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• Company is a multinational investor and operator in small & mid-size companies.Led end-to-end deal processes, including market research, financial modeling, deal structuring, due diligence, negotiations. Developed a.
• Led analytics for $1B+ LBO acquisition of publicly traded company, working jointly with investment bankers, management consortium and other related parties (private equity and family offices). Delivered well-received.
• Identified and valued a game-changing technology that led to its acquisition, following competitive analysis.
• Succeeded in raising tens of millions of dollars in capital based on corporate development strategy and pipeline. Conducted investor outreach, in partnership with bankers.

• Mergers, Acquisitions and Management Advisory Management advisory and sell side M&A for family office with assets and companies in US and overseas. Quantitative analytical support towards assembly of capital (buy side.
• Advised CEOs, Partners, Principals, and HNW individual on 5 projects, including M&A (buy/sell side), valuations, pipeline generation for investor outreach and pitchbooks.
• Management advisory - provide corporate restructuring, strategic management planning and due diligence support.
• Capital raising - lead relationship with clients, investment bankers, and other related parties when needs to raise capital are expected, or strategic discussion (M&A and LBO’s) are required.
• Valuation - deliver valuations for mergers and acquisitions, leverage buyouts and divestitures.
• Financial Modeling - produce models for optimizations and operational performance reporting.

Brookfield, Wisconsin, US

• Hired to 1) Vet roughly 30 projects and shepherd selected projects through the deal process (80% of role) and 2) assess two troubled manufacturing plants.
• Successfully vetted projects, recommending two acquisitions; recommendations were well received.
• Led end-to-end deal process for two acquisitions totaling $110M, in partnership with VP of Corporate Development; sourcing, financial modeling, due diligence, debt restructuring and negotiations. Deals closed.
• Concluded two JVs, one in China, the other in Germany, totaling $90M total invested capital; oversaw end to end process, including analytics, modeling, and deal negotiation.
• Delivered recommendations on turning around manufacturing plant that were accepted; oversaw implementation, resulting in substantial increase to bottom line.

Copenhagen, DK

• Responsible for end-to-end corporate development - M&A, tenders, joint ventures, new market entries - Lead commercial and competitive intel.
• Led team in sourcing through closing 12 deals, with individual deals ranging from $5m to $45m.
• Delivered on mandate to rapidly grow the business; grew 5X via acquisitions and competitive entry.
• Identified and modeled strategy that was accepted and implemented; model predicted perfectly the medium to long term revenue gains that would accrue after initial losses.
• Increased footprint in 3 countries in two years – Canada, Brazil, and Argentina – breaking into two regional monopolies.
• Asked by another Maersk division to advise on fleet deployment in Americas based on track record gaining traction in seemingly closed markets.

Cupertino, California, US

• Asked to take on additional responsibilities within three months based on initial achievements. Responsible for producing quarterly revenue forecasts, cost of sales and ad-hoc analysis, along with compensation actions.
• Delivered quarterly business review that was presented directly to the CEO/Tim Cook.

Houston, Texas, US

• Conducted post-merger valuation, risk management & deployment support tasks.
• Identified overvalued contracts by controllership during merger activities, resulting in a proper revaluation.

Palo Alto, CA, US

• Develop statistical reports to forecast, analyze and track HPs business effectiveness.
• Reduced marketing spend by 20% while maintaining performance, via recommendations from statistical analysis.
• Received award for developing operational review templates that improved productivity.

Business Strategy, Financial Management & Leadership, Certificate

Executive Education, Negotiation Strategies

Master Of Science, Finance

Bachelors Of Science, Economics