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MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS INTERN
MUNICH, DE
APR 2026 — OCT 2026

Supporting buy-side and sell-side mandates in the TMT M&A team. Building transaction marketing materials — pitch decks, teasers, and information memoranda — running indicative CCA and CTA valuation analyses, and driving day-to-day deal work: long-list creation, market research, and data-room setup.

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PRIVATE EQUITY INTERN
MUNICH, DE
JUN 2025 — SEP 2025

Supported the investment team across fund commitments and co-investments — preparing investment memos and due-diligence reports, analysing fund strategies and portfolio companies, and building profiles and committee materials for the investment committee and limited partners.

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FOUNDER & CEO
BREMEN, DE
AUG 2022 — PRESENT

Founded and scaled a niche golf e-commerce brand alongside a full-time role at the German Central Bank. Built the operational foundation from scratch, developed products with manufacturing partners, ran a multi-channel sales strategy, and secured a partnership with global whisky brand Bruichladdich, a Rémy Cointreau Group brand.

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ANALYST · SECURITIES HOLDINGS STATISTICS
FRANKFURT, DE
APR 2022 — SEP 2024

Responsible for data validation and creation in the securities holdings statistics department — ensuring data quality, liaising with financial institutions to resolve reporting issues, and building Python, Excel, and Power BI tools to streamline validation for internal and external economists.

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COOPERATIVE STUDENT · SEVEN DEPARTMENTS
FRANKFURT, DE
APR 2019 — APR 2022

A dual-study rotation across seven core departments — FX markets, banking supervision, credit analysis, securities statistics, operations and vault management, and business administration — building a broad, foundational view of how a central bank actually runs.

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