In the Food & Beverage subsector, Livingstone professionals have particular transaction experience and expertise in:
David Sulaski
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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David leads Livingstone’s Private Equity practice and directs client engagements, specializing in the Consumer sector. With ten years experience in investment banking, he has extensive cross-border and financial buyer expertise. Prior to co-founding Livingstone USA, he was a Managing Director at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and spent four years at William Blair & Co. Previously, he was General Counsel to the Illinois Development Finance Authority and an advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.
Education:
JD, University of Illinois College of Law /
BS. BA, University of Illinois College of Commerce
Ryan Buckley
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Ryan joined Livingstone at its inception in 2007. He brings eight years of M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring experience across a variety of sectors including consumer, healthcare, and industrial. Prior to Livingstone, Ryan worked as an Analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. in Chicago and in the workout group of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Patrick Groarke
Partner
Livingstone London
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Patrick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Dublin. He then joined multinational fruit distributor The Fyffes Group in London as Special Projects Accountant where he gained extensive operational and corporate finance experience working in the UK, USA and Spain.
Patrick has led a significant number of management buy-outs/buy-ins, acquisition and disposal assignments since joining in 1994. He has extensive experience in the Food, Print & Packaging, Manufacturing and Home and Building Products sectors.
He heads up Livingstone's Private Equity practise and co-heads Livingstone's Consumer team.
BCOMM ACA
Tom Phipps
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from University College, London with a degree in history in 1995, Tom joined the Financial Times Group, where he worked as a sector analyst. Since he joined Livingstone in 1998, Tom has led a number of transactions in a variety of different sectors and has developed considerable experience in the Consumer, Technology and Business Services sectors. Much of Tom's current role is focused on developing Livingstone's Food & Beverage, Human Capital and Technology sectors, leading transactions and generating deal opportunities.
Harsha Wickremasinghe
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Harsha graduated from the University of Surrey with a Bsc (Hons) in Retail Management and an MSc in International Business.
He has over five years’ experience as an Analyst through previous roles at retail consultancy Verdict and Datamonitor, and has acquired commercial experience working for a number of firms in the food manufacturing and retail supply chain sectors.
Harsha joined Livingstone in 2007, focusing on the Consumer sector and has extensive knowledge of Food Manufacturing, Travel and Retail.
Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Marta de la Cuadra
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Marta graduated in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Finance and Stock Exchange. After her studies, she started her professional career in a private bank’s management department. Marta joined Livingstone in 2002 and has worked across a wide range of sectors. She has 10 years experience of being involved in all stages of M&A processes focusing on company valuations and process management in the Food, Packaging and Consumer sectors.
Paul Endersby
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Paul studied Law at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), and spent a year studying in the Université Jean Moulin,Lyon (France). After graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading (UK), where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul moved to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on transactions for companies from a wide range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in 2007, he has recently advised on the saleof a Kimberly Clark manufacturing plant Spain to a consortium of Basque companies and PE fund Ezten; andon the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
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Agnes Winkelmann
Senior Consultant / Head of Research
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Agnes studied Business Administration and Translation at the University of Pécs in Hungary and at the University Jean Moulin Lyon3 in France. She gained her Master of Science in 2004.
In the course of her studies, she completed a number of traineeships with international organisations, in the media as well as in an international FMCG company. After graduation she gathered international management consulting experience.
From 2006 until 2008, Agnes worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz as a consultant and was part of the founding team of Livingstone Germany in 2009.
She is experienced in international transactions, research and knowledge management and has thorough knowledge of the packaging, industrial and financial services and consumer goods sectors.
Master of Science, Universität Pécs/Ungarn
Christian Grandin
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.
After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.
Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln
Ralph Hagelgans
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralph began his career in the international audit and transaction services departments of KPMG.
He then spent four years with a large German bank as a project manager and later as head of equity financing for mid-cap technology companies.
From 2002 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2006 as a Partner.
Ralph is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has gained expert knowledge in cross-border transactions with strategic buyers as well as leveraged buy-outs with financial investors. He has specific transaction experience in automotive, metal and plastic processing, packaging, specialty chemicals, the aviation industry and industrial services.
Diplom-Volkswirt, Universität Bonn
Johannes Faber
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Johannes studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Oulu in Finland. In his studies he was focused on finance and corporate finance and graduated in 2009.
He completed various internships at investment banks and consultancies in Germany and abroad. He also gained practical insights on a project for a trade and services conglomerate.
Johannes joined Livingstone Germany in 2009 and has gained first transaction experiences over the years. Within the Livingstone sector teams Johannes is focused on automotive, engineered products, business services, healthcare and consumer products.
Due to his academic and professional record Johannes has a broad set of international experience.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
