Europe

Background:

• Christophe is co-founder of Global PMI Partners, the only international network focused exclusively on delivering merger integration, separation and transformation services.
• Christophe was an Executive Director in the European Transaction Integration group of Ernst & Young, which is focused on worldwide and multidisciplinary integration and carve out projects resulting from transactions.
• Christophe completed a Masters in Business Economics at the Ghent State University.
• He also studied Estate & Wealth Management at the New York University. He has published several articles, presented seminars, conducted workshops and is a trainer on integration management and M&A.
• He speaks fluent Dutch, English and French, and understands and reads German.

Skills and Expertise:

• Christophe has over 23 years of executive experience in the areas of audit, corporate finance, working capital improvement, investment management, international restructuring, change management, implementation of ERP platforms and people management.
• Vice President Investment Administration and Operations for a $350 million family office in New York, where he was involved in private equity deals, venture capital funding and investing in public equities and bonds.
• Christophe has led numerous carve out and integration projects as well as other multidisciplinary projects like process improvements and change management programs, and establishment and optimisation of financial control systems and shared service centres.

Experience:
M&A-related engagements include:

• Fluxys, Brazil/Belgium, 2020/21, IMO
• EVS, Belgium/Netherlands, 2020, IMO
• Bejo Seeds, NL/South Africa, deal advice, 2020
• Corex/Corenso, Europe, IMO, 2019
• Balta, Belgium, 2018, Program mgt
• Infotheek, 2017, Netherlands, IMO setup
• WeEn Semi, EU-China, 2016-17, program mgt
• Vectura-SkyePharma, London, 2016: Finance
• Mifratel/Ebos, Belgium, 2016: Communications
• NXP Semiconductors, NL, 2008: lead carve-out management office
• Philips Semiconductors, NL, 2006: leading the treasury work stream carve-out
• IMO, Infosys, Palo Alto/Israel, 2015
• Rightster, London, IMO 2014
• Finance integration support, Taminco, Finland, 2014
• Synergy quantification/Qualification, Paris, 2012.
• CFO for Agrium Europe, Belgium, 2011

Michael is a Managing Partner and one of the four founders of Global PMI Partners and has been instrumental in growing the company since its inception. He has been founder and CEO of a tech start-up, VP International Operations at Framfab and worked with strategy, M&A and business development in Ericsson. Michael is native Swedish speaker, fluent in English and basic German

Mikael is a Managing Partner and co-lead our practice in Nordics, DACH, Baltics and Poland. He has extensive management experience in high-tech industries from firms such as Ericsson, IBM Global Services and PortWise. He has been a consultant with PriceWaterhouse Coopers and McKinsey&Co. Mikael holds an MBA from INSEAD, a Master of Science in Engineering from Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm and a Bachelor from Thayer School of Engineering, Dartmouth College. Mikael is a native Swedish speaker and speak fluent English and basic French

Background:

• 20+ years of experience in bringing people, business processes and IT together at large international organizations, of which
• 12 years as director within Philips Electronics managing multiple international change programs
• 2 years as IT manager for Finance and Business Intelligence at TP Vision (initial years of the Philips TV Joined venture with TPV)
• 7 years as managing partner at boutique IT/project management firms
• Master of science in Business Economics, Amsterdam NL
• Bachelor in Business Information Management, Utrecht NL
• Fluent in English, Dutch, basic in German

Skills and Expertise:

• Management skills: Project / program Management, Process Improvement Management, Change Management,  System Implementation Management and Cut-over Management.​
• Functional skills: Enterprice Information Management, Finance & Accounting, Financial planning and consolition,integrated planning and forecasting, IT/systems management
• IT skills: BI tools (SAP, Cognos, QlikView, Microsoft), Planning tools (SAP, Cognos, Anaplan), ERP (SAP)

Experience:

• Senior Project Manager / Program Manager for multiple companywide process improvements and system implementations at multinational companies such as at Philips, Signify and Stork
• Global business process owner Finance & Accounting, Financial planning, integrated planning and data analysis at Philips and TP Vision
• Greenfield companywide ERP (SAP) implementation and corporate management information system (QlikView) within 12 months for a Chinees / Dutch joint venture (TP Vision)
• Cutover manager for disentanglement project of a China based globally active semicondictors company (Ween)
• ERP (SAP) implementation in a food production factory of a Chinees owned baby milk powder company (Ausnutria)

Background:

• Nicolas has worked for 15 years in privately owned companies in sales, purchasing, supply chain, logistics and finance before migrating to consultancy at Ernst & Young (EY) in 2007
• At EY he was active in the global Operational Transaction Services business line with a focus on providing support to global companies in terms of post-merger integration, carve-out, operational and commercial due diligence resulting acquisitions and divestitures, and business performance optimization
• Nicolas holds master degrees in languages from Antwerp University, economics (Brussels University)and an MBA (Maastricht University) and is a certified business analysis professional
• Fluent in Dutch, English, French and German, with notions of Greek and Italian

Skills and Expertise:

• To date Nicolas has over 25 years of executive experience in the areas of business transformation, M&A, integrations and divestments, business process optimization and –reengineering, strategy, restructuring, and change management. He has solid expertise in the functional business areas of sales, purchasing, logistics and supply chain, finance & accounting, business development and expansion
• Prior to migrating to consultancy, Nicolas was global sales director for a European leading manufacturer of office furniture with a global distribution footprint
• His other industry roles include:
  • (i) operational excellence director for a European wholesale group,
  • (ii) business development director retail for a company within the Kingfisher Electrical (KESA) group of companies,
  • (iii) Sales Manager Belgium for a car leasing company in Belgium

Experience:

• ExxonMobil: global carve-out of BOPP (bi-axial oriented poly propylene) as acquired by Jindal Poly Films India
• ExxonMobil: European carve-out of Esso Fuel Cards business as acquired by WEX Europe Services
• Chevron Phillips: integration in the EuAfMe region of the PAO (poly alpha olefin) activities from Nesté Chemicals as acquired by CP Chemicals
• Capio Group: European integration of Capio Diagnostics and Unilabs following the acquisition of the latter + carve-out support related to the stand-alone migration of Capio Diagnostics and Capio Hospitals from within Capio Group
• Owens-Corning: global integration of Vetrotex as acquired from Saint-Gobain by Owens-Corning
• Platform Specialty Products (PSP): integration of Arysta, Agriphar and Chemtura into Arysta Life Sciences following the simultaneous acquisition by PSP
• Scott’s: global carve-out of the Scott’s Miracle Gro business line from Scott’s as acquired by ICL (Israel Corporation Limited)
• Pfizer: global carve-out of PAH (Pfizer Animal Health Care) business line into the new Zoetis and simultaneous support to the IPO of Zoetis

Christoph Jores (CJ) is a Senior Executive Advisor and based in Düsseldorf, Germany. He is an M&A specialist with extensive experience from both management and advisory positions in carve-out, divestitures and post-merger integration from positions such as Head of M&A and PMI at TNT, Head of Corp Dev at Deutsche Bahn and Senior Analyst/Associate at Citigroup. CJ holds an Executive MBA from RWTH Aachen and a Dipl. -KFM (FH) from Berlin School of Business & Law. He is a native German speaker and fluent in English

Background:

• > 25 years of professional experience
• Management Consultant with Roland Berger (18 years – 12 years as a Partner) and independent consultant (6 years)
• 3 years in executive search and management auditing as a partner with Heidrick & Struggles
• Specialization on: Post merger integration, M&A, strategy, business modelling, target operating model design
• Headed the post merger integration practice group for a large consultancy
• Studied industrial engineering & business administration (Hamburg)
• German native, fluent in English, conversational French and Italian speaker

Skills and Expertise:

• Design & management of large & complex international post merger integrations
  • – integration (co) leader
  • – integration management office
  • – synergy management
  • – integration team lead
• Growth strategies (organic/anorganic), M&A screening and pre-evaluation, due diligences (strategic, commercial, cultural)
• Cost cutting & restructuring
• Organizational design, process engineering
• Transformation and change management
• Leadership assessment, coaching and mentoring
• Business trainer

Experience:

• Agro: BASF, global co-integration lead for the integration of crop protection and seed assets from Bayer (> EUR 7 bln acquisition volume); worked in crop protection, sugar industry, seed growers as well as distribution & retail
• Power & gas utilities: managed several integrations for the e.on group in Europe and the US (power plants, grid companies, sales networks, renewable energies); supported RWE/Innogy with their acquisition of VEW; helped with the formation of NordStream gas pipeline
• IT/telecommunication: managed the integration of daimlerchrysler’s ICT assets (debis systemhaus) into Deutsche Telekom and the formation of T-Systems; worked for Arcor/Vodafone
• Leisure: Helped to form TUI group (Preussag, Hapag Lloyd)
• Security: Supported G4S in growth strategies and M&A screening
• Metals: supported the integration of Cumerio into Aurubis
• Others: Various due diligences for private equity firms and corporate clients

Background:

• Management Consultant since 199
• Career with Roland Berger from Junior Consultant to Partner/Shareholder (20 years)
• Managing Partner of consulting boutiques, independent consultant
• Strong international footprint, esp. in Europe and the Americas
• Broad industry background: Logistics, chemicals, defense, conglomerates etc
• Focus on portfolio strategy, M+A, integration management, business transformation, operational turnaround
• Master of Business Administration (MBA), Michigan USA
• German native, English fluent, Portuguese and Spanish advanced

Skills and Expertise:

• Shaping M+A strategies and managing the integration program in a wide scope of industries
• Steering effectively complex and dynamic transformation programs based on profound process reengineering (Germany, Europe, North and South America)
• Designing and leading the program management office for the roll-out in organizations from a few hundred to up to 100.000 employees
• Exploring and successfully managing the market entry into new business areas, as well as upstream and downstream strategies
• Designing innovative business models, creating sustainable competitive advantage for clients faced by disruptive changes (e.g. e-substitution)

Experience:

• Aerospace (Airbus): designing the integration concept for both Finance and Controlling in the merger of four previously independent entities
• Conglomerates (various): shaping the portfolio strategy, deriving/planning the consequences, i.e. (des)investments on BU-level
• Fertilizer (K+S): designing the group-internal merger and the external carve-out of two BUs
• Private Equity (various): conducting due diligences in various industries
• Financial investor (Carlyle): creating the growth strategy incl. operational performance improvement for one European infocom-investment
• Defense (confidential): Developing transnational market entry options (green vs brown field)
• Health Care Distribution (confidential): shaping the whole acquisition process from creating the target longlist to takeover and integration

Background:

• Over 25 years of experience in top management consulting and in industry leadership positions
• Director Strategy & Operations Deloitte Consulting Germany (2009-2018) and Part of European M&A Consulting Practice with a focus on PMI/carve-out
• Business Unit Head – Supply Chain Management Consulting for a BMW Group Company(2001-2009)
• Head of Supply Chain, Purchasing and Manufacturing for Dornier Medizin-technik and Director Logistics for Teleflex Inc. (1996-2001)
• Masters of Business Administration Georgetown University, Washington, Bachelor Engineering (hons), University of Central Lancashire, UK, Dipl.- Ing. (FH) Mechanical Engineering, Fachhochschule Augsburg
• German native speaker and fluent in English

Skills and expertise:

• Michael has led numerous international post merger integration and carve-out projects across various industry sectors
• Target operating model design and functional blueprints for Integrations or carve-outs
• Business strategy and strategy execution
• Market entry & corporate growth programs
• synergy capture and cost reduction initiatives
• Supply chain management & manufacturing operations
• Change management and communication
• People development & executive coaching (systemic business coach)

Experience:

• Led post merger integration of two German automotive suppliers into a global Tier 1 structure including change management to build a 4 bn Euro business division
• Led commercial due diligence and post merger integration planning for the acquisition of a German equipment manufacturer by ChemChina
• Led global optimization project for product engineering function for a global chip manufacturer to shift from a decentral architecture to a global governance and process model after an acquisition (leading German chip manufacturer)
• Led operational carve out for divestiture of German business unit for Japanese Tier 1 supplier
• Led carve-out and resale of sales and service functions to country dealers across Europe (global mining and construction equipment manufacturer)
• New business operating and process model for global Tier 1 supplier to get ready for acquisition of non automotive businesses (German Tier 1)
• Led transformation program a new business operating and process model design for sales and service functions of a global engine manufacturer including change management, (leading diesel engine manufacturer)

Nir is an integration and post-merger specialist with over two decades of international expertise in Management Consulting and Digital Transformation project management. Experienced in executing and leading teams in complex IT integration and carve-out projects across Communication and High-Tech, Automotive and Healthcare sectors, amongst others. Nir combines his great communication, stakeholders’ management, and technical capabilities to rapidly identify synergies and develop an integration success roadmap. As a competitive intelligence specialist, Nir enhances clients’ work the team by providing valuable market insights and best practices from various industries and markets.

Kunjan Chauhan has worked with post-merger integration, business transformations, operational carve-outs and turnarounds for over 25 years. His primary industry focus are IT, telecoms, FMCG and manufacturing. Kunjan holds a BSc (Hons)in Computer Systems from Cardiff University and an MBA from IMD, Switzerland. He is fluent in English and speak basic French, Gujarati and Hindi.

Peder has extensive experience in Carve-outs and Post Merger Integration and have a great understanding of the major challenges and pitfalls that exists. In addition, Peder has led performance improvement projects in services (incl. field services e.g. Eltel, Bravida) and manufacturing companies. Peder also has experience in pre-deal analysis, including, CDD, ODD, ITDD, synergy and carve-out analysis, identifying value creation opportunities. Peder has been Head of Integration & Separation for KPMG in the Nordics for 6 year and worked 6 years for EY-Parthenon.

Background:

• 34 years in top Pharma/MedTech & Consulting Companies
• Global & European Senior Executive in leading Finance/Controlling and Commercial Roles
• Global M&A and Integration Lead at AMO, Abbott and Johnson & Johnson
• PWC & IBM Senior Consultant Finance Transformation, Shared Services and Organizational Design Sony, Bayer, Degussa, P&G, Braun, Bosch

Skills and expertise:

• Sectors: Healthcare, MedTech, Pharm & deep insights in Ophthalmology & Refractive Industry
• Senior Corporate and Regional EMEA Finance & Controlling roles
• Executive Commercial & Business roles at Global & EMEA level in various franchises
• Growth and Business Acceleration Management
• Servant Leader with excellent Leadership expertise
• Experienced Project Manager & Consultant covering complex Global and Regional cross functional programs and initiatives
• Global Organizational Design Projects, Rollout & Implementation
• Supply Chain / Logistics Planning Process standardization and Global alignment Projects
• Acquisition management, Integration & Post merger stabilization Pharmacia (Pfizer), VISX/ Intralase (Refractive Laser Companies)
• Finance Transformation, Shared Services (Bayer) and Center of Excellence (CoE) setup and operations
• General Manager for German Legal Entity”

Experience:

• Integrating and centralizing EMEA finance functions in Shared Services Centers in Dublin and Barcelona
• Setup of Centers of Excellence in EMEA
• Commissionaire Model setup for Allergan including centralized Customer & Accounting Services
• Acquisition of Pharmacia Cataract franchise incl. two manufacturing sites in NL and Sweden
• M&A of Leading Refractive Companies VISX (Excimer Laser) and Intralase (Femto Laser)
• Integration DryEye Company into EMEA & Refractive Franchise setup as Direct Business in EMEA
• 11 years EMEA Finance Director managing significant $M Revenue across Direct and Distributor Markets
• Doubling the revenue of EMEA’s export business in 5 years with Premium Focus Strategy, direct business setup in Russia
• Design and Implementation of Value to Market & Premium Business Model in MidEast/Med/CEE
• General Manager AMO Germany GmbH for >10 y.