Nataly Taranova
Merger & Acquisitions
Experience
Taranova Consulting – Corporate Finance/M&A and strategic advisory
Dec 2013 – current
Corporate finance & strategic advisory, business development for European SMEs, fundraising support for FinTech/ ICT startups.
Key expertise: developing business models & value creation strategies, digitalization/ innovation strategies, preparing for exit/financing, conducting M&A processes: financial modeling, valuation, information memorandum, process organization, due diligence, and contract negotiation.
Main industry focus:
- Digitalization/IT
- Innovative business models
- Media/market intelligence
- Blockchain/FINTECH
- Sustainable infrastructure/Greentech
abricoz GmbH, Zurich – full service digital marketing agency
Aug 2012 – Dec 2017
Founder and CEO of abricoz GmbH : business and digitalization strategy development services, client experience, IT design and technology services.
Key expertise: set up and management of a start-up, business model development, business planning, team leadership and organization, financing, project acquisition & management, customer relationship management and outsourcing to Eastern Europe.
Main achievements: break-even after 1 year, growth to 12 employees, acquisition of more than 40 steady clients in Switzerland.
Greentech Capital Advisors, Zurich / New York – financial advisory in green technology
June 2011 – July 2012
Associate. M&A/private placements advisory for European and overseas clients.
Key expertise: company valuation, financial modeling, deal structuring and execution
Main deal: advised Riverstone, US, on a sale of Seajacks International, UK (offshore wind/oil & gas) to Marubeni and INCJ, JP (2012)
UBS Investment Bank, Investment Banking Department, Zurich
Jan 2008 – Jan 2011
Analyst, financial advisory for Swiss corporates and financial institutions – broad industry exposure (financial institutions and industrials), M&A/capital market transactions.
Key expertise: company valuation, financial modeling, deal execution.
Main deals: acquisition of ING Private Bank by Julius Baer Group (2009);
sale of AIG Private Bank to Aabar Investments (2008)
Siemens AG, Corporate Finance M&A, Munich, Germany and Siemens Switzerland Ltd
2004 – 2006
Several internships in M&A and strategic projects in Germany and Switzerland
Kharkiv NGO Youth Center of European Cooperation “Planet XXI”, Ukraine
2000 – 2001
Co-founder and International Relations Manager
Achievements
- Strategy & business development: developed business models & value creation strategies for more than 50 SMEs and start-ups
- Corporate finance / M&A: several billions worth of transaction volumes in a broad range of industries, including transformational transactions in the Swiss private banking market
- Digitalization & business innovation: led my own digital marketing company, developed innovation/ digitalization strategies for more than 30 European SMEs
- Entrepreneurship / VC: founded, built up and successfully exited a >5 years-old startup, advised multiples startups in fundraising and business development
- Team leadership: built up and led an international team of 12 employees
Education
University of St.Gallen, HSG, St.Gallen, Switzerland
Master of Arts in Strategy and International Management (average: 5.6/6.0) – No 1 worldwide in the Financial Times Global “Master’s in Management” Ranking
Oct 2005 – Oct 2007
RSM Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Master of Science in Finance & Investments (average: 9/10)
Oct 2005 – Oct 2007
University of Neuchâtel, Neuchâtel, Switzerland
Bachelor of Science in Economics, option Management (average: 5.3/6.0)
Oct 2002 – July 2005
Languages
- English – fluent
- German – fluent
- French – fluent
- Italian – basic
- Russian – native
- Ukrainian – native