Leo L.

Responsible for set-up and execution of integrated budget and forecast across the entire commercial organization, incl. sponsoring, merchandising, matchday, broadcasting.

Interim management of merchandising operations, incl. full end-to-end ownership of P&L, inventory, supplier and sales-channel responsibility (Shopify + matchday/ POS)

Stabilized and upgraded previously fragmented function by introducing core processes, stock governance, and lightweight analytics toolkit for sales, margin, and SKU performanc

Planned and executed commercial activities, including matchday staffing, new product introductions, pricing and promotions

Supported sports operations in various projects, incl. long-range modeling of financial budget, FTE benchmarking and rightsizing

Member of the Private Equity Group (PEG), as part of which conducted ~50 commercial and operational due diligences, focusing on industrials, tech and consumer products Collaborate with executive teams at leading companies, focusing on large-cap and mid-cap private equity investment firms and private-equity backed portfolio companies across industries.

Led end-to-end project delivery, overseeing up to 8 junior team members, incl. structuring and spearheading of detailed quantitative and qualitative analyses using in-depth primary and secondary research techniques such as executive interviews, large-scale surveys, web crawling and market/ financial indicators

Private equity due diligence examples

• Led commercial VDD for a €1 B divestiture of a business unit of a leading German industrial conglomerate

• Led CDD for a global large-cap investor on a ~€8B business focusing on energy infrastructure

• Prepared IPO materials/ investment memos for a ~€2B-valuation company in the German retail space

• Led and involved in numerous due diligences across software/ industrials

• Conducted sectors screens for private equity investors and other institutional investors

Strategy and performance improvement examples

• Led strategic planning and initiative development following a corporate M&A in the European retail/ foodservice market, identifying €50M EBITDA upsides on a €170M baseline for a ~€2.5B revenue company

• Involved in SG&A restructuring project for a Germany industrial machinery company following acquisition by a PE investor; responsible for baseline and re-definition of the HR and Finance functions incl. PMO setup

• Oversaw end-to-end strategy formulation/ value creation plan for a fast-growing, PE-backed German consumer products company – company grew from €200M to ~€600M in 3 years timeframe

3-month externship in the strategy & internationalization department of FC Bayern München, reporting to the Director

Corporate Strategy. Key responsibilities included supporting the strategy formulation for the club’s 5-year international

business strategy outside of core German-speaking areas, including commercial assessments of local markets (e.g.,

segmentation of fanbases, competitive analyses, generation of sponsoring strategies).