Experience

DealCircle

• Germany
• Investment Banking
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Co-Founder & Managing Partner

  • Jul 2018 - Present

  M&A Tech is the future in the transaction industry! Will you give up control of your sales process in the process? Absolutely not! We connect you with German and international financial investors, family offices and MBI candidates. DealCircle is interesting for you if ... 🌐 ... you want to expand your network a hundredfold. 🌐 ... you want to gain access to over 250,000 buyers from the DACH region. 🌐 ... you want to receive a selection from an algorithm-based and hand-picked shortlist. 🌐 ... you want to create search mandates for your sales project for free. 🌐 ... you want to get 100% process sovereignty and distribute information only to selected prospects. Does that sound interesting to you? 📧 Then write me a message here on LinkedIn now!



CAPCELLENCE Mittelstandspartner GmbH

• Germany
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Private Equity Partner

  • Oct 2012 - Jun 2018

  CAPCELLENCE acquires and develops medium-sized companies with sales of up to approx. 100 million, primarily in the following sectors: Electrical Engineering - Mechanical & Industrial Engineering - Smart Services & Software and Healthcare. Deal evaluation and execution of small and mid-sized German companies with annual sales between 10m EUR and 100m EUR • Lead of research teams gaining market, financial and operational intelligence on acquisition target companies • Set-up of business models, sensitivity analyses and purchase price evaluations • Coordination of external consultants, financing banks and private debt funds Head of Deal Origination / Deal Sourcing • Set-up and coverage of >500 M&A practices in DACH region to enhance proprietary deal flow • Multi-dimensional origination approach including M&A advisors, financing banks, direct contact to target companies, as well as multipliers (e.g. tax advisors, auditors, industry advisors) • Implementation of CRM system to consistently and sustainably cover M&A contacts • Triplication of deal flow between 2015 and 2017 Support of portfolio companies • Concept development, planning and implementation of new controlling and reporting system • Day-to-day hands-on consultancy in all financial and accounting issues • Concept and support in implementation of strategic projects



PwC

• Professional Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• M&A Advisory Senior Manager

  • Dec 2006 - Sep 2012

  PwC is the largest professional services firm in the world. Nearly 350,000 people work in the fields of audit, tax and advisory in 152 countries. My tasks comprised: - Execution of buy-side and sell-side mandates for international private equity and corporate clients (> 50 transactions in 6 years) - Member of the private equity team of PwC Germany - Tutor at the M&A course of the Munich law firm Pöllath + Partner (> 100 participants from financial investors and consulting firms) - Teaching the basics of deal finance to junior staff of the internal PwC Advisory University - Responsible for recruiting advisors for the entire German PwC Transaction Services Practice (~200 professionals)



BenQ Corporation

• Taiwan
• Consumer Electronics
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Financial Analyist

  • Oct 2005 - Nov 2006

  BenQ Mobile was a subsidiary of the Taiwanese electronics manufacturer BenQ. It was created by taking over the Siemens Mobile cell phone division of Siemens AG and merging it with its own telecommunications division. As a result, BenQ rose to become one of the five largest brand manufacturers of cell phones in the world. My tasks comprised: Implementation of reporting for BenQ Mobile executive board • Structured and set-up monthly executive reporting aligning the reporting from several group functions, incl. R&D, sales, marketing and production • Head of monthly conference to optimize major cash flow drivers of the Group • Implementation of worldwide inventory reporting in connection with 5 production sites on three continents



Siemens

• Germany
• Automation Machinery Manufacturing
• 700 & Above Employee

• Financial Analyst

  • Sep 2002 - Sep 2005

  Siemens is a conglomerate focusing on automation and digitization in industry, infrastructure for buildings, decentralized energy systems, mobility solutions for rail and road transport, and medical technology. My tasks comprised: Responsible for global reporting, valuation, planning and analysis of all balance sheet and cash flow related topics within the Siemens business unit Mobile Devices (revenues of approx. 4bn in 2004) • Support of financial due diligence during the carve-out from Siemens and the acquisition of the former Siemens business unit Mobile Devices by BenQ in 2005 • Analyzed and managed key performance indicators and realized measures to optimize results (e.g. collection of intercompany receivables from 32 legal entities worldwide) • Reported monthly financials and risk assessment to executive management Professional training from 2002 - 2004 • Rotated in trainee program in functional areas: Sales, Marketing, Accounting and Manufacturing in Dusseldorf, Bocholt and Munich, working in different divisions (e.g. Power Generation, Building Technologies, Communications).