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Interim Manager | Strategy, M&A, Carve-out, PMI, PMO | Value Creation & AI Transformation
Berlin, Deutschland
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B.Sc Business InformaticsÜber mich
David Wang, Berlin. CEO of Wang Advisory since 2019. Ex-Deloitte Strategy; freelance for Bain, Roland Berger, Kearney and Stern Stewart. 35+ projects in DD, carve-out, PMI, strategy and digital transformation. Remote, hybrid or onsite. Day rate €1,250–1,800.
Skills
Carve-Out
- Interim Manager & Consultant, Berlin (remote / hybrid / onsite)
- 10+ years of professional consulting experience in managing large international transformation projects, strategy, M&A transactions, value creation and startup venture development (Ex-Deloitte Strategy, freelance experience from Bain & Company, Roland Berger, Kearney, Stern Stewart)
- Industry experience in logistics, automotive, chemical, industrial manufacturing, eCommerce, life science, insurance, reinsurance, public sector, private equity and startups
- 35+ projects globally as project leader/ manager/ senior consultant, specialised in DD, carve-out, PMI, strategy, digital transformation and value creation
- Finance & tools: LucaNet consolidation, financial due diligence and EBITDA adjustments, cost transparency and cost centres, AI agents (Claude) for closing analysis and reporting, SAP ERP separation, JIRA/Confluence, Scrum Master
Selected projects
- HBC Group, Bridgepoint-backed buy & build: developed Claude AI agent solutions that automate financial due diligence from German HGB accounts - balance sheet and P&L extraction, EBITDA adjustments, net debt, working capital and equity bridge with tie-out checks; plus agents for IC one-pagers, commercial DD and dataroom scans
- Mid-cap private equity portfolio group: led the PMI office setup across multiple portfolio entities, drove integration, automation and AI transformation; carve-out business case and financial simulations
- Bain & Company: portfolio strategy for industrial drive systems & heavy machinery (market attractiveness, ability to win, strategic fit); profitability deep-dive by product group and customer, benchmarking, pricing and turnaround models
- Afinum Private Equity, PMI manager: integration of add-ons in IT cloud & data centre services, PMI playbook with Day 30/90/180 roadmap
- Nova Limited, semiconductor industry, M&A project manager: end-to-end PMO for an upstream merger across finance, HR, operations, legal
- Aurelius Group PE: external project leader, IT carve-out of an industrial aluminium producer - Day 1 blueprint, cut-over, SAP ERP separation, Day 1 without critical issues
- Continental AG: global carve-out, SAP separation approach, CIO alignment across APAC, Europe and Americas, successful Day 1 at 30+ locations
- Deloitte, buy-side for Japanese industrial client (DE/JP/USA): >50 IT TSA items renegotiated, closing enabled 4 months after delay, >$1.5m TSA cost savings, Day 30/100/180 TSA exit roadmap
- LANXESS/ARLANXEO: sell-side pre-signing carve-out, IT separation scenarios, data room setup, expert workshops
- Stern Stewart & Co, TIC industry: value creation analysis, 42-60m EUR cost saving potential identified, target operating models for finance, HR, marketing and sales
- Viega: transformation office for the global and US growth strategy (3bn USD target 2035), market dynamics model and revenue simulation
Erfahrung
Berufserfahrungmehr als 10 Jahre
Freelancer seit2021
Sprachen
ChinesischgutDeutschMutterspracheEnglischverhandlungssicher
Projekthistorie
* Interim manager and project leader for M&A integration, carve-out, PMO, value creation and AI-enabled finance automation
* Freelance engagements for Bain & Company, Roland Berger, Kearney and Stern Stewart
Selected Projects
* HBC Group, Bridgepoint-backed buy & build: developed Claude AI agent solutions automating financial due diligence from German HGB accounts - EBITDA adjustments, net debt, working capital, equity bridge with tie-out checks; agents for IC one-pagers, commercial DD and dataroom scans
* Mid-cap private equity portfolio group: led PMI office setup across multiple entities, integration, automation and AI transformation; carve-out business case and financial simulations
* Afinum Private Equity: PMI manager for IT cloud and data centre add-ons, PMI playbook Day 30/90/180
* Nova Limited, semiconductor: M&A project manager, end-to-end PMO for upstream merger across finance, HR, operations, legal
* Aurelius Group PE: external project leader, IT carve-out (industrial aluminium): Day 1 blueprint, SAP ERP separation, Day 1 without critical issues
* Bain & Company: portfolio strategy for industrial drive systems & heavy machinery; profitability deep-dive, benchmarking, pricing and turnaround models
* Viega: transformation office for the global and US growth strategy (3bn USD target 2035)
* Stern Stewart & Co, TIC industry: 42-60m EUR cost saving potential identified, target operating models
* Advised various clients across 15+ projects as a project leader, senior consultant in Strategy,
Digital/ Agile Transformation, M&A (DD, Carve-out, PMI), PMO Project Management
* 12 months fast track promotion, exceeded expectations in all areas, provided outstanding
engagement & service to the client (95th percentile in the practice)
* Industry experience: Automotive, banking, chemical, ecommerce, financial services, life science,
health, industrial manufacturing, insurance / reinsurance, logistics, public sector, startups
* Intrapreneurship: Founder of Innovation Angels for Technology Strategy & Architecture practice,
enabled cross-cluster ideation for >250 practitioners
Selected Projects
* M&A Sell-side strategy pre-signing carve-out support for global player in the chemical industry
Created hypothesis-driven strategic scenarios for sell-side group CIO to identify significant deal
implications in the IT environment such as data strategy, setup data room & expert session
moderation, created IT application list and derived separation approach
* M&A Buy-side for Japanese client - industrial manufacturing (Germany, Japan, USA)
Conducted Transition Service Agreement negotiation workshops, developed global Day 1 IT
strategy/ governance model, PMO support, collaborated with Buy-side's & Sell-side's executive
management team, reviewed and revised >50 IT TSA items to optimize TSA cost structure which
enabled deal closing in 4 months after closing delay, developed Day 30, 100, 180 IT TSA exit
strategy roadmap which facilitates to save > $1.5m IT TSA costs
* M&A carve-out for a global player in the automotive industry, Continental AG
Analyzed strategic options for divested company & defined high-level IT separation plan to ensure
smooth Day 1 transition, created escalation path model, responsible for regional CIOs alignment
in APAC, Europe, Americas and conducted global workshops, carve-out PMO support, which led to
successful Day 1 for 30 locations globally, developed Day 90, Day 180 roadmap
Received highest honor - letters of thanks for engagement by Client's Executive Board Members
* M&A Buy-side due diligence, Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)
Conducted IT due diligence for mid-sized target in the automotive after sales car dealer CRM
industry, conducted various expert sessions
* Digital workplace strategy, agile migration rollout for Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany)
Developed rollout schedule, communication plan, quality gates, analyzed problems & issues, agile
coaching - introducing scrum methodologies, developed strategic PMO guideline for turn-around
management which enabled efficiency enhancement of >50%
* IT assessment in the hospital industry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Conducted IT assessment for various critical IT systems, derrived critical risks & initiatives
Digital/ Agile Transformation, M&A (DD, Carve-out, PMI), PMO Project Management
* 12 months fast track promotion, exceeded expectations in all areas, provided outstanding
engagement & service to the client (95th percentile in the practice)
* Industry experience: Automotive, banking, chemical, ecommerce, financial services, life science,
health, industrial manufacturing, insurance / reinsurance, logistics, public sector, startups
* Intrapreneurship: Founder of Innovation Angels for Technology Strategy & Architecture practice,
enabled cross-cluster ideation for >250 practitioners
Selected Projects
* M&A Sell-side strategy pre-signing carve-out support for global player in the chemical industry
Created hypothesis-driven strategic scenarios for sell-side group CIO to identify significant deal
implications in the IT environment such as data strategy, setup data room & expert session
moderation, created IT application list and derived separation approach
* M&A Buy-side for Japanese client - industrial manufacturing (Germany, Japan, USA)
Conducted Transition Service Agreement negotiation workshops, developed global Day 1 IT
strategy/ governance model, PMO support, collaborated with Buy-side's & Sell-side's executive
management team, reviewed and revised >50 IT TSA items to optimize TSA cost structure which
enabled deal closing in 4 months after closing delay, developed Day 30, 100, 180 IT TSA exit
strategy roadmap which facilitates to save > $1.5m IT TSA costs
* M&A carve-out for a global player in the automotive industry, Continental AG
Analyzed strategic options for divested company & defined high-level IT separation plan to ensure
smooth Day 1 transition, created escalation path model, responsible for regional CIOs alignment
in APAC, Europe, Americas and conducted global workshops, carve-out PMO support, which led to
successful Day 1 for 30 locations globally, developed Day 90, Day 180 roadmap
Received highest honor - letters of thanks for engagement by Client's Executive Board Members
* M&A Buy-side due diligence, Volkswagen AG (Wolfsburg, Germany)
Conducted IT due diligence for mid-sized target in the automotive after sales car dealer CRM
industry, conducted various expert sessions
* Digital workplace strategy, agile migration rollout for Daimler AG (Stuttgart, Germany)
Developed rollout schedule, communication plan, quality gates, analyzed problems & issues, agile
coaching - introducing scrum methodologies, developed strategic PMO guideline for turn-around
management which enabled efficiency enhancement of >50%
* IT assessment in the hospital industry, Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin
Conducted IT assessment for various critical IT systems, derrived critical risks & initiatives
* Joined msg systems group as the youngest project manager among 7000 employees, steered
complex international strategic digital transformation projects in the financial service industry &
public sector, led global project meetings and organized steering committee with internal and
external project partners/ stakeholders
* Managing projects risks & chances concerning schedule, component performance, quality, budget
Selected Projects
* Life reinsurance platform implementation for SCOR SE (Paris, France)
Business consultant for life reinsurance admin platform, created business specification & global IT
strategy, conducted client workshops with stakeholder from APAC, EMEA, USA to identify and
analyze requirements, created life reinsurance requirements list, treaty & claim management
* Passenger name record system implementation for the Federal Office of Administration Germany
Lead PMO Project Manager for three subprojects, managed large scale agile IT- implementation project,
responsible for project schedule, steering committee, risks, budget and quality
Optimized agile workflows which empowered stronger collaboration of the subprojects
JIRA & Confluence management, developed workflows and agile guidelines
* SAP ICM implementation project for ERGO Group/ Munich Re (Dusseldorf, Germany)
PMO, managed internal development team & reported to the executive management, optimized
development agile workflows which increased sprint velocity by >25% (scrum master)
complex international strategic digital transformation projects in the financial service industry &
public sector, led global project meetings and organized steering committee with internal and
external project partners/ stakeholders
* Managing projects risks & chances concerning schedule, component performance, quality, budget
Selected Projects
* Life reinsurance platform implementation for SCOR SE (Paris, France)
Business consultant for life reinsurance admin platform, created business specification & global IT
strategy, conducted client workshops with stakeholder from APAC, EMEA, USA to identify and
analyze requirements, created life reinsurance requirements list, treaty & claim management
* Passenger name record system implementation for the Federal Office of Administration Germany
Lead PMO Project Manager for three subprojects, managed large scale agile IT- implementation project,
responsible for project schedule, steering committee, risks, budget and quality
Optimized agile workflows which empowered stronger collaboration of the subprojects
JIRA & Confluence management, developed workflows and agile guidelines
* SAP ICM implementation project for ERGO Group/ Munich Re (Dusseldorf, Germany)
PMO, managed internal development team & reported to the executive management, optimized
development agile workflows which increased sprint velocity by >25% (scrum master)