Axel is an experienced consultant and executive manager with more than 14 years of experience in the corporate restructuring and turnaround business. His background includes accounting, controlling, corporate finance, M&A, cost management, and financial restructuring. He is particularly adept in the development of all aspects of restructuring and turnaround processes and in controlling the implementation process.
He has managed multiple restructuring and performance improvement projects in different industries, including:
- Restructuring of a major German construction group including successful negotiation of bridge financing
- Restructuring of a major German real estate and construction group
- Restructuring of a major German fashion retail store chain including M&A assistance and balance sheet restructuring
- Implementing a Full Potential Program with a German industrial packaging company including M&A assistance
- Valuing a well known German shoe producer including brand evaluation
- Implementing a new controlling and pricing systems for a major global mineral oil company
In addition, Axel is an experienced interim manager. As a CRO, he was responsible for the EBITDA improvement program at a German tourism group, as well as for treasury and program management at a European furniture producer.
Prior to joining AlixPartners, Axel was elected to Principal at Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in its Competence Centre Restructuring & Corporate Finance group. Before that, he founded a technology company, and after three successful years later he sold his shares and returned to Roland Berger. He began his career as an audit manager at a mid-sized German audit company, where he led several auditing projects as well as international privatization, M&A and restructuring projects in South America and Eastern Europe.
He holds a doctorate in macroeconomics and a master‘s degree in business administration from the University of Münster, Germany.
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