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