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A private six-month program
The immersion runs over six months, long enough for the market to stop being a briefing and start being something you read on your own.
Lead your new market with a local peer beside you
You have inherited a team, a number, and a market you are still learning. Work through the decisions ahead with a GM-level operator who already knows how business gets done there.
180+ experts 40+ countries
30-minute matching call · no program commitment
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A new market has no manual. Your peer has already led a business there.
Concierge matching
Tell us what you inherited. We will find the peer who fits.
Bring the market, the team, and the decisions in front of you. In one 30-minute conversation, we listen for the operating context and match you with one GM-level peer who has led there.
Find your local peer
No local team on the ground yet? See Market Entry and Expansion 30-minute matching call · no program commitment
GM peers across markets
Drawn from 180+ experts covering 40+ countries.
David Jan de Zeeuw
General manager and serial entrepreneur with 30+ years building F&B brands across Europe, from Red Bull launches to private-equity-backed ventures.
Jon Burton
UK FMCG leader with 25+ years reversing category declines, launching multi-market business units, and leading brand, innovation, and P&L growth.
Jeff Cheng
GM-level go-to-market leader with 25+ years scaling FMCG and retail businesses across Southeast Asia, including omnichannel growth and complex expansion.
Henrik Andersen
Board-certified senior executive with 30+ years leading high-growth F&B, luxury retail, and FMCG businesses across the GCC.
How you start
Match first, work together once, then decide whether the full immersion fits.
- 1 30 minutes
Match with the right local peer
Tell GourmetPro about the market, team, and decisions you have inherited. We use that conversation to identify the right regional operator.
- 2 90 minutes · from $600
Work through the situation together
Your first working session is a paid clarity session with that peer, focused on the risks, opportunities, and decisions directly in front of you.
- 3 Six months · optional
Continue only when the fit is right
There is no commitment beyond the clarity session. If the immersion fits, you continue with twelve private conversations grounded in the live decisions your role brings.
Find your local peer
30-minute matching call · no program commitment
What you get
A private program with a fixed shape, agreed before it starts.
Twelve one-on-one sessions with an in-market expert
Twelve private sessions with a single GM-level expert who has already operated in your market. It is one to one, built around your decisions, not a syllabus.
Sharper decisions, grounded in how the market works
Across the conversations, you pressure-test assumptions, decode how decisions actually get made, and work through the market realities behind pricing, channels, buyers, partners, and execution.
GM immersion questions
Is this coaching or consulting?
It is coaching and immersion, not consulting. We do not run the market for you or hand you a done-for-you plan to sign off. The whole point is that you build your own read of the market, with a GM-level expert who has already operated in it, so that you lead your team and your territory with more judgment than a briefing could ever give you.
What happens first?
First, you have a 30-minute call with GourmetPro so we can understand the market, team, and decisions you have inherited. We use that conversation to match you with the right local peer. The first working session with that peer is a paid 90-minute clarity session. It gives you a clearer read of the risks, opportunities, and whether the six-month immersion fits.
Will this open doors or make introductions for me?
No. This is coaching, not a door-opening or deal-making service. Your expert has operated in the market, so the discussions are grounded in real exposure to how it works, but the program does not promise access, introductions, or transactions. If what you need is someone to run the market or find partners for you, that is a different engagement, and we will tell you so.
Who are the experts?
In-market GM-level experts from the GourmetPro network: senior operators who have run commercial territories in your market at GM level. You are matched to one expert for the whole program. The paid clarity session is your first working session together.
Tell us about your market
Tell us what you have inherited and the decisions in front of you. In this 30-minute conversation, we will understand the situation and match you with the right local peer.
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