Alain Le Berre

Origination and execution (with external staffing and partnerships as useful) of : - Restructuring / Turnaround / Transformation / CRO and Interim Management roles - Operations Reviews / Performance Improvement - Financial Restructuring / Refinancing / Special Situations M&A - Carve-Out, Post-Merger Integration - Governance / Fraud Prevention / Assets Tracing & Recovery Clients of all sizes and from all regions, including Switzerland, Europe (France - Germany - UK), MENA (GCC), USA, Japan.

Turnaround Management for a German-speaking, Swiss scientific publishing company with subsidiaries throughout Europe and in the USA

Turnaround Management and successful Fundraising for a troubled Private Equity Holding active in Oil & Gas, Mining, Metal Transformation on 5 continents

Turnaround (Financial Restructuring and Operational Turnaround) of a 28-company conglomerate (500M$ Revenues) belonging to a Middle-Eastern sovereign family.

Origination / execution of 15 “Special Situations” mandates in 7 European countries (UK, France, Germany, Spain, Italy, Belgium, Poland) and various industries: Operational Restructuring, CRO roles, Financial Restructuring, M&A, Litigation Advisory

Co-Head of European Special Situations Group Financial and Operational Reviews leading to successful Refinancings in several complex and stressed situations Award "European Restructuring of the Year" in 2007 (logo available only for another year)

Partner - Transaction Advisory - Business Reviews, Restructuring, Carve-Outs, Due Diligence,M&A For Corporate and Private Equity clients : I originated and led numerous Restructuring, Carve-Out, Due Diligence, IBR, Managed Exit and Special Situation M&A assignments; Focus on large and/or complex, cross-border and often multi-disciplinary transactions in various industries.

Director, Business Recovery Services, Internal Controls and Fraud investigations For Corporate and Private Equity clients or Banks, I led Integrated Business Reviews and Special Investigations (Internal Controls, Frauds investigations)

Private Equity Director (Portfolio Companies CRO & CFO) In charge of troubled Portfolio companies : led Portfolio Monitoring, Restructurings / Turnarounds, Performance Improvements and Debt Restructuring as CRO and CFO As CFO / CRO, devised and led the Operational review, Restructuring (Turnaround) and Financial Restructuring of a 100M€ world-leading business with 6 factories, 2’000 employees in 12 countries;

For one of our portfolio companies, acting as CFO / CRO, devised and led the Operational review, Restructuring (Turnaround) and Financial Restructuring of a 100M€ world-leading business with 6 factories, 2’000 employees in 12 countries;

Set-up and/or implemented Operational Restructuring / Turnaround / Transformation / Post-Merger Integration plans encompassing: Strategic reorientation, Product portfolio and R&D refocus, Sales & Distribution channels overhaul, Cost cutting, Production footprint redefinition in several countries.

As Plant production manager (Operational Restructuring / Turnaround - up to 110 reports), I led Operational Turnaround and strong Performance Improvement at troubled strategic factories or production units. 110 direct reports in France, 45 direct and 250 co-supervised in Germany. Stellar improvements obtained in productivity, quality, social climate;

General Engineering & Management Production Management