Mike Walpole Skwarczynski Email & Phone Number

Poland

• Climate Change Investment Platform, Venture ArchitectArchitecting technology stack, vendor selection and detailed deliverables for external developers; designed and created webapp MVP of the product; created API strategy for counter-parties: administrators, fund managers, data providers; co-created proprietary analytic solution for evaluating external managers• Women Focused Fintech, Venture ArchitectDistilled strategic focus. Created investor materials; Architected tech and business; Selected third parties for tech (payments, open banking, CDP, etc); Built out front- and back-end MVP. Involved in negotiations with counterparts for investment management; recruitment of senior team across growth marketing, tech, advertising.• Alternative Funds Platform, Marketing & Technology ConsultantOverhaul of the MarTech stack; created omni-channel customer journeys and sales processes ; project management of on-boarding two fund managers; project management of creating multi-class retail fund.• Berlin-based Headhunting firm, AdvisorWork with founder preparing the sale of the company. Developed 3 year strategic plan; Developed investor materials; project managed preparations of due diligence documents; advise negotiations with buyers.• Alternative Fund Manager, Venture ArchitectDevelopment of algorithmic trading infrastructure; drove structuring of the fund; negotiations with counter parties..• MedTech, Chief Solutions OfficerReporting to CEO, responsible for providing solutions to issues across the organisation; Project management of regulatory submission; Established Sales & Operations Planning; Troubleshooting solutions in IoT stack; Analysis of regulatory hurdles in OECD and development of expansion priorities; Led preparations of investor materials and data room for a $20m Round D,

Naperville, Illinois, Us

Working in sales in a full service technology boutique.Specialties include Salesforce, ServiceNow implementations, and full stack development on AWS, Azure

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Warszawa, Woj. Mazowieckie, Pl

Sydney, New South Wales, Au

Global equities, fundamental analysis, focused generalistIndustry focus: Financials and TransportationFunctional focus: Shorting and systematic stock selectionDesigned a banking industry valuation model; an industry-agnostic “Quantimental”screening methodology; Asset Manager shorting model, and Asia-Pac systematic shorting frameworkDeveloped firm-wide analytical tools (model templates, reverse DCF, diffusionmodels)Corporate development: created sales materials, prepared pitches for institutionalinvestors, designed company website, developed client communication strategy.

Global equities, fundamental analysisIndustry focus: Airlines and Shipping Functional focus: Industry pair tradingAlpha from the short side identifying shipping companies that were eventually forced into bankruptcy / restructuring

Etterbeek, Brussels Region, Be

Co-Founder of an International Security think-tankResponsible for corporate developmentLed the consulting arm specialising in efficiency improvement of peacekeeping,counter-insurgency missionsGuided expansion of the Board of Advisers (former Head of Military Intelligence ofGermany, Director of the Peace Building Commission at the UN)

New York, Ny, Us

Has developed expertise in manpower planning, cost improvement, operational turnarounds, labour strategy development and implementation- Complete bottom up manpower planning restructuring strategy for a large Ground Handling organization in Asia-Pacific. Modelled the operational and financial impact of several productivity and cost reduction scenarios. He was also involved in the development of scenarios to address chronic inefficiencies in the carrier’s manpower planning approach. Experience driving operational improvements across rostering, training, absenteeism and overtime reduction. - Expanded his labor restructuring expertise by completing similar bottom up restructuring exercises across a multi-centre Catering organization with a diverse portfolio of international clients. - Involved in a management review for a European premium long-haul international carrier. During this review his efforts focused on benchmarking management performance across business units and against external competitors- Supported the development of a turnaround business plan for a distressed Central European airline. Efforts led to development of plan and implementation timeline to establish profitability for the carrier within two years.- Key resource in validating and improving management business plan for a re-start of a medium South European airline; focus on operational cost assumptions and required start-up investment / time-line- Most recently, led a operational efficiency and cost benchmarking workstream at a large Middle Eastern carrier

- Reported directly to the CEO on the evaluation of new ventures and on buy- and sell-side M&A projects- Specialised in strategic analysis, advanced analysis of financial statements, financial projections of investments- On the buy-side I have:- prepared a review of possible takeover targets in Europe and CIS- been responsible for a €450k JV buy-out in one of CIS: commercial DD work, financial modeling; coordination of PMI with relevant business units- worked on five takeover deals with enterprise values between €6M and €500M: DCF modeling, liaison with legal and technical DD streams- On the sell-side I have:- been involved in the entire process of disposal of the Firm by the PE owner. Financial Times called it the “best mid-size European buy-out deal”- collaborated with CEO and finance team to construct long term financial models in the lead-up to disposal- liaised with company’s bankers and accountants in the preparation of IM and vendor due diligence- Assisted CEO at drafting reports and presentations to the Board of Directors on above transactions- Developed modeling framework for profitability impact of commodity prices on profitability by product line- Developed a bottom-up revenue prediction model for coal mine customers on customer, basin, and market levels- Member of a team tasked with appraising new applications for existing products and selecting complementary products for existing markets

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