Nguyen Vu Thuan
Founder & CEO

Nguyen Vu Thuan

Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Biography

Dr. Thuan Vu Nguyen – DBA, Asian Institute of Technology (Bangkok) | MBA, Solvay Dr. Thuan Vu Nguyen is a seasoned senior executive and board member with over 20 years of top management experience in Commercial modern trade, B2B wholesale & distribution and Retail across MT, GT, HoReCa, and eCommerce channels.

He served more than a decade as Commercial Director and Executive Board Member of METRO Vietnam (METRO GROUP), MM Mega Market (BJC and Big C Thailand), and has since spent over five years training and consulting for leading FMCG and food groups such as Wilmar, Heineken, 7-Eleven, Metro, Sabeco, Hormel, Danish Crown and JM Smucker,…

His expertise spans:

Strategy & Leadership – corporate strategy, business structuring, transformation, leadership
Retail & Distribution Management – chain management, store opening, store remodeling, expansion
Commercial Excellence – portfolio, pricing, promotions, merchandising, category management
B2B Marketing, Key Account Management & Negotiation – Strategic Partnership & Joint Business, Top 2 Top negotiations, trade/customer marketing, shopper marketing, Commercial, Sales Force,…
Digital Transformation & Innovation – eCommerce, social commerce, digital business models, AI transformation.

Dr. Nguyen’s research and teaching focus on Creative business ideas & Innovation, B2B marketing, Key account management, Retail management, Sales & marketing, Strategy, Leadership and digital/AI-driven business models and transformation.

Honors

He has been recognized for academic, winning first prize in the DBA Research Showcase Vietnam. His doctoral thesis was also recognised as one of the best doctoral research works at the AIT School of Management (DBA & PhD), selected by the Dean.

In addition, he has served as an adjunct lecturer in the Chief Digital Officer (CDO) Executive Program at AIT, teaching modules on Digital Business Models and Customer Experience.