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Dubai, Uae

Management consulting firm providing corporate finance advisory services, M&A, portfolio management, strategy and business development. Mandates from European and GCC-based family concerns and inter-national companies. Transactions and advisory work in the technology sector (business modelling for expansion and growth, international M&A), mining industry (financial advisory, liquidation), financial technology (business plan-ning support, fund raising), water management (M&A advisory resulting in regional JV), oil & gas services (investment documentation and financial marketing), telecoms and cable (financial advisory to sharehold-ers during issuance of EUR bond and during IPO), shipping (financial reorganization and debt reduction by 60%), media and publishing (financial reorganization, liquidation, debt and interest optimization), steel (international expansion, business development), financial services (financial advisory, reorganization of underlying agreements and business model) and retail (sell-side M&A advisory). Set up infrastructure to provide project management and investment advisory services to family offices and their private equity holdings.

Wilmington De

IoT specialist for emerging markets. Making devices and apps to automate processes, save and manage power and water consumption. The solutions are cheap, quick to install and easy to run. Their use im-proves transparency and management leading to more sustainable operations and a greener, healthier future. Successfully sold apps for power and water management, home, office and industrial automation, remote monitoring for agriculture, river management and air quality control. Covering the IoT value chain to develop and deliver superior customized solutions. Performed all CFO functions including financial planning, general marketing and international business development, fund raising and whatever is required during the start-up phase of a small company.

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Private equity holding company. Member of the management team and the investment committee. Business development, transaction management, post-acquisition work through board representation and exit planning.

Ljubjana, Slovenia

Holding company for investment in regional natural gas pipeline company, wholly owned by E.ON Ruhrgas International AG.

Ljubljana, London, Amsterdam

Experience in corporate and mass privatizations in Central and Eastern Europe, including fund management, M&A and post-acquisition work in wide area of industries including energy (natural gas), construction materials, packaging, pharmaceuticals and telecom.

London, United Kingdom

M&A in telecoms and media in Central and Eastern Europe

Buenos Aires, Argentina

Corporate loan analyst in credit department

Würzburg, Germany

All commercial banking departments. Completed training as a chamber of commerce-certified banker (Bankkaufmann).

Certificate, General Management

Stanford Executive Program

Diploma, Economics