Kora Cora Krause
Senior Corp. Strategy and M&A Manager focusing on ESG (VP level)
Frankfurt, Germany
Strategy and M&A | passionate about Sustainable Finance and Innovation | ESG | Climate SUMMARY +12 years of experience in driving strategy and business development in the investment management, banking and NGO sector focusing on ESG/sustainable finance (esp. climate-related risks and opportunities) and innovation; ESMT/Peking U MBA. CORE STRENGTH: excellent conceptual and analytical skills, innovative & entrepreneurial self-starter, creative, team player / connector STATUS: After +6 yrs with DB/DWS I am opting for some new challenges: open to freelance advisory work as of January 2022
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 12 years
Seniority Level: Senior
Sector Experience:
Communication Services Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials FinTech Health Care Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate UtilitiesSkills
Skilled in: Corporate Strategy, Portfolio Services & Add-on M&A, Corporate Governance & ESG, Corporate Development
Technical Skills: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office
Languages: German, English
Work Experience
DWS Group
Senior Corp. Strategy and M&A Manager focusing on ESG
●01/01/2019
- 01/12/2021
• Played a critical role in orchestrating DWS’s ESG Strategy initiative (develop and execute vision on an 18 months’ time horizon) • Co-Created DWS’s 1st Climate Report 2020 | content responsibility • Led strategic ESG partnerships initiative resulting in the co-development of innovative investment product i.e. a Blue Sustainable Economy strategy with a leading NGO • Closed two M&A acquisitions in the artificial intelligence & ESG sector (member of deal team)
Deutsche Bank
Vice President, Environmental & Digital Innovation | Enterprise Risk Mgmt
●01/01/2017
- 01/01/2019
• Led innovation across the Risk Management function globally • Launched Innovation Community w/100 members and Enabling Group (board -1 participation); developed framework leading to first-time fintech onboardings • ESG/Sustainability: led cross divisional working group on Climate-related risk management
Deutsche Bank
Assistant Vice President, One Bank Leadership Programme
●01/01/2015
- 01/01/2017
• Cross-divisional general management development program with three rotations of 6 months each in: enterprise risk, corporate strategy and trade finance
CDP
Advisor Investor Initiatives | DACH
●01/01/2013
- 01/01/2014
CDP provides environmental information to the capital market to push forward a low-carbon transition • Served as a consultant advising on liaison with institutional investors, e.g. orchestrated CDP’s Institutional Investor Conference 2014
CDP
Senior Relationship Manager | Business Development DACH
●01/01/2011
- 01/01/2013
• Sealed new partnership/sales contracts e.g. with German stock exchange (Deutsche Börse) • Built Austrian business from scratch: established partnerships with strategic stakeholders, various institutional asset managers, local media and stock exchange (Wiener Börse)
CDP
Project Manager | Business Development DACH
●01/01/2010
- 01/01/2011
• Built relationships with institutional investors, doubling investor base by 30 accords • Supervised external communications in the DACH region and continental Europe
KPMG
MBA Consultant | Global Public Sector Business Development
●01/01/2013
- 01/01/2013
• Public sector practice: in-house assignment in cooperation with a cross-sectoral KPMG team (eight weeks)
WWF Germany
Project Consultant | Energy Policy and Climate Department
●01/01/2010
- 01/01/2010
• Analyzed strategies and relevance of German large corps in a net-zero economy (4 months assignment)
Handelsblatt
Financial Reporter | Freelancer full-time on staff
●01/01/2008
- 01/01/2010
• Researched, composed and published articles focusing on the financial crisis, PE / VC, investment products and sustainability • Spent several months on assignment at the US Correspondent’s Office
Citigate Dewe Rogerson
Trainee and Junior Executive
●01/01/2005
- 01/01/2007
• Assisted account directors in consulting on financial communication focusing on transactions (M&A) and IPOs for clients such as 3i, Blackrock, Threadneedle and ML
Education
Guanghua School of Management - Peking University
Business
●01/01/2014
- 01/07/2014
International MBA - semester abroad
ESMT
Technology Management and Responsible Leadership
●01/01/2013
- 01/12/2013
#1 Business School in Germany (Financial Times) Final thesis: Investor activism - How investors influence portfolio companies in the DACH region
HSBA Hamburg School of Business Administration
Business
●01/09/2004
- 01/09/2007
Final thesis: Analysis of the importance of corporate communication for private equity companies in the German market and derivation of recommendations
Licenses / Certificates
EFFAS - European Federation of Financial Analysts Societies
Certified ESG Analyst (CESGA)
●01/06/2020
IDEO U
Designing a Business, Advanced Design Thinking Certificate
●01/12/2018
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