New managing director strengthens service portfolio

Aachen, March 11, 2024 - WED+ Unternehmensberatung GmbH is expanding its management team: Moritz Schumacher (44) joins Mike Degen on the management board with immediate effect. At the same time, WED+ is expanding its range of services to include non-insolvency and pre-insolvency restructuring consulting. WED+ specializes in advising and managing companies in special situations, with a previous focus on consulting and interim management in insolvency proceedings. Schumacher has many years of international experience in restructuring, M&A and corporate development. With this new addition, WED+ is strengthening its expertise in restructuring consulting and the support of corporate finance processes.

"As one of the leading German specialist consultancies for companies in transition, WED+ has unique expertise," emphasized Moritz Schumacher. "A know-how from which WED+ clients will also benefit in future in non-insolvency and pre-insolvency restructuring."

"With Moritz Schumacher, WED+ is strengthening its advisory expertise in restructuring, private equity and M&A," added WED+ Managing Director Mike Degen. "With this expertise and our decades of experience in insolvency-related restructuring, we will consistently expand WED+'s range of services in pre-insolvency restructuring and in M&A and corporate finance processes in order to provide our clients with targeted support throughout the entire restructuring cycle.

Moritz Schumacher began his career as a consultant at McKinsey. Most recently, as a Member of the Executive Board of the investment company Schauenburg International, the business administration graduate was responsible for international M&A and the strategic business development of portfolio companies. Prior to this, he was responsible for projects focusing on M&A, restructuring and business development at well-known companies such as Siemens, Vodafone and Tank & Rast as well as at international investment companies. Through his activities, Schumacher gained experience in a wide range of industries, e.g. mechanical engineering, automation, healthcare, infrastructure and retail.

About WED+

WED+ Unternehmensberatung GmbH, based in Aachen, takes on management tasks, such as interim management, and offers comprehensive consulting services relating to the reorganization and restructuring of medium-sized companies. In addition to restructuring and insolvency consulting, the WED+ portfolio also includes extensive corporate finance services. In addition to operational advice on financing solutions, this includes in particular the support and implementation of M&A processes. In addition to Moritz Schumacher and Mike Degen, the long-standing senior partners Roman Eisele and Claus Nürnberg continue to be part of the consultancy's management team. The consultants are supported by an experienced back office and a broad network of experts. These are consulted in particular on specialist operational and technical issues and actively support the consultants in their mandates. This enables WED+ to successfully handle even extensive and demanding mandates.

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