
My operational field experience is backed by solid academic expertise, allowing me to navigate complex compliance risks legally and with zero bureaucratic friction.
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IMSS & Authority Clearance: Specialized consulting (incl. for US insurer Pinnacol Assurance) on the practical handling and regulatory compliance of the Mexican social security system (IMSS Bienestar).
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Latin America Expert & Lecturer: Long-standing teaching assignments in management, HR, and organizational development at the University of Innsbruck, Ravensburg-Weingarten University, and serving as a jury member at the renowned Frankfurt School of Finance & Management.
Let’s pragmatically secure your business operations in Mexico.
The Executive Edge: Why Your Mexico Expansion Needs Operators, Not Consultants
When a subsidiary in Mexico hits an operational crisis, the SAT tax authority freezes accounts, or a plant setup stalls, executives face a very real challenge: headquarters often lacks the capacity to deploy its own top managers for months at a time. Traditional strategy consultancies are usually too theoretical for the shop floor and shy away from taking real operational responsibility on the ground.
What companies expanding to Mexico need are not thick reports, but real entrepreneurs on site. Executives who deeply understand Mexican business practices, labor laws, and government authorities—and who set up processes so they remain transparent and securely manageable for your corporate controlling and reporting back at headquarters.
As an Executive Partner and Interim Manager, I act as your extended arm on the ground. No administrative overhead, no paper tigers. Just direct, measurable execution power on the shop floor and in the boardroom.
Trusted Partner to International Market Leaders & Industrial Companies (Excerpt)
Securing investments in Mexico requires absolute trust. Companies I have supported during their market entry, restructuring, or operational execution in Mexico include:
COBMEX® Apparel (Restructuring)
Car Solutions America (Interim CFO)
The Doppelmayr / Garaventa Group (Consulting & Support)
KTM AG - Ready to Race (Mexico Consulting, Financial Operations & Electronic Accounting)
Kuenz GmbH (Director Joint Venture Project)
Lenzing Group (Market Development)
HMT Heldener Metalltechnik (Interim Plant Management)
My Approach: A Best-in-Class Network (Instead of Expensive Generalist Structures)
Operating efficiently requires a lean, highly specialized setup. I do not operate as a large corporate firm where you co-finance an expensive in-house staff of generalists. As your Executive Partner, I manage a resilient network built over 20 years, consisting of the best boutique partner firms in Mexico (labor law, tax, customs, M&A, real estate). For every local challenge, you get the precise, top-tier expertise of a specialized attorney—orchestrated, translated, and commercially negotiated by me as your central executive point of contact.
The Result: Top-tier legal protection and operational execution power without incalculable overhead. Full budget control through transparent service packages.
Let’s pragmatically secure your business operations in Mexico.
Whether you are facing a plant expansion, planning to acquire a company, or your existing Mexican subsidiary has fallen into financial distress: Act before local inefficiencies turn into real financial risks for your parent company.