Senior support

Only very senior consulting support with longtime experience and successful track record - usually by Dr. Michael Lützebauer himself; no graduates who have just joined a consulting company or junior consultants trained on projects

Focused approach

Focus on improvements with highest impact; fast identification of relevant issues, no as-is analyses over several months; always more effective solutions developed and implemented than by large teams of big consulting companies – within less time

Leveraged approach

Working together with clients, coaching/supporting project managers and teams, joint development of state of the art concepts and solutions, and ensuring timely and successful implementation

Ownership creation

Our consulting approach ensures that project teams and stakeholders feel ownership for all solutions / concepts developed; ownership is the most important prerequisite for successful and lasting implementations

Financials driven

Financial impact of improvements is precisely calculated (financial modelling) to be considered in mid-term financial plans; financial impact calculation as key to focus on most value creating improvements, to ensure proper priorities for resource allocation and to assure appropriate attention of top management

FLog Dortmund, Project Manager (1990 - 1994)

Consultant for warehouse logistics, production logistics, transportation logistics and waste management logistics. Served customers in industrial goods, wholesale, retailing, food industry and consumer goods.

The Boston Consulting Group (BCG), Principal (1994 - 2004)

Performed projects in different areas incl. strategy/business development, re-engineering/cost reduction, turnaround, controlling, reorganization and post-merger integration.

Industry experience: financial services, industrial goods, automotive, retailing, consumer goods.

Joined BCG' new Turkish office in Istanbul for almost two years developing the local business and coaching the consulting staff.

HypoVereinsbank AG (Unicredit Group), Head of Corporate Operations Development (2004 - 2006)
Improved the bank's operations, managed major cost reduction program, supported post merger integration of Uncredit's operations in Germany, Austria and Italy.

Deutsche Bank AG, Private and Business Clients, Head of Business Development (2006)
Responsible for German retail, private and business banking segment, developed growth strategies for different segments and determined synergies for two acquired banks

Dr. Lützebauer Consulting, Owner (since 2007)

Successfully performed several - partially longterm - projects for different clients, i.e.:

• Consultant to Cerberus Capital Management LLP, N.Y., U.S. (2.5 years)

Supported a major acquisition (commercial due diligence, business planning, investor discussions, financial modelling), provided improvement concepts (revenue increase, cost reduction) for the acquired company, supported sale of  two CEE subsidiaries, supported several due diligences and developed business plans for potential acquisitions, performed five-year planning incl. financial modelling

• Consultant to a leading Ukrainian bank (2 years)

Set up, performed, managed and controlled a comprehensive restructuring program covering all banking areas; state of the art concepts for various improvement projects provided

• Interim Restructuring CEO of an investment and private equity company (3 years)

Restructured accounting, performed missing year end closings, liquidated assets, cut expenses, performed litigations, collected receivables

• Interim Managing Director of a German midcap real estate investor and prorperty management company (3 years)

Substituted financial director and operational responsible for property management tasks; improved processes and organization; improved IT setup and supply structure, set up new supply frame contracts, performed and improved accounting and year end closing; assisted in hiring successors

• Consultant to a leading Austrian bank

Supported improvement of credit risk management processes to fulfill requirements of regulators

• Consultant to one of the largest European insurers

Set up an implementation progress reporting for a transformation program and ensured specific improvements

Examples for other projects performed

• Enhanced commission and fee income of the corporate banking segment of a major Kenyan bank

• PMI of two IT suppliers of electronic banking software

• Sale of participations (i.e. copper mine, automotive test area) by preparing business plans and investment memoranda and by participating in road shows

• Created company presentations for public listings

• Business plans and investment memoranda for different projects (residential real estate, electric power generation, mining) in Mongolia and Ethiopia

• Prepares a quarterly benchmarking study for top-tier and mid-tier Kenyan banks