Markus Schmid, a partner and managing director at Kearney’s Munich office, earned his reputation as a steady hand over the course of his 15 years of professional experience and 10 years as an executive officer for high-profile corporations. In both roles, he has supported and managed companies through enduring changes.

He is an expert in transformation and restructuring, especially in the telecom and media sector and related high-tech and industrial sectors. Markus believes in change substantiated by a strategic foundation—backed by detailed action plans and implemented based on a company’s willingness and ability to change. “A key role is always the ability to obtain financing, mapping performance improvements to key performance metrics, and the willingness of the management team and the workforce to accept change,” he says.

Markus has supported important restructuring and transformation processes at international conglomerates and midsized businesses and has brought extensive post-merger integration and carveouts to a successful conclusion. Prior to joining Kearney, he led the restructuring and post-merger division of goetzpartners as a managing director and a member of the executive board. He was also an executive officer for SKY Deutschland and Tele Columbus. Markus studied business administration at the University of Würzburg and mechanical engineering at the University of Ulm.

In addition to consulting, Markus is also an entrepreneur who has founded two private childcare facilities with his wife. He lives with his family in Munich and plays golf, skis, and runs in his free time.

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