Christof Wahl

Christof Wahl

Interim Management Focus

  • CRO, CEO, and COO in private equity portfolio companies, corporate subsidiaries, and family businesses
  • Restructuring and turnaround
  • Refinancing / recapitalizations
  • Cost reduction and efficiency improvements
  • Profitable growth, sales optimization
  • Working capital management
  • Liquidity management
  • Mergers & acquisitions
  • Post-merger integration

Christof Wahl is Chairman of the Advisory Board of Executive Interim Partners GmbH and Founding Shareholder and Board Member of Management Capital Holding AG.

Mr. Wahl is currently working on an EIP mandate as Chief Digital Officer of Upfield, a portfolio company of KKR. Upfield is the world’s largest manufacturer of plant-based foods with well-known brands such as Rama, Flora, CountryCrock, and Violife.

Previously, as a member of the Executive Board at ProSiebenSat.1 Media SE, he was responsible for the “Digital Entertainment” division and acted as Chief Operating Officer of the group.

As Spokesperson of the Management Board at Germany’s largest cable operator Kabel Deutschland, from 2003 to 2007, he aligned the business toward sustainable profitable growth and was involved in the management buy-out as well as numerous company acquisitions.

During his 13 years at Siemens AG, he held several operational leadership roles in Germany, the USA, Thailand, and Finland. He restructured the global telecommunications business for carriers following the industry crisis in 2001 and ensured the profitable transformation of the telecommunications business in Indochina after the Asian crisis in 1998.

Throughout his career, he was involved in a large number of company acquisitions, integrations, and divestitures and acted as a supervisory board member in numerous companies.

Mr. Wahl completed his engineering studies at the Technical University of Munich with distinction and holds a degree in business administration from the University of Hagen.

Selected Interim Management References

  • Chief Operating Officer of a German listed media company with the task of digital transformation of the entire company. Restructuring of unprofitable areas and development of a profitable new business worth EUR 1.5 billion, organically and through M&A.
  • Chief Digital Officer, digital transformation of a global consumer goods business in the food sector. Carve-out and PMI for the new private equity owners KKR. Transition of marketing activities with a focus on consumers using new “clean label” products. Successful turnaround into a sustainably growing international company.
  • Board Member of various online commerce portfolio companies of G-FUND. Development and support of growth strategies, fundraising, and support of exits.
  • CEO and COO of a cable television company. Restructuring and realignment of the business for the new private equity owners. Profitable growth of 20% per year with an EBITDA increase of EUR 150 million over 4 years. Renegotiation of all contracts with TV stations, major customers, and suppliers.
  • Managing Director (CEO) of the holding company and operating companies of a medium-sized professional publishing group for a private equity firm. Successful turnaround through refinancing, cost reduction, sale of subsidiaries, sales offensive, and increase in operating profit through digitalization of the business model.
  • Interim CEO of a cybersecurity software company. Restructuring of the organization and realignment to the best “product-market fit.” Building a B2B sales pipeline with flagship projects. Recruitment of key employees: CTO, CPO, and Board Member. Successful refinancing of the company.
  • President of the Telecommunications Division of Siemens AG. Transformation of the business from an analog to a digital provider of all telecommunications networks (mobile, fixed-line, internet) with a global customer portfolio. Turnaround with tough restructuring after the industry crisis in 2003.

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