Alex Wildhaber

Private Equity / Corporate Finance

PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE

12/2023 – present           blue8x AG, Zurich, Switzerland

                                   M&A Vertical Lead

• Co-development of the vertical investment hypothesis with the limited partner blue8 Capital (energy-efficient building refurbishment for C&I customers)
• Transaction lead for three ongoing transactions involving > 20 target companies, with >600 employees, >10m CHF in EBITDA and >100m CHF revenue in total 
• Coordination of deal sourcing in collaboration with corporate finance partners 
• Organisation of debt financing and support for equity funding 
• Leadership of small deal teams and conducting training workshops for analysts

05/2023 – 04/2024          blue8x AG, Zurich, Switzerland

                                   Board of Director

• Strategic co-development of the service provider blue8x in close collaboration the limited partner blue8 Capital

05/2022 – 07/2023          blue8 AG (now: blue8x AG / blue8 Capital AG), Zurich / Schwyz, Switzerland

                                   Head of Finance

• Accounting and administration for blue8x and blue8 Capital in close coordination with the CFO of the blue8 group
• Interim administrative management of holding companies, including accounting, cash flow forecasting and minute-taking at board meetings

01/2022 – 12/2023          blue8 AG (now: blue8x AG / blue8 Capital AG), Zurich / Schwyz, Switzerland

                                   Private Equity Associate

• Execution of internal due diligences and creation of consolidated LBO models
• Preparation of information memorandums for debt and equity investors
• Coordination of external due diligences and contract negotiations
• Establishment of the new verticals Swiss Solar Group in the solar market and Skill Solutions in the market for recruiting and skilling
• Central role in the acquisitions of Swiss Learning Hub, Promikos, SeetalSolar and Younergy Solar Suisse, as well as support in additional transactions

03/2021 – 12/2021          Private Market Group AG, Zug, Switzerland

                                   Private Equity Associate 

• Development of new vertical investment hypotheses in the sectors of digital health, business process outsourcing and education
• Creation of LBO transaction models for consolidated company groups
• Acquisition of Smile Fahrlehrerausbildung with the Mobility Education Group
• Portfolio services for the Mobility Education Group including investor reporting, implementation of a digital accounting system and a new marketing channel

09/2020 – 03/2021          Private Market Group AG, Zug, Switzerland

                                   Private Equity Analyst 

• Market research to identify and develop new investment verticals
• Support of deal sourcing and SME acquisitions in the DACH region

06/2019 – 09/2019          Zahneins GmbH, Hamburg, Germany

& 12/2019 – 02/2020       M&A Intern

• Evaluation of financial statements and preparation of acquisition agreements
• Analysis of the German dental market including a cartographic model 

10/2015 – 04/2016          EIMS Ltd., Bournemouth, England

                                   Sales Business Development Executive 

• Outbound and inbound sales within the DACH region for the IT provider Mitel

EDUCATION

09/2019 – 12/2019          City, University of London 

                                   Exchange Student in Economics, GPA 5.88/6.00

• Company events in the Trading and Investing Society as well as programming courses at the Data Science Society

09/2016 – 04/2021          University of St. Gallen

Studies in Economics, GPA 5.23/6.00

• Bachelor thesis on SMI Futures pricing with market anomalies

09/2013 – 09/2015          University Basel

                                   Studies in Biology with a focus on organismic biology