Carve-outs, M&A and integration, performance programmes, market entry
A separation, a merger, a performance programme or a market entry each needs a plan people commit to, and hundreds of moving parts kept on track until the result shows in the numbers.
Board paper and business case.
Separation or integration plan and target operating model.
Transformation office or PMO.
Steering, risk management and escalations until the result shows in the numbers.
Handover to line leaders.
Clients are not named.
Corporate Transformation, AI & Digital Value: Regional grid operator
Transformation plan and programme office for a programme combining digitalisation and AI, process optimisation, restructuring and growth. Handed over to client leaders with delivery on track.
Role: Led a six-person consulting team
€100m+ EBIT target
Corporate Transformation: German utility, within a tier-one consultancy team
Separation plan and target operating model for a business that had to run on its own: people, assets and IT, within regulatory and labour-law limits.
Role: Lead for separation planning and operating-model design
Nine-figure revenue business
Corporate Transformation: Energy generation and trading company
Hundreds of systems separated without disrupting operations, steered through escalations and replanning from the central programme office.
Role: Key account manager in the central PMO
500+ systems and 800+ applications, 99.9% uptime
Corporate Transformation, Delivery at Scale: German energy group, regional grid companies
Scaled-agile delivery model for the merged grid businesses’ processes and IT, designed before launch, run with a team of consultants and Scrum Masters, and handed over to the client’s own leadership.
Role: Designed and led the delivery model
300+ people, strong decrease in development time and cost
Corporate Transformation: DAX-listed group
A task force of senior leaders to assess risks and agree countermeasures, followed by growth initiatives for EU recovery funding.
Role: Team lead, working directly with the management board
Growth proposals worth billions of euros
Corporate Transformation, AI & Digital Value: Energy retailer
B2B strategy and B2C market entry taken to board approval; programme office set up for the retention strategy.
Role: Team lead and PMO lead
Churn down 4 points, customer lifetime value up 10–15%
Corporate Transformation: Founder-led company in Central Europe
Advice to the founders through the sale (decision, positioning with buyers, strategic fit), then through the integration into the new owner.
Role: Strategic adviser to the founders
Corporate Transformation: German mid-sized manufacturers, with PwC Management Consulting
Buy-side commercial due diligence for financial investors on a building-products manufacturer and an automotive supplier: market, competitive position and how plausible the business plan is.
Role: Member of the due diligence team
Corporate Transformation, AI & Digital Value, Delivery at Scale: AI startups, software companies, SMEs
Business strategy, integration after acquisitions, and operating models that hold up as teams grow fast, including for AI-enabled products.
Role: Strategic adviser