Richard Crux is Managing Partner at NGS Global based in Düsseldorf, Germany. Mr. Crux conducts senior-level assignments on behalf of domestic as well as global companies in the industrial, consumer goods, retail and logistics sectors. His areas of functional expertise include marketing, sales, supply chain and procurement. Mr. Crux has extensive experience in executive search and served previously as Managing Director of a major global executive search firm. Mr. Crux was most recently CEO of bofrost. His earlier career includes tenure as CEO of Stollwerck and as President, Consumer of Barry Callebaut. Mr. Crux also served as a Member of the Divisional Board Mail/New Business at Deutsche Post/DHL, as Director Marketing at Kraft Foods, and as a Consultant at McKinsey and Company. Mr. Crux studied business economics at Westfälische-Wilhelms-Universität in Münster where he earned the Diplom-Kaufmann-degree.