People profiles
Stefan Zuckut
Professional Background
- 25 years M&A experience covering all phases from strategic fit assessment to complete integration.
M&A Expertise
- Expert in M&A integration from 70+ transactions in 50+ countries.
- Particular expertise in fast-tracking synergies from mega deals ($2B+)
Project Highlights
- Led Integration Management Office of $2.5B acquisition by major Hi-Tech Client.
- As executive of $50m carve out, instrumental in doubling revenues and increasing gross margins, resulting in valuation increase of 10x within 3 years.
- Instructor at M&A integration workshop at Pritchett LLC.
- Developed and led lean service / continuous process improvement initiative post close for planned giving organization managing $3 Billion in Assets.
Education/Credentials
MBA Booth School of Business, University of Chicago; Masters Industrial Engineering, Darmstadt Institute of Technology, Germany. Ph.D. University of Cologne, Germany: Dissertation topic ‘Valuation for International M&A
Sector expertise
- Business & Professional Services
- Chemicals & Materials
- Defense
- Energy
- Government & Public Services
- Health
- Industrial Electronics
- Industrial Manufacturing
- Internet & E-Commerce
- IT Services
- Mining
- Oil & Gas
- Pharmaceuticals
- Private Equity & Venture Capital
- Product Manufacturing
- Semiconductors
- Software
- Technology Hardware
- Telecommunications Hardware
Service expertise
- Integration Due Diligence
- Integration Strategy & Design
- Synergies & Value Creation
- Integration Management Office
- Day 1 & 100 Day Planning
- Work Stream Management
- Culture, Change & Communication
- Organization Design & Leadership Selection
- Joint Ventures
- Transition Service Agreements
- Carve-out Strategy & Design
- Carve-out Management Office
- Stranded Cost Analysis
- Carve-out Day 1 Planning
- Work Stream Management
- Retention, Change & Communication
- Organization Design & Leadership Selection
- M&A Training
- Mentoring
- In-house Capability
- Customized Playbooks
- Pre- & Post-implementation Reviews
Languages
- English
- Germany
Experience