David Grünewald

CFO at GEA Refrigeration Netherlands N.V. - International Sales

Expat on US assigment in York, PA

• Overseeing financial performance • Sparring partner between Group as well as Division Board • Analyze and interpret trends, prepare financial reports and present findings • Creation of and commenting on the monthly, quarterly and annual reports (incl. comparison of target and actual performance) • Support the forecasting and budgeting process • Conceptional designing, development and maintenance of financial tools • Ad hoc requests and special analysis

-Assistance in the execution of national and international financial due diligence projects, both for strategic and for financial investors, in particular: -Preparation of due diligence reports -Data review and preparation of analyses and report sections, e.g. the identification of key value drivers and normalization issues as well as the determination of valuation-relevant parameters such as sustainable earnings, plausibility of planning calculations, EBITDA normalizations, net debt and working capital

Transaction based advisory services including M&A activities, post-merger integration, carve-outs, restructuring, working capital management and transformations

Taught undergraduate classes in International Business and Finance which included delivering face-to-face lectures, preparation of all materials, experiential learning techniques, Blackboard Learning Support, and engaging students.

6 weeks special project abroad for the HEB School of Business and Administration during M.B.A. Program Tasks: Market and product analysis, developed strategic roadmap for business activities in the United States, developed marketing plan including product design and a proposed homepage, alignment between future business partners in the U.S. and Brazil to meet both expectations for the collaboration

Analyzed market data (economic and financial markets), developed new business models, created presentations for the board, developed business cases in MS Excel to calculate profitability of potential new products and services, financial due diligence of companies the bank has invested in and reporting to the board

Administrative work; planned and coordinated meetings; prepared presentations; applied statistics and tools to measure sales success; created marketing campaigns to support sales team, coordinated meetings. Responsible for a project to decentralize the business and sales model (Project management experience)

Processed client requests, coordinated with broker, agents and clients and trained new interns

Administrative work; planned and coordinated meetings; prepared presentations; applied statistics and tools to measure sales success; created marketing campaigns to support sales team, coordinated meetings. Responsible for a project to decentralize the business and sales model (Project management experience)

Finance