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
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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.

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M&A Advisory

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

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AI & Automation

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

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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.