Wilhelm von Arndt

Associate @ Alvarez & Marsal | Private Equity Value Creation

Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden

About

Wilhelm is an Associate in Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement practice, with a focus on commercial due diligence, operational due diligence, and value creation for private equity and corporate clients. His work spans transaction support and post-deal performance improvement, including commercial diligence, full-potential planning, operational improvement, and integration / separation support. Recent project experience includes commercial due diligence across technology, industrials, consumer, and business services, as well as value-creation work in rail and transportation covering procurement, operating model, cost reduction, and implementation planning. Before A&M, Wilhelm worked in the deal team at Lyvia Group, supporting software and technology transactions across Europe. He holds a Bachelor’s degree from New York University previously competed in NCAA Division I basketball.

Experience

  • Associate at Alvarez & Marsal
    Oct 2024 - Present · 1 yr 10 mos

    Supporting private equity and corporate clients across commercial due diligence, operational due diligence, and post-close value creation. Experience includes buy-side and sell-side CDD, market sizing, competitive landscape assessment, customer and revenue analysis, growth assessment, pricing, go-to-market, sales effectiveness, cost structure review, operational performance assessment, implementation planning, and value-creation roadmap development. Selected project work includes: * Commercial due diligence across industrials, technology, consumer, business services, transportation, and rail * Operational due diligence workstreams covering cost base, scalability, operational risks, and improvement potential * Post-close value creation and full-potential planning, including procurement, cost reduction, productivity, IT / AI opportunities, and execution planning * Commercial strategy and acceleration work covering pricing, go-to-market, sales organization effectiveness, and channel strategy * Turnaround and performance improvement exposure in operationally complex and time-critical situations

  • Senior Consultant at Consulting
    Oct 2023 - Jun 2024 · 9 mos

    M&A Strategy team Joined as Consultant, promoted to SC by mid-year. Selected project experience: Supported sell-side execution through cost modeling and PMO for the carve-out of a ~$3bn-revenue fintech business

  • M&A Associate at Lyvia Group
    Jan 2022 - Sep 2023 · 1 yr 9 mos

    Deal team associate supporting software and technology transactions across Europe, including target screening, market research, commercial analysis, financial analysis, and transaction execution support.

  • Junior Associate at EHAB - Esmaeilzadeh Holding
    Aug 2021 - Jan 2022 · 6 mos

    Part-time and full-time in periods alongside studies at NYU; was offered role at portfolio company Lyvia Group

  • Summer Analyst at Dr. Saeid
    Mar 2021 - Aug 2021 · 6 mos

    Family Office M&A - received an offer to join topco EHAB Group