Alessandro Ferrari

• In the first period I assisted the finance department of Continental Foods (well-established European food company, 400M$ turnover, 1000 employees), a CVC portfolio company that was in its disinvestment stage at the time: o Prepared daily, weekly, and monthly sales reports, by aggregating sales volumes data from the 5 different geographic sections (Belgium, France, Germany, Sweden and Finland) o Assisted M&A manager in the integration process of a soup manufacturer that was recently acquired in order to extend the product range. Focused on aligning process reporting to Continental Foods standards by working together with the acquired company management o Reviewed financial and management reports alongside accounting manager in vendor due diligence process o Computed daily, weekly and monthly consolidated cash flow forecasts by aggregating daily data from the different sections, and assisted treasury manager in daily treasury activities related to cash, borrowings and debt • In the second period - at CVC HQ – whilst they were consulting a logistics portfolio company to add a bolt-on acquisition, my role was to create a list of potential deals: o Researched 10 private acquisition targets in global logistics: 7 worldwide, well-established companies, and 3 companies focused on special transportation (high-value goods, high-risk goods, refrigerated trucks...) o Profiled each potential acquisition including financials, shareholder structure, recent M&A activity and significant developments over past 4 years

Relevant Coursework: Advanced Investment Analysis (integrated financial modeling), Advanced Financial Economics, Econometrics, Fixed Income (CFA Level 1 and 2 fixed income curriculum)

Relevant Coursework: Quantitative Methods for Finance, Securities Markets, International Banking, Financial Markets and Institutions, Financial Analysis and Performance Measurement