Managing Partner / Business Development Partner
Family Office / Private Capital · Europe · Germany and Russia
Total compensation band $160K+. The figure is the member's band, not an offer.
This executive is a business development and client origination leader with over 12 years originating and closing complex cross-border mandates with business owners, family principals, and C-level decision-makers across Germany, Switzerland, the EU, CIS, and Asia. Experience spans three years inside a prominent German family office, two years as the investor relations interface for a top-5 global chemical producer, and multiple entrepreneurial and operational leadership roles including building a business from scratch in Jakarta within three months. This executive combines long-cycle trust-building skills with hands-on execution across multiple jurisdictions, referral networks, and institutional relationships.
Achievements
- Closed $85M+ in transactions and cross-border contracts over the course of career
- Built a €2M+ annual qualified pipeline from zero via a 15-firm, 10-country referral network plus 40+ chambers of commerce
- Stood up a fully operational business (legal entity, 10-person team) in Jakarta within 3 months as Co-Founder and Interim CEO
- Reduced operating expenses by ~$6.5M and grew revenue by ~$13M at a major ride-hailing platform, moving a loss-making unit to break-even within 12 months
- Spent 3 years managing relationships with board members and C-level principals of Fortune Global 500 companies within a private family office
Skills
- Investor Relations
- Deal Structuring
- Market Entry Strategy
- Strategic Partnerships
- Stakeholder Management
- Contract Negotiation
- Business Strategy
- International Expansion
- Growth Strategy
- Alliance Management
- Cross-border origination with family offices and government principals
- Long-cycle trust-based relationship building with internationally mobile entrepreneurs
Looking for
- Head of Business Development / Client Origination
- Director of Investor Relations / Private Capital
- Family Office Principal or Managing Director
Experience
- Managing Partner · Business Development Partner — LUMA Partners & AA_PROCON Management Group 2024 - Present
Owns the full mandate cycle from principal access through close for a German advisory consortium and independent cross-border platform, co-leading a Green Hyperscale Data Centres and Solar Power programme for a French family office.
- Director of Business Development · Co-Founder & Interim CEO, Synergy Academy Indonesia — Synergy Corporation 2022 - 2024
Owned full client cycle for new revenue streams with EBIT and P&L accountability at a 50+ company diversified holding, advising on $60M in transactions and structuring ~$25M in cross-border trade contracts, and stood up a new Jakarta venture within 3 months.
- Head of PMO — Citymobil 2020 - 2022
Led cross-functional transformation across 6 regional divisions plus marketing, legal, PR and government relations at Russia's #2 ride-hailing platform, reducing opex by ~$6.5M and growing revenue by ~$13M.
- Senior Project Manager, Global Business Network — SCHNEIDER GROUP 2019 - 2020
Built a referral ecosystem of 15 partner firms across 10 countries and 40+ chambers of commerce, generating €2M+ in annual qualified inbound pipeline, and launched three new advisory service lines.
- Manager, Investor Relations & Corporate Finance — EuroChem AG 2017 - 2019
Served as primary commercial interface with institutional investors, funds, banks and rating agencies for a top-5 global fertilizer producer, preparing the prospectus for an international Eurobond issuance.
- Business Development Manager — Mangold Consulting GmbH — Family Office of Prof. Dr. Klaus Mangold 2014 - 2017
Managed relationships with board members and C-level principals of Fortune Global 500 companies (Daimler, SAP, EuroChem) and delivered 5+ government-level cross-border projects between Germany and Eastern Europe/Central Asia.
Languages
- German (C2)
- Russian (C2)
- English (C1)
- French (A2)
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