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Tobias Aebi

Principal

Tobias advises energy and aerospace & defense clients on their most pressing strategic and organizational issues to make them fit for the future. 

Areas of Focus

Education

ESADE Business School
MSc. in Finance
ESADE Business School / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology CEMS
MSc. in International Management

Past Experience

Bain & Company
Associate Consultant
Procter & Gamble
Strategic Analyst

In his 8+ years of strategy consulting across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America, Tobias has developed strong expertise in advising energy and aerospace & defense clients on their most pressing strategic and organizational issues to make them fit for the future. He has particular experience in defense, the space industry as well as across all life-cycles of nuclear power where he recently led multiple assignments, such as:

  • Establishment of two new deputy ministries at a Ministry of Defense
  • Transformation of a Ministry of Defense
  • Development of a GCC country's national space strategy and policy
  • Establishment of a national space agency
  • Development of business and industrial roadmap of a nuclear program
  • Business model development to localize and later export a newly developed nuclear reactor design

Outside of work, Tobias is passionate about spending time with family & friends, sport (incl. scuba diving, golf, skiing, sailing), traveling, and reading.

Recent Publications

The National Innovation Ecosystem
Adnan Merhaba, Ben Thuriaux-Aleman, Eddy Ghanem, Tobias Aebi
Innovation is key in driving social and economic development and bridging the wealth gap between emerging and developed countries. Over the last 50 years, only a few countries, such as South Korea and Singapore, have succeeded in unlocking the full benefits of nation-wide innovation. Instrumental to their success is a systematic approach tackling innovation in a holistic manner that captures policy, governance, innovation engines and innovation enablers to shape their innovation ecosystem and bridge systemic and market gaps.
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Aerospace & defense
The Space Agency of the Future
Adnan Merhaba, Matteo Ainardi, Tobias Aebi
The space sector has been increasingly moving from specialized activity within the domain of superpowers and large industrial conglomerates and corporations to a more democratized and accessible undertaking. The spur of new actors, both public and private, as well as emerging space countries, creates a new impetus for space agencies and governments as key space sector enablers.
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Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Power to low-power
Tobias Aebi
As of today, smart ecosystems are limited to reaching their full potential based on the underlying connectivity technologies, such as fiber, cellular and Wi-Fi. Due to their insufficient capabilities with respect to high energy consumption, cost of network roll-out and (hardware) investments, many important use cases (such as tracking, parking and lighting) are economically difficult to realize. Recently, a new alternative has seen the light of day, namely low-power, wide-area (LPWAN) technologies.
Find out more

In his 8+ years of strategy consulting across the Middle East, Europe, Asia, and North America, Tobias has developed strong expertise in advising energy and aerospace & defense clients on their most pressing strategic and organizational issues to make them fit for the future. He has particular experience in defense, the space industry as well as across all life-cycles of nuclear power where he recently led multiple assignments, such as:

  • Establishment of two new deputy ministries at a Ministry of Defense
  • Transformation of a Ministry of Defense
  • Development of a GCC country's national space strategy and policy
  • Establishment of a national space agency
  • Development of business and industrial roadmap of a nuclear program
  • Business model development to localize and later export a newly developed nuclear reactor design

Outside of work, Tobias is passionate about spending time with family & friends, sport (incl. scuba diving, golf, skiing, sailing), traveling, and reading.

Recent Publications

The National Innovation Ecosystem
Adnan Merhaba, Ben Thuriaux-Aleman, Eddy Ghanem, Tobias Aebi
Innovation is key in driving social and economic development and bridging the wealth gap between emerging and developed countries. Over the last 50 years, only a few countries, such as South Korea and Singapore, have succeeded in unlocking the full benefits of nation-wide innovation. Instrumental to their success is a systematic approach tackling innovation in a holistic manner that captures policy, governance, innovation engines and innovation enablers to shape their innovation ecosystem and bridge systemic and market gaps.
Find out more
Aerospace & defense
The Space Agency of the Future
Adnan Merhaba, Matteo Ainardi, Tobias Aebi
The space sector has been increasingly moving from specialized activity within the domain of superpowers and large industrial conglomerates and corporations to a more democratized and accessible undertaking. The spur of new actors, both public and private, as well as emerging space countries, creates a new impetus for space agencies and governments as key space sector enablers.
Find out more
Telecommunications, Information technology, Media & Electronics (TIME)
Power to low-power
Tobias Aebi
As of today, smart ecosystems are limited to reaching their full potential based on the underlying connectivity technologies, such as fiber, cellular and Wi-Fi. Due to their insufficient capabilities with respect to high energy consumption, cost of network roll-out and (hardware) investments, many important use cases (such as tracking, parking and lighting) are economically difficult to realize. Recently, a new alternative has seen the light of day, namely low-power, wide-area (LPWAN) technologies.
Find out more

More About Tobias
  • ESADE Business School
    MSc. in Finance
  • ESADE Business School / Hong Kong University of Science and Technology CEMS
    MSc. in International Management
  • Bain & Company
    Associate Consultant
  • Procter & Gamble
    Strategic Analyst