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Olivier RIVIERE

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Managing Partner, KAM, Sales Enablement & Complex Sales at Powering
📍 Munich, Bavaria, Germany

Olivier Riviere is a sales transformation catalyst and Managing Partner at Powering, focused on complex B2B and B2G sales. An expert in Key Account Management, he serves on the board of AKAM and lectures at ESSEC. He holds a PhD from Mines Paris and colleagues describe him as insightful and supportive.

Olivier shows a strong interest in discourse that challenges conventional thinking. He appreciates critical analysis of the tech industry and values substantive, fact-based discussions on complex topics, including the application of AI and political integrity.

Unique fact: He actively combines high-level consulting with shaping the sales profession through his academic lectures and his board role at the Association for Key Account Management.

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Experience
38 Years
Current Role
Managing Partner, KAM, Sales Enablement & Complex Sales
Job Level
Leadership
Location
Munich, Bavaria, Germany
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Key Account Management
He is a board member of the Association for Key Account Management (AKAM), runs a consultancy focused on it, and has published white papers on the topic.
Complex B2B Sales
His entire professional focus is helping organizations improve performance in complex B2B and B2G sales environments, which he highlights as his core specialty.
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Career

Work history

1-2017
Managing Partner, KAM, Sales Enablement & Complex Sales
Powering
12-2015
Founder
KAM WITH PASSION
5-2017
Board Member
Association for Key Account Management
1-2017
Adjunct Faculty Member
ESSEC Executive Education
1-2013 - 11-2016
Head of KAM & Solution Selling Practice
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Education
1980 - 1984
Doctorat Ingenieur (PhD)
Mines Paris - PSL
1975 - 1980
Engineer
INSA Lyon - Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon
1991 - 1992
ICG
ICG Institut Francais de Gestion Paris
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