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Ivo Naumann

PartnerShanghai

Brings deep experience in restructuring across a wide array of industries, often serving in interim executive roles in organizations undergoing turnarounds, and has served as Chief Restructuring Officer, Chief Transformation Officer, and member of boards of directors

Ivo leads our RTS Practice in Greater China. He brings over 20 years of experience across Asia advising distressed companies and underperforming businesses, seeking to drive rapid performance improvement. He often acts as interim executive or board member to lead transformations and turnarounds. Most recently, he served as Chief Transformation Officer at a large, privately held Chinese company in the basic materials sector.

His work has covered a wide array of sectors with a focus on the automotive and industrials sector, basic materials, and consumer goods.

Ivo’s experience includes serving on the board of directors of a multitude of companies, including a Chinese building material manufacturer, a South East Asian steel producer, the China subsidiaries of a European retailer, and the Japan subsidiaries of several European consumer goods companies.

Some of his recent engagements include the following:

  • led as Chief Transformation Officer turnaround of a large Chinese company in the basic materials sector with several thousand employees
  • implemented restructuring of retail business in China of leading global retail conglomerate and served as member of the board of directors of the China operating entities
  • conducted crisis management with a focus on cash generation at an Asian airline in distress
  • led drastic improvement of cost position at a Southeast Asian company in the maritime sector
  • led the financial and operational restructuring of a Chinese manufacturer of building materials and served as member of the board of directors
  • oversaw restructuring of steel mills in Southeast Asia, served as member of the board of directors, and led team of various interim executives

Ivo was educated in Germany, Taiwan, and Japan and lives and works for over 20 years in Asia. He is a sought-after speaker on topics related to restructuring in Asia and a regular guest-lecturer at the executive education program of a leading business school.

Published work

A playbook for private equity success in China: An interview with Jean Salata,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020

How to generate alpha in Chinese private equity: An interview with Nexus Point founder KC Kung,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020

Standing out in China’s private equity market: An interview with Frank Su,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020

In search of alpha: Updating the playbook for private equity in China,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020

How private equity operating groups are taking on the challenge of the coronavirus,” McKinsey & Company, April 2020

Education

University of Trier (Germany)
MBA with focus on industrial marketing

Sophia University (Japan)
Studies at the faculty of comparative literature

Taipei Language Institute
Studies of Chinese language