People profiles
Dirk Hanssen
Professional Background
Dirk, over the last 25 years, has managed more than 2 dozen PMI projects, carve outs and M&A strategies. Serving many years as a partner and head of the Corporate Performance practice for a leading Strategy Consulting firm, he has worked for large multinationals as well as mid- and small size companies and PE’s in various industries. Clients value his pragmatic and hands on approach – in various roles as integration leader, M&A strategy designer or dedicated team facilitator. Dirk has extensive experience in Strategy, Transformation, Performance improvement and Change Management.
M&A Skills & Expertise
- Utilities: E.ON Group (Global M&A strategy for renewables, integration of Russian power plants, Spain, Italy and CEE integrations, PMI manual), RWE, EnBW, NordStream, Enel, EDF, Galp
- Agriculture: BASF (Integration of Bayer assets), Helm AG, KWS Seeds, Nordzucker, Suedzucker, Raiffeisen
- Logistics: DHL, Hapag Lloyd, Maersk, Havi
- ITC: Deutsche Telekom, Vodafone (integration of Arcor), T-Systems (integration of debis), Walter Tele Medien
- Mining & Metals: Aurubis
- Travel & Leisure: TUI (integration with Hapag Lloyd)
- Security: G4S (M&A strategy DACH)
Project Highlights
- Integration Lead/Co Lead
- Head of PMO (project management office) or IMO (integration management office)
- Target Operating Model (TOM) architect
- Integration/Carve Out process designer & manager
- Integration/Carve Out team leader/facilitator
- M&A strategy designer
- Stakeholder liaison