Experience

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  Verdant Partners LLC

  • United States
  • Investment Banking
  • 1 - 100 Employee

  • Managing Partner

    • Jan 2023 - Present

    Mr. Stoerger is the Managing Partner at Verdant Partners LLC, a leading M&A advisory and consulting firm for the global food and agribusiness industry. Founded in 1998, our focus covers the span of the agriculture value chain, having managed transactions and alliances valued at more than U.S. $3.0 billion. We advise privately held and public companies around the world to develop and execute their strategy in various ways, including acquiring or divesting assets, licensing technologies, or collaborating with another business. We leverage various business disciplines and customize our services for each assignment to suit the unique needs of our clients.Mr. Stoerger works with privately held businesses, public corporations, multinationals, private equity funds, and technology companies throughout the world. His responsibilities include new business development, transaction oversight, sourcing qualified buyers and investors, strategy development, financial valuations, and industry analysis.

  • Partner

    • Jan 2015 - Jan 2023

    As a partner at the firm, responsibilities include servicing clients across the food and agriculture value chain on a global basis, with a particular focus on the Americas and Europe

  • Senior Associate

    • Jan 2013 - Jan 2015

    Expanded duties include client identification, deal sourcing, private equity networking and overall deal support

  • Associate

    • Jan 2009 - Dec 2012

    Project support role, including market and financial analysis, data analytics, preparation of offering materials, due diligence organization, and miscellaneous administrative support

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  University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

  • Urbana, IL

  • Extension Specialist - FAST Coordinator

    • May 2007 - Jan 2009
    • Urbana, IL

    Farm Analysis Solution Tools are a suite of Microsoft Excel spreadsheets designed to assist those in agriculture make better decisions via user-friendly computer programs. FAST aids users in performing financial analysis, assessing investment decisions, and evaluating the impacts of various management decisions. Modules include financial analysis, investment analysis, loan analysis, farm management, livestock management, grain marketing and management, risk management, and yield and land database tools. My role as Coordinator was to provide educational programs and online resources to farmers, lenders, crop insurance specialists, and other agribusiness professionals utilizing FAST.