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Torsten Bernauer

Partner, Frankfurt

Helps clients holistically transform their operating models to achieve their growth and efficiency aspirations, particularly in the context of pivotal M&A events

About Torsten

Torsten is a core leader in McKinsey’s Mergers & Acquisitions Practice and spearheads its life sciences M&A work in EMEA. He advises both corporate and private capital investors on a wide range of topics, including mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, divestitures/carve-outs, and transformative value-creation programs. Since joining McKinsey in 2012, Torsten has supported clients across industries on buy- and sell-side transactions.

Examples of his recent client work include the following:

  • guided the divestiture and carve-out of multiple business units during a large MedTech company’s strategic reorientation
  • led the operating model and organizational design streams and shaped talent and culture programs for the merger of two global commodity-trading organizations
  • designed the organizational structures and core workflows for the integration of two US real estate brokerages
  • managed the post-merger integration of two fast-growing marketplaces for new and used cars
  • steered multiple private equity-backed value-creation programs in life sciences and MedTech to deliver full-potential plans
  • conducted multiple buy- and sell-side commercial due diligences across life sciences and MedTech

Education

Karlsruhe Institute of Technology

PhD, management

University of Mannheim

MSc, finance, management

University of Hohenheim

BSc, business administration, finance