Across Europe.
Group performance and management across several countries, including formal managing-director responsibilities in Germany and the Netherlands.
EAV GROUP / EUROPEAcross markets.
Across markets.
Accountable at scale.
Group CEO experience in a private equity-backed European technology distribution business.
At EAV, the role meant leading companies across borders, working with shareholders and boards, and helping take acquisitions from evaluation through integration.
c.€110m EAV GROUP REVENUE, 20235 BOARD POSITIONSUK ACQUISITION / AUDIOLOGIC
WHAT THE RESPONSIBILITY COVEREDThe Group CEO
The Group CEO
brief.
The responsibilities were both strategic and operational, with different markets, teams and legal entities to manage.
Shareholders & boards.
Five executive and advisory board positions, including across Swiss subsidiaries, alongside private equity shareholder engagement.
Buying & integrating.
Acquisition searches, negotiations, diligence and integration, including EAV's entry into the UK through Audiologic.
SELECTED TRANSACTION / 2022Audiologic.
Audiologic.
The UK acquisition.
Audiologic's acquisition brought a leading UK professional AV distributor into EAV Group. I was involved in the buy-side process and the subsequent work of integrating businesses and teams.
FROM MANAGEMENT TO INVESTOR PROCESSDifferent duties.
Different duties.
One business.
Alongside day-to-day group leadership, I was involved in vendor due diligence and presentations to potential investors. The work gave me a view of businesses from inside their operations and through the lens of ownership.
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This is a record of my experience, not a consulting offer. I remain fully committed to my role as Managing Director of Void Acoustics and am not taking on new external work.