Stephan
Deal Maker
Munich, Germany
I implement changes in a company's capital structure (e.g. M&A, carve out, buy-and-build, private debt, VC fundraising) in the best possible way.
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 25 years
Seniority Level: Senior
Sector Experience:
Commercial and Professional Services Commercial Services and Supplies Diversified Financials Entertainment Health Care Equipment and Services Health Care Equipment and Supplies IT Services Media Pharmaceuticals, Biotechnology and Life Sciences Real Estate Management and DevelopmentSkills
Skilled in: Portfolio Services & Add-on M&A, Sell-side M&A, Corporate Development
Technical Skills: Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, Microsoft Office, Capital IQ
Languages: German, English, French
Work Experience
Financial Advisor
Managing Director
●01/01/2003
- 1/11/2023
(1) M&A advisor - 20+ sell-side mandates, 10+ buy-side mandates, 10+ commercial due diligences, - Enterprise Value: EUR 10-100m, - across industries: engineering, IT services, IT contractors, mgmt consultancies, real estate developer, medical practices, SaaS, e-commerce, HR tech, media content monetarization - broad auctions and pre-emptive (2) Private debt advisor - LBO structuring - business planning - optimize leverage - EUR 30m international fundraising for cross-border transactions (3) Exit readiness manager - performance improvement (incl. growth, contribution margin, cost cutting, KPIs, business planning) - develop equity story (business model, USPs, market/value drivers, create awareness among financial market participants) - review portfolio as part of a broader shareholder value strategy to identify non-core assets (4) Carve-out manager - Assign and educate a dedicated team of internal resources on target level and parent company level - Get financial statements, Vendor DDs etc. prepared - resolute operative entanglements - company valuation (incl. quantify buyer synergies, perform business planning) - replace/incentivize management - structure and negotiate the deal - PMI (secure the value generated after closing) (5) Project manager - head of steering committees - manager of due diligence processes (FDD, LDD, TDD, CDD, etc.) (6) Turnaround manager - 3x SME restructuring cases (revenues: EUR 20-80m)
Management Consultant in digital growth
Senior Advisor
●01/01/2017
- 1/11/2023
Management consultant specialized in digital transformation, including development of digital business models, company building (scale-up), change management/re-organization, process digitalization, financial data management (BI/consolidation tools, reporting)
B2B Services
Managing Director
●01/02/2007
- 01/12/2012
Initiator & implementor of 3x roll ups as CFO, member of the supervisory board, investor - 1x blue collar temping (revenues: EUR 200m, 100+ branches, Enterprise Value: EUR 180m), - 1x Engineering (revenue: EUR 80m, 5 branches, EV: EUR 80m) - 1x IT Services (quoted company, revenues: EUR 200m, 20 branches, EV: 120m)
Private Equity Firms
Investment Director
●01/04/1998
- 01/03/2003
Growth investments, LBO/MBO, turnaround investments
Investment Banking
Deutsche Morgan Grenfell
●01/09/1995
- 01/03/1998
M&A buy-side/sell-side, ECM
Education
TU Berlin
Microeconomics
●01/01/1992
- 01/06/2022
Finance & Strategy
Licenses / Certificates
Stock Broker Licence
Deutsche Börse AG
●1/2/1997
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