Dr. Michael Schulz

(Managing Director)

 

Management/project experience (excerpt)


Leader of company-wide restructuring project (“CRO”) in major turnaround for global chemical business with assets in Germany, Australia, South Africa, Mexico/US and Europe in a distressed equity/debt situation in cooperation with international leading private equity investment funds.

Due Diligence and responsible project manager for expansion project in Mexico (Budget >35 Mio. €).

Comprehensive turnaround and international post-merger integration of two mid-cap companies in the retail industry including Interim management.

  • Acting CFO/COO
  • Comprehensive restructuring of manufacturing footprint including closure of 8 plants
  • Relaunch of product range/development of product strategy
  • Reorganization of all relevant organizational entities

COO of global chemical company with >300 € mill. revenue

Restructuring and comprehensive cost reduction program for international leading Australian/South African mining cooperation.

CEO of financial service company in turnaround situation.

Restructuring and turnaround of various mid-size companies in the automotive, machinery and retail sectors.

Turnaround of business unit of automotive supplier including benchmarking, reorganization of production and manufacturing area, implementation of Design-to-cost principles and optimization of supply-chain-management processes.

30 years international management consulting experience (including 5 years with McKinsey & Co. and 25 years as entrepreneur).

Senior Manager with Siemens AG with responsibility over two Pan-European projects.

International management experience with Northern Telecom/Nortel in Canada and the USA.

Chairman of the Board of Bavarian International School

 

Academic achievements

  • Dipl.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering – Technical University Munich (best in class)
  • Dr.-Ing. in Electrical Engineering – Technical University Munich (best thesis university-wide of the year)
  • Author of 32 international publications
  • Awarded with several national and international “Best Paper Awards” by acknowledged institutes in Germany and the USA (incl. IEEE)
  • Declined professorship at McGill University, Montreal – Canada