The Building Products & Services sector is a critical part of the economy and companies in the sector are currently addressing the twin issues of cost inflation and the downturn is construction.
For proactive companies however recent changes in building regulations represent opportunities to capture additional value as does the drive towards sustainable development.
Livingstone has deep knowledge of this sector and we would be delighted to speak to you about your business, whether you have a transaction in mind or are simply interested in discussing the sector and potential opportunities.
Andrew Isgrig
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Andy leads Livingstone’s Industrials practice. He has 19 years experience advising middle market companies across a broad sector spectrum on M&A transactions, capital raises, and valuation related matters. Prior to joining Livingstone, Andy was Principal & Managing Director and led the Midwest Region at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he completed more than two dozen transactions. Andy began his career as a financial analyst with NCR, then completed GE’s FMP program.
Education:
MBA, University of Michigan / BSBA, Indiana University
Karl Freimuth
Director
Livingstone Chicago
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Karl joined Livingstone in 2007, and has 10 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, cross-border deals, debt and equity capital raises and financial restructurings. Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and Corporate Recovery Senior Associate at KPMG.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Phillip McCreanor
Partner
Livingstone London
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Phillip joined Livingstone in 2006, having previously led Deloitte's Industrial Products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Australasia.
He has extensive experience of the Industrials sector, with specific experience of Packaging & Print and Automotive. Phillip co-leads the Industrial team.
Graham Carberry
Director
Livingstone London
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Graham joined Livingstone from KPMG in 2005. He graduated from Durham University and is a member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Graham principally works within the Industrial Products and Services sector, where he has specialist knowledge of several niche sectors including: Aerospace & Defence; Energy; Medical Technology and Engineered products.
University College, Durham
Alex John
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Durham University, Alex qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London. During his time at KPMG, Alex gained experience of M&A tax, due diligence and valuation assignments, with a particular focus on property and construction companies.
Since joining Livingstone in January 2007, Alex has advised on and led a number of transactions, including disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate and private equity clients and owner managers. Previous clients include EIC, Hamworthy, Brandon Hire, Hallmark Industries, Exploration Logistics and Reed & Mackay.
Alex has worked across a number of sectors but has built considerable experience within the Industrial and Business Services sectors. Particular areas of expertise include HVAC/building products, engineered products and automation/controls.
BSc, CA
Oliver Vaughan
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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Oliver qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte after joining the firm from the University of Warwick where he obtained an Economics degree. During his time at Deloitte, Oliver worked across audit and transaction services for a broad base of clients within the Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities' sectors.
Greg Watterson
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Greg attended Manchester Metropolitan University where he gained a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. He is an experienced researcher with over eight years experience gained from positions at PwC, NM Rothschild & Sons and Reuters. Greg joined Livingstone in 2004 where he works across many sectors, with a particular focus on the Industrials sector.
BA (Hons)
Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Marta de la Cuadra
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Marta graduated in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Finance and Stock Exchange. After her studies, she started her professional career in a private bank’s management department. Marta joined Livingstone in 2002 and has worked across a wide range of sectors. She has 10 years experience of being involved in all stages of M&A processes focusing on company valuations and process management in the Food, Packaging and Consumer sectors.
Agnes Winkelmann
Senior Consultant / Head of Research
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Agnes studied Business Administration and Translation at the University of Pécs in Hungary and at the University Jean Moulin Lyon3 in France. She gained her Master of Science in 2004.
In the course of her studies, she completed a number of traineeships with international organisations, in the media as well as in an international FMCG company. After graduation she gathered international management consulting experience.
From 2006 until 2008, Agnes worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz as a consultant and was part of the founding team of Livingstone Germany in 2009.
She is experienced in international transactions, research and knowledge management and has thorough knowledge of the packaging, industrial and financial services and consumer goods sectors.
Master of Science, Universität Pécs/Ungarn
Christian Grandin
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.
After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.
Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln
Dr. Ralf Nowak
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralf started his career in the finance department of Thyssen and then moved into the industrial participations group of a large German bank. From 1999 until 2004 he worked as team leader and Senior Manager for Industrial Products with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance and formed part of the Ernst & Young international M&A group. For the following 5 years Ralf was Director Corporate Development EMEA for a large industrial US firm. Ralf joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Partner.
In the last 18 years, Ralf has gained extensive experience in M&A advisory, finance, controlling and integration management. He has led more than 50 cross-border transactions.
Ralf has deep sector knowledge in industrial products, chemicals, packaging, logistics, industrial services and health care.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
Philip Dorsemagen
Transaction Manager
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Philip studied Business Administration at the University of Düsseldorf before he started his career in the transaction services department of Ernst & Young in 2005.
Since 2007 he worked with Bank of Scotland in Frankfurt. First as a member of a multi-national leverage finance team and later as part of the local corporate finance team, he was involved in a wide range of financing transactions.
Philip joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 and is experienced in international transactions, with special knowledge in the automotive, manufacturing and IT-sector.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
