Joanna Strzyżewska

I am an expert in the field of strategy development and organizational transformation in the sector of privately owned companies. I possess transversal competencies regarding the preparation and implementation of cross-border merger and acquisition processes and commercial due diligence examinations in the framework of capital investments made by Polish companies in the DACH region’s countries.

I specialize in traditional business sectors:

  • FMCG,
  • manufacturing,
  • health-care,
  • retail
  • well as high-tech sector.

My experience

I used to work as a consultant at German branches of McKinsey & Company and at the Swiss investment bank Quirin Bank in Berlin. For four years, I have been advising the young generation of owners at family businesses and at dynamically developing IT companies in their professional foreign expansion to German speaking countries and in raising the quality of management in their organizations.

My education

I graduated from the Freie Universität in Berlin. Complementing my professional work, as part of my international doctoral studies, I research the success factors of cross-border M&A processes. My goal is to transfer the practical acqusition experiences of mature family-owned companies from German speaking countries to the dynamically developing M&A market in Poland.

My values

Professionalism and Cooperation

In seeking to reach the highest level of professionalism, I work with a group of outstanding experts from Poland and German speaking countries.

Trust and Security

Expanding into foreign markets, Polish entrepreneurs often operate in an area that is completely alien to them. What I care most about in the cooperation with my clients is to provide them with a sense of security  that the experts they are dealing with are working in their best interest, and that these experts possess the necessary knowledge and competencies to secure all the elements that are decisive for the successful expansion into the German speaking markets.

Passion and Inspiration

Aside from the key purpose of being highly specialized and professional that I set myself in each advisory project, my work is my great passion. Thanks to my passion I seek to inspire the owners and managers of Polish companies to undertake courageous development activities abroad.

Expert associates:

The team of my close business partners comprises a group of outstanding specialists in the areas of: corporate finance, strategic consulting and organizational transfomation, who have a record of successfully completed transactions in Poland and German speaking countries.

A number of well-known private companies and corporations in a variety of business sectors have put their trust in us in buy-side and sell-side M&A projects and projects of business professionalization.

Helena Fic

business and M&A deal structuring/legal due diligence/restructuring

Gerg Mathers

Organizational & Cultural Due Diligence / Strategy / PMI

Marcin Dembowski

Organizational & Cultural Due Diligence / PMI

Zvezdan Horvat

Structural & Operational Due Diligence / Strategy / PMI

Why is it worth cooperating with me in pursuing foreign expansion projects?

I offer an innovative approach

I lay enormous emphasis on the organizational preparation and strategic and cultural fit of merging companies and companies that are becoming parties to strategic alliances and partnerships.

I believe communication is key

As a consultant, I put great stress on open communication in the client’s company. It is really important for me that we can formulate a joint vision and strategy for the company’s development, with which everyone identifies themselves, and where everyone is keen to face up to the challenges it poses.

I work with the best partners

My cooperation with Global PMI Partners, Adizes Institute and Institutes for Family Businesses in Poland, Germany and Switzerland enables me to implement practices applied by the world’s best integrating family-owned and private businesses.

I take advantage of a comprehensive network of contacts

Involving tax-advisory and legal firms, PE/VC funds, and business development institutions in Poland, Germany and Switzerland.

VISIT US FOR A CONSULTATION!

When deciding to expand in foreign markets, you – Polish entrepreneurs – often operate in an area that is completely alien to you. For your expansion to be successful, you need an experienced partner who will guide you through the meanders of formalities and help you to avoid costly errors.

CONTACT ME.

 

 

 

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