Interim Executives - a role model for private equity?

Dr. Jürgen Bruns is one of the leading interim management experts and practitioners in Germany with several publications in this field and by running successfully his own CFO/CRO interim executive practice. He has more than 20 years financial management experience in domestic and international operations. Noted for his comprehensive execution skills in both high-growth and distressed environments, he has held permanent and interim CFO / CRO positions in private equity, family office and stock listed corporation backed portfolio companies in the ITC, automotive, chemical/pharma, food and renewable energy industry in the well-known German Mittelstand (mid cap companies). Before he focused on the implementation of performance improvements and restructurings in portfolio companies as CFO / CRO, he was a director at Alvarez & Marsal and manager at PWC doing tax, audit, corporate finance and restructuring type of work. Jürgen is an accounting & tax professional (German Ministry of Finance) and holds a degree in business administration from the University of Paderborn and post-graduate studies at the partner Universities in Nottingham / United Kingdom and Tallinn / Estonia where he earned a PhD within an international doctoral business administration study program. He speaks fluent English and is conversational in other languages, which he acquired throughout his international career. Jürgen is the founder and managing partner of Mittelstand I Partners which is a boutique interim executive management & advisory firm for the German Mittelstand backed by private equity and family offices, focusing on later stage participations in all forms of succession (Corporate take-overs, spin-offs, carve outs, MBIs/MBO/OBO etc.) in the D-A-CH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland). Leadership with a clear focus on execution combined with an entrepreneurial fee and co-investment approach in special situations make Mittelstand I Partners service offerings unique to others.