About Michael
I am an experienced C-Suite executive, transformation professional and growth investor with 15+ years of experience living and working internationally across the UK, Europe, US and Australia. My career focus is investing in, building and transforming technology and tech-enabled companies with a focus at the intersection of B2B SaaS, business services and built environment spaces. I have an active, hands-on, collaborative style leveraging my CEO/CFO/CTrO roles, private equity, consulting and engineering background. Examples of senior executive experience with leading firms include Fastmarkets/Astorg, TBA/Castik, Orbus/SilverTree, Unit4/Advent, GRIDSERVE Sustainable Energy and the Boston Consulting Group alongside several board roles in start-up and scale-up companies. My academic background is in Civil Engineering and Project Management and an MBA from Harvard Business School with High Distinction (Top 5%).
English
Native or bilingual
Can work on-site
London (up to 50km)
Experience
- TERRAFIVECEO & Co-FounderPRIVATE EQUITYJanuary 2024 - Today (2 years and 5 months)London, UKAcquisition vehicle searching for a single UK business to buy and transform at the intersection of technology, sustainability and the built environment spaces.
- FASTMARKETSChief Transformation Officer (Interim)PRIVATE EQUITYMay 2024 - August 2024 (3 months)London, UKFastmarkets is a global Price Reporting Agency (PRA) offering commodity price data, forecasts, insights and events with >500 employees that is headquartered in London and backed by Astorg since 2023.• Carve-Out: Established a full transformation office to support the carve-out from parent company and stand up the business as an independent operation across all workstreams.
- TBAUCTIONSChief Transformation OfficerPRIVATE EQUITYAugust 2022 - January 2024 (1 year and 5 months)Amsterdam, NH, NetherlandsTBAuctions is a B2B online auction platform for transport, construction and industrial equipment across Europe with >€200M revenues and ~1,000 staff and backed by Castik Capital Partners since 2022.• Value Creation Plan: Drove EBITDA from €45M to €60M in 12 months through comprehensive growth, commercial, financial and operating model transformation from B2C to B2B verticals.• Buy-and-Build: Led acquisition program across Europe including end-to-end acquisition of 3 companies in Netherlands and Denmark and post-merger integration of previous deals.
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Education
- Masters in Business AdministrationHARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL2014Masters in Business Administration
- Master of Project Management.QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY2009Master of Project Management.