Frankfurt am Main · M&A · AI · Geopolitics

A practitioner's view of
an uncertain world.

Associate Manager, Corporate Development FDD · Accenture

A decade advising on cross-border M&A and financial due diligence across the DACH region — from investment committee presentations to SPA negotiations. Now writing on the forces reshaping the deal landscape: AI concentration, geopolitical risk, and the future of capital deployment.

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10+
Years in M&A
& Due Diligence
3
Tier-1 Firms:
Accenture · Kroll · Deloitte
CVA
Certified Valuation
Analyst · CFA L1 · ACCA
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Geopolitics & Artificial Intelligence
The Intelligence Chokepoint: Why AI Concentration Is the Geopolitical Risk Nobody Is Pricing

A single maritime passage carries 20% of the world's oil. Five companies carry 88% of the world's AI capability. The Hormuz blockade showed what a chokepoint looks like when it closes.

May 2026 · 12 min read
Economic Policy & Corporate Governance
Should Large Foreign Companies Be Forced to List on Local Stock Exchanges?

In a world fracturing along geopolitical fault lines, companies can withdraw from an economy overnight. Operational presence should carry the same obligations as capital market access.

June 2026 · 13 min read
Artificial Intelligence Coming Soon
Who Writes Your AI's Reality? The Narrative Sovereignty Crisis No One Is Talking About
Forthcoming · June 2026
What I Do
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Financial Due Diligence

End-to-end FDD across buy-side and sell-side: QoE, EBITDA normalisation, working capital, net debt, cash flow sustainability.

M&A Advisory

Cross-border deal execution across DACH and globally. SPA support, IC presentations, valuation structuring, and negotiation.

AI & Automation

Self-learning Python models for FDD analytics. Automation toolbars deployed across global transaction teams at Accenture.

Independent Analysis

Writing on AI concentration, geopolitical risk, and the structural forces reshaping how capital is deployed and valued globally.

The Author

Practitioner.
Analyst. Writer.

I am an Associate Manager in Corporate Development and Financial Due Diligence at Accenture, based in Frankfurt. I have led complex transactions across the DACH region for over a decade — at Deloitte, Kroll, and Accenture — advising investment committees, structuring SPA negotiations, and building the automation tools that make rigorous diligence faster.

I hold a Master of Finance from Goethe Business School, where my thesis modelled the application of AI to EBITDA adjustment identification — producing a working self-learning Python model. I am a Certified Valuation Analyst, CFA Level I candidate, and ACCA part-qualified.

This site is where professional rigour meets intellectual curiosity: analysis on AI, geopolitics, and capital markets written with the precision of a deal room, not a newsroom.

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Financial Due Diligence M&A · DACH AI Strategy Python · VBA CVA · CFA L1 Geopolitics
What This Site Covers
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AI & Geopolitical Risk

Who controls the intelligence infrastructure of the 21st century — and what that concentration means for nations, corporations, and anyone whose strategy depends on access to frontier AI.

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Technology & Business Models

How AI is restructuring the economics of IT services firms, consulting practices, and the integrators who built their model on human hours — and what comes next.

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Capital, Deals & Valuation

Practitioner observations on M&A, financial due diligence, and how AI is beginning to change the way transactions are assessed, structured, and priced.

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Whether you're looking to discuss M&A, financial due diligence, AI strategy, or simply want to follow the writing — feel free to reach out. Based in Frankfurt, working globally.