About me

Pawel Fleischer

A long-standing professional within the defence and space sector. At the very beginning of my career I worked for the Bumar Group, the largest Polish armaments company (the predecessor of the Polish Armaments Group). Afterwards I worked as an analyst for security and defence in one of the leading private analytical centres in Poland – Polityka Insight.

For over 15 years I have been working in the IT sector for key companies in Poland as a business development manager for the defence and space sector, where I have been involved in the implementation of projects for international institutions such as European Space Agency, European Defence Agency and the defence industry. From 2023, I am working for a TERMA Group in Darmstadt (Germany), where as business development manager, currently director, business development and sales, new space & defence, responsible for development new activities in the defense market.  Since 2018, I have been an independent expert on European Defence Fund and Preparatory Action on Defence Research projects for the European Commission.

In my early career, I was a member of the Defense Planning Staff Team in the NATO Defense Planning Cycle, on behalf of the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Powers in Europe. For my activities in support of the NATO in 2016, I was awarded the NATO Future Fellow by Atlantic Council. I am an active member of many national and international organizations. In addition to my professional work, I appears regularly in the media as an expert on international security.

 

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Expertise

Tender Management

A successful business development process involves submitting an offer to a potential partner, either public or private.  Both international and private organizations, depending on their specific operations (e.g. NATO, ESA, Frontex, EUSPA, EUMETSAT), have their own tendering standards. Over the decades, the tender requirements have changed. Therefore, it is important for a tendering company to be not only well qualified, but also experienced as well as having the understanding of your partner’s requirements and responding appropriately to them. The tendering process is labor intensive, requiring attention and focus on details.

Successful tender management can be achieved by:

  • Preparation of a rational and appropriate „Win strategy”,
  • Providing a competitor analysis and their possible strategy,
  • Content planning,
  • Tender documentation evaluation and assessment, along with identifying gaps,
  • Providing lessons learned from the bidding process.

Business Development

Finding new business opportunities is a challenge faced by most companies. For this purpose, it is necessary not only to understand the company’s background, but to be capable of evaluating the company’s potential for entering a new business and determining the effort required to achieve success. Because the business opportunity that arises will not always be a perfect match for an organization and may result in losses rather than benefits.

A positive business development track record is achieved through service:

  • Building a network in space, aerospace, defense, science, IT sectors,
  • Assessing potential partnerships,
  • Building opportunities for new partnerships,
  • Defining the target market and opportunities for new innovations.

 

Research and Analysis

Private and public institutions operates in an increasingly complex environment. Objective analyses allow them to navigate within this environment and recognize in advance emerging competitor threats, market developments, and new policies and technologies that could impact success. Competitiveness intelligence and analysis allows private and public entities to prepare for entry new markets, building a long-term strategy and assess their market value. In combination with horizon scanning and technology foresight, helps to identify events, trends and drivers (collectively, ‘factors’) that may shape an organization’s future operating environment and so its policy, research and strategic agendas,

Research and analysis service include:

  • Investigating the current and future business activities and strategy in the defense and space market
  • Determining the market share of competitors in a specific industry or market and the composition of the competitors market share
  • Exploring the operations and business strategy of competitors across an industry
  • Identifying potential customer/accounts in a specific industry or market
  • Providing technology assessment and horizon scanning
  • Conducting qualitative and quantitative analyses related to the defence issues and space sector development.

Certificates

APMP® Bid and Proposal Management Foundation 2020

NATO | ESA | EU Security Clearance

IS09001 | AS9100 | AQAP2110 Lead auditor

Expert in Innovation Management & Armaments equipment

®Prince2 Foundation Certificate

My public and academic engagements

Security and Defence Affairs Expert

Conducting interviews on security and defence issues for media in Poland and abroad. In my comments I focused mainly on the current security policy in the transatlantic region, especially in the development of defence capabilities and NATO policy.

Memberships

For several years I have been a member of organizations operating in the area of my services (APMP / Association of Polish Mechanical Engineers – SIMP) and domain ( SGAC / AFCEA). Therefore, I have ongoing access to knowledge and networks for continuous improvement of my competencies and services.

Emerging Leader in Defence Policy

Over the years I have had the pleasure of participating in all the key seminars or schools organised in Europe for people under 40, focusing on security and defence. Key projects: Europa Seminar (organised by the German Ministry of Defence); NATO Future Fellow (organised by Atlantic Council) Young Leaders Forum (organised by GLOBSEC); New Security Leader (organised by Warsaw Security Forum).