Vanessa Xu

Industrial Manufacturing Sector Lead, Strategy & Operations

KPMG in China

Vanessa is an experienced M&A advisor on Separations, Integrations and JVs. Her clients are MNCs, SOEs as well as POEs. Vanessa has managed a number of Internationalization, Transformation and Expansion situations for her clients as well as corporate reorganisations including Carve-outs. She is a Deal expert has worked on ‘best owner’-strategies from idea to results. Over her career she has designed business strategies, orchestrated business/operating model transformations as well as performance improvement programs in deal situations.

With her focus on M&A related advisory Vanessa led projects in the consumer sector, different manufacturing and service industry sectors for both corporate clients and PEs. Vanessa has studied in China and Germany, has 7 years of work experience in Deal Advisory in Europe before moving to China in 2011. 

  • Automotive
  • Industrial Manufacturing
  • Semiconductors
  • Diploma in Business Administration, University of Mannheim, Germany

  • Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)

  • Certified Financial Risk Manager (FRM)