Kristian Rasmussen

Kristian is a Strategy Director in KPMG’s M&A Strategy practice with more than 10 years of Advisory experience. Previously, he was part of KPMG’s Operational Restructuring and Turnaround team in the UK. Before that, he worked as an independent strategy consultant and at a global professional services firm.

Kristian focuses on M&A Strategy, ODD, Operations Strategy, and Profitability Improvement. He has worked across multiple industries but predominantly focuses on TMT where his clients include Software, Hardware, Semiconductor, and Media businesses. Kristian operates throughout the deal life-cycle from initial buy-side due diligence, through post-deal value creation, to sell-side preparation and diligence. 

Recent Assignments:

• Engagement Manager on ZBB and cost optimization engagement for global technology company aiming to identify significant resource re-allocation and cost optimization opportunities across a multi $bn cost base
• Engagement Manager on operational due diligence, synergy assessment and integration planning engagement for private equity backed e-commerce business looking to acquire a competitor, currently owned by a global technology company, valued at ~$4bn 
• Engagement Manager on two concurring synergy assessments for publicly listed, US software company in the process of making two significant acquisitions of publicly traded companies with combined transaction value of close to $5bn
• Engagement Manager on multi-stream engagement for a publically listed data analytics and media company supporting performance improvement, profitability and cost reduction initiatives in parallel with M&A support to Management related to an ongoing sell side process
• Engagement Manager on cost and portfolio management project for semiconductor equipment manufacturer focused on establishing cost transparency, resource models, and a framework for implementing a portfolio management process to optimize ROI from R&D
• Engagement Manager on profitability assessment for a publically listed, US enterprise SaaS company resulting in customer and product level visibility into profitability and identification of a number of profitability improvement opportunities
• Engagement Manager on an SG&A optimization assessment for a publicly listed, US software company that identified $80m to $100m of operational improvement opportunities
• Engagement Manager supporting PE owned UK apparel retailer through a dual track exit process (IPO/Trade sale) assisting client deal team and coordinating with other advisors (sell-side)
• Workstream lead supporting C-suite of an IB division of a global bank mobilizing a full operating model transformation to fundamentally re-design the global operating model while reducing cost by several $100m