Ivo Naumann is a seasoned international consultant and manager, and has worked with companies and clients in Asia, Europe and the US. He is an expert in advising strategic and financial investors in Asia with deep operational and financial experience gained through more than 14 years of living and working in China and Japan. His primary experience is in the area of operational improvement and investment analysis as well as turnaround programs. Ivo has a distinguished record of achieving high-impact performance improvements for companies in Asia.

While at AlixPartners, Ivo has led many highly complex client engagements at companies in a variety of industries, including automotive, consumer goods and retail, pharmaceuticals and industrial goods. Examples of Ivo’s work over the last years include:

• Restructuring of major US based automotive OEM, covering company’s Asia Pacific business units
• Financial and operational restructuring of leading Korean consumer goods durable manufacturer, including cash management
• Restructuring of Asia-Pacific entities of one of world’s largest semiconductor manufacturers
• COO for Integration leading the merger of 3 logistics companies in US, Asia and Europe into one global entity
• Multiple due diligence engagements for leading global private equity investors and strategic investors in China and Korea
• Revenue growth and profitability improvement program for leading Chinese auto dealer
• Program to increase sales efficiency and effectiveness for manufacturer of industrial goods in China
• SG&A cost reduction program across all Asia-Pacific entities for Fortune 200 consumer goods manufacturer
• Performance improvement program for Hong Kong –listed manufacturer of consumer goods with multiple production locations in China
• Wind-down/liquidation for China operation of European consumer goods manufacturer

Before joining AlixPartners as a Managing Director, Ivo was with Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in Shanghai and Tokyo serving as Partner and Head of the Practice Groups Private Equity and Corporate Finance and the Competence Center Financial Services in Greater China. Before his work at Roland Berger, Ivo was Director of Corporate Strategy with Charles Schwab & Co. in San Francisco. He is a guest lecturer at China Europe International Business School in Shanghai, publishes articles regularly, and recently co-authored a book on the Chinese banking industry. He is a sought after speaker at conferences and a frequent commentator on business in Asia in leading international media. He also acted for many years as a member of the board/statutory auditor for several multinational consumer goods companies in Japan.

Ivo graduated from the University of Trier, Germany, and studied at Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan, and at the Mandarin Training Center in Taipei, Taiwan. He speaks German, English, Mandarin Chinese, and Japanese.