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Johan Werbrouck

Operating Partner
Chicago

Commercial lead in successful carve out of Caterpillar Logistics and sale to Platinum Equity valued at $750M. Platinum exited to Goldman Sachs Capital and Rohm Capital.

• Experienced executive in capital products, Automotive, Construction and manufacturing sectors (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Neovia).
• Multifaceted fiscal professional responsible for sales, business planning, EBITDA growth, contract negotiations and capital planning. Realized $1.2B in global contract revenue from third party logistics.
• Strategically minded logistics, operations and business development leader with experience in over 60 countries and comprehensive involvement in developing and negotiating 270+ contract years.

Eugene C

Operating Partner
Amsterdam/Munich

Commercial lead in successful carve out of Caterpillar Logistics and sale to Platinum Equity valued at $750M. Platinum exited to Goldman Sachs Capital and Rohm Capital.

• Experienced executive in capital products, Automotive, Construction and manufacturing sectors (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Neovia).
• Multifaceted fiscal professional responsible for sales, business planning, EBITDA growth, contract negotiations and capital planning. Realized $1.2B in global contract revenue from third party logistics.
• Strategically minded logistics, operations and business development leader with experience in over 60 countries and comprehensive involvement in developing and negotiating 270+ contract years.

Eugene Ciemnyjewski

Operating Partner
Amsterdam/Munich
• Former Alvarez & Marsall Executive
• Management expertise for retail and FMCG Supply Chain, Planning & Logistics, Production operations and Lean implementations
• COO of food producer
• MD of textile flooring industry market leader – successful turnaround and strategic change
• COO for tier-2 automotive supplier in Finland – successful operational cost reduction and process improvements
• Various cost and working capital cutting, process improvement and inventory reduction projects
• MBA London Business School. University Lueneburg Business administration degree

Greg Callaman

Operating Partner
New York City
• Former Managing Partner to a Bain & Company spin-off
• Former Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette and Computer Sciences Corp
• Advisor to numerous investment firms, including Bain Capital, Warburg  Pincus, CVC, Court Square, Platinum Equity, and Oaktree Capital
• Led Fortune 50 PMO, integration Management Office
• Previous GM and Executive roles at BEA Systems, Pfizer, and Definiens
• Advisory Council at Drexel University’s LeBow College of Business
• US Naval Academy; Wharton Business School

Allison M. Johnson

Operating Partner
Washington
· Former International Management Consultant a McKinsey & Company
· Former International Management Consultant, the International Finance Corporation, across theUSA federal government in international private equity, emerging markets and development finance
· Portfolio folio company strategy leader
· Thought leader in International Private Equity in Emerging Markets; Organizational Design, Development & Management
· Strategically minded in operations, global business development leader with experience in over 100 countries and comprehensive involvement in international marketing management, strategic alliances, business partnerships· Former Practice Leader of International Development in the TrainingServices Group of Northrop Grumman Corporation's Technical Services Sector
· Numerous C-Level and P&L roles ranging from Angel to Venture Capital-backed early stage companies· Experienced executive and consultant in Telecommunications, Information Technology, Infrastructure Development
· StanfordUniversity; MBA Harvard Business School; Harvard University's John F. KennedySchool of Government; University of Chicago's Booth School of Business and PhD Candidate at Pepperdine University in Global Leadership

Moe Iversen

Operating Partner
Chicago

Commercial lead in successful carve out of Caterpillar Logistics and sale to Platinum Equity valued at $750M. Platinum exited to Goldman Sachs Capital and Rohm Capital.

• Experienced executive in capital products, Automotive, Construction and manufacturing sectors (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Neovia).
• Multifaceted fiscal professional responsible for sales, business planning, EBITDA growth, contract negotiations and capital planning. Realized $1.2B in global contract revenue from third party logistics.
• Strategically minded logistics, operations and business development leader with experience in over 60 countries and comprehensive involvement in developing and negotiating 270+ contract years.

Thorsten van der Tuuk

Operating Partner
Duesseldorft
• Operating Partner – Transformations Signature – Engineering Groups DACH/US/Scandinavia/China
• Successful carve out of a Dept. out of the Linde Group, after reorganizing Sales and Engineering. Result; sales growth over 3 years 15%/40%/47% leading to a deal of € 480 million.
• The Kion Group/ Linde Material Handling joined in and increased the deal to € 738 million. All accompanied by Goldmann Sachs/ KKR.
• Combination of Engineering/Sales/Marketing and analytical entrepreneurship.
• Chinese Experience: Hydraulics-last position Weichai Group Powertrain Director

Harry Grey

Operating Partner
Dallas
• Extensive cooperation with PE houses like Apollo, Caxton Iseman, Dubag and TPG.   
• CEO with more than 20 years of international experience (Europe, Asia, North America).
• Strategist and change manager with a track record of revamping business' via business development, M&A and restructuring.
• Industry expert with broad contacts in the chemical, automotive and general manufacturing sector

Johan

Operating Partner
Chicago

Commercial lead in successful carve out of Caterpillar Logistics and sale to Platinum Equity valued at $750M. Platinum exited to Goldman Sachs Capital and Rohm Capital.

• Experienced executive in capital products, Automotive, Construction and manufacturing sectors (Caterpillar, Komatsu, Neovia).
• Multifaceted fiscal professional responsible for sales, business planning, EBITDA growth, contract negotiations and capital planning. Realized $1.2B in global contract revenue from third party logistics.
• Strategically minded logistics, operations and business development leader with experience in over 60 countries and comprehensive involvement in developing and negotiating 270+ contract years.

Johan Werbrouck

Operating Partner
Brussels, Duesseldorf, Paris, New York
• Former International Management Consultant at BAIN & Company/Private Equity Advisory
• Former International Management Consultant at Roland Berger & Partners/Restructuring
• Former managing partner GP for CIS countries
• Former executive: DAX listed firms with spin off to CVC, NASDAQ Listed firm with restructuring and MD position to grow and acquire local business
• Former Executive band level at GE Capital to drive ecommerce at EMEA level for GE CAP CMF EMEA and GE Corporate Initiatives Group
• International and fluent in 6 languages
• Trained at University of Leuven (Belgium) and Vlerick Business School (Msc, MBA)
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As the go-to partner to the international mid-tier private equity community, our consultants and operating partners work alongside sponsor management teams. We diagnose, design and execute the value creation plan – including a 100-day plan, full potential EBITDA plan, international Integration management office execution for your Buy&Build investment platforms, and focus on specific value streams in-depth as core services in the area of growth (organic, adjacencies, M&A). We know what our core signature is and have forged exclusive partnerships with international consulting firms in our non-core areas to help you “manage your EBITDA bandwidth” to generate the IRR’s.

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GDPR team members each have long-standing, deeply connected and trusted relationships into their respective ecosystems in many of the world’s leading innovation and financial centres.

The team

GDPR team members each have long-standing, deeply connected and trusted relationships into their respective ecosystems in many of the world’s leading innovation and financial centres.

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Our backgrounds at BAIN & Co, McKinsey PE partners as GP, and as senior Executives (GE) bring the best to the mid tier PE funds.

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