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M&A advisor Frits Verheesen

About Frits

Frits speaks Dutch, German, English and has a good basis in French. He has experience in various industries and has done both German and several cross border M&A deals. CFIE is ready to help you with your European M&A plans.

Skills & Experience

Frits holds a degree in Chemical Engineering (University of Technology Eindhoven, the Netherlands) and an MBA (Catholic university of Leuven, Belgium) and has been an independent M&A Consultant and Interim Manager since 2008.

Frits Verheesen started as an interim manager in 2008 in the area of electronic control systems and mobile machine construction. In this field he has gathered experience in General Management, Sales and Marketing, Finance and Operations.

In M&A Frits Verheesen has covered both German national as well as international projects in a variety of industries, including (industrial) services, plastics, IT Consulting and Software, metals- and steel processing, automotive, engineering. His work covered both small- and medium sized companies as well as listed groups.

Frits Verheesen has business experience in the telecommunications industry (especially value added services and B2B/B2C data services), electronic control systems and machine construction industry and cosmetics.

His functional expertise encompasses general management/organization, Financial Planning and Analysis/Controlling, Risk Management, M&A, Production and Supply Chain Management.

Frits is accustomed to working across cultures.

M&A Deals done by M&A advisor Frits Verheesen (some examples)

Acquirer		Fast growing mid-sized industrial services group
Country Acquirer		Germany
Target		electrical and mechanical process systems
Country target		Germany
Purchase price		undisclosed
Industry		Engineering / Industrial Services
Frits Verheesen		Advice buyer
Read more about this business case in Engineering / Industrial Services

Acquirer		Mid-sized IT Group of companies
Country Acquirer		Germany
Target		Leading IT consulting company in the area of Business Analytics, Information Management and Performance Management Solutions
Country target		Germany
Item		Strategic acquisition
Transaction		2,9 million EUR
Industry		ICT consulting
Frits Verheesen		Advice buyer
Read more about this business case in ICT consulting

Acquirer		Tool making company
Country Acquirer		Germany
Target		Plastic injection molding company
Country target		Germany
Item		Strategic acquisition
Transaction		Undisclosed
Industry		Manufacturing / Plastics
Frits Verheesen		Advice seller
Read more about this business case in Manufacturing

Acquirer		Clinical Research Organization
Country Acquirer		UK
Target		Clinical Research Organization (CRO) and Statistics Company
Country target		Germany
Purchase price		undisclosed
Industry		Pharma Services
Frits Verheesen		Advice seller
Read more about this business case in CRO

Acquirer		Listed German Industrial Group
Country Acquirer		Germany
Target		Local Company
Country target		Germany
Item		Strategic acquisition at Insolvency Proceedings
Revenue		>5M EUR
Industry		Industrial
Frits Verheesen		Advisor acquirer

Acquirer		Strategic Buyer
Country Acquirer		Germany
Target		Plastics Manufacturer
Country target		Germany
Item		Strategic expansion
Revenue		>1M EUR
Industry		Production
Frits Verheesen		Advisor target

Industrial knowledge

• Information Technology
• Production (Engineering, Metals, Plastics)
• Industrial Services

Experience in the field of plastics:

1. I am a chemical engineer from Eindhoven University of Technology. My focus in the last part of my studies was in the area of plastics. My master’s thesis was on electron beam radiation of PE/PP-polymer blends in order to shape the characteristics of these blends (tear, impact strength, etc).

2. As an M&A advisor I have done some projects in the field of plastics:

• I have sold a small plastic injection moulding company based on a sell-side mandate. Learn more about this deal in Sale of a German injection moulding company
• I have been looking for European companies (mainly France, Spain) producing products using glass fiber reinforced plastics on the basis of a buy-side mandate.
• I have been involved in attracting investors for a German company in insolvency proceedings producing glas fiber reinforced products for the automotive and building industries.

Country experience

• Germany
• Netherlands
• UK
• USA
• China

Languages spoken by the M&A advisor

• Dutch (Native)
• German (Native/Fluent)
• English (Fluent)
• French

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