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Profession: Management Consultant
Location Main Office: City // Erlangen | Country // Germany
Company restructuring, Corporate finance, M&A transactions, Project management and coordination, Turnaround management
Automotive, Component manufacturing, IT, Machinery and equipment
Educated at Augsburg University with a final degree in Business Administration (Diplom-Kaufmann) and a PhD (Dr.rer.pol.), he has worked for a global information technology group before becoming Managing Director of medium sized companies in Germany. He also was an active entrepreneur before joining a German consulting firm. Today, his own Consulting Business started in 2012 and is focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions and Corporate Finance solutions for small cap and mid cap companies.
Dr. Ruf joined CBA in September 2015 as M&A Advisor.
German, English
Dr.rer.pol., Diplom-Kaufmann (Univ.)
Acquiring a company, doubling its business in five years, strong growth in earnings, successful sale
Years in Advisory: 29
Accompanied & accomplished deals: 35
Total Transaction Volume: EUR 500,000,000
EASA Private Pilot/FAA Commercial Pilot, Multi-Engine, Instrument
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