People profiles
Andy Young
Professional Background
- McKinsey-trained M&A and strategy consultant with over 20 years experience working both buy and sell-side
- Delivered 50+ end to end integrations and carve-outs both large and small with values up to €8bn, with involvement in hundreds of other deals
- Managed operational turnarounds, divestitures & reverse integrations, management buy outs, governance frameworks & Target Operating Models
- Former CxO for high tech FTSE 100 with responsibility for M&As and strategy
- Sector agnostic with experience across technology, banking, energy, healthcare, FMCG, mining and insurance
M&A Skills & Expertise
- Deep expertise in all aspects of M&As from upstream pre-deal activity to downstream integration:
- IMO Management
- DD and 100 day planning
- TSAs
- Strategic planning
- Operational restructuring, cost out and right sizing
- Process improvement
- Change Management
- Technology solutions (infrastructure, CRM, apps, AI, SIAM, EUC)
- Vendor selection and management
- Experience leading M&As as a Programme Director, setting up IMO’s, advising at Board level and more hands on workstream level activity across all work streams when required to roll the sleeves up
Project Highlights
- M&A-related experience includes:
- Programme Director for €8bn carve out of Unilver’s global spreads business across 127 markets
- Programme and PMO Director for carve out of KPMG’s Pension Advisory business for PE firm
- Programme Director for acquisition and carve out of medical device from FTSE listed business on behalf of a group of philanthropic billionaires
- Carve Out Director for separation of global energy supplier’s renewable and traditional fuel businesses
- Programme PMO Director for Homeserve’s acquisition of a national gas servicing business to rival British Gas
- Programme Director for management buy out of business unit from e.On
- Programme Director for divestment, carve out and post acquisition integration of two global CRM businesses for PE-backed N. American E-Marketing Co
- Programme Director for carve out and stand up of NHS supply chain from DHL