Orson Wood

M&A buy / sell-side financial due diligence

● Equity valuation for M&A, restructuring, tax and legal purposes; ● Financial and business plan modelling to support strategic decision making; ● Valuation of intangible assets: customer relationships, brands, patents and technology; ● Valuation of financial instruments: stock option plans and management incentive packages; and ● Purchase Price Allocations.

Management Consulting - Financial Services

● Worked on a €30m leveraged buyout of a Genoa-HQ’ed fashion retailer (c.€6m rev, €2m EBITDA) by a large PE firm; ● Built valuation models incl. DCF and relative valuation for Garretti Asso. (architecture, €2m rev.) and Lifecharger; ● Created investor memo and teasers for an F&B catering company (€34m rev.) and a fashion retailer (c.€6m rev); ● Proactively led end-to-end automation project - hired consultant, defined KPIs, conducted trials ● learnt project management, convinced shareholders, saved c.100 man-hours per client.

● Major GPA: 3.9/4.0 ● Coursework: M&A, Investments, Fin. Statement Analysis, Options, Futures & Derivatives, Econometrics, Intl. Finance ● Won silver for team of 5 among 50 international university teams in PwC M&A Deals Challenge - organized diligence meetings with client, delivered financial model, QoE analysis, cost of cap, valuation football field ● Represented Emlyon and the Debating Club at PwC's 1-day inclusivity workshop for future leaders

● Scored 91.2% in the Emlyon entrance test (99th percentile) ● Ranked 1st in a class of 40, graduated with highest honors; Coursework incl. Maths, Microeconomics, Macroeconomics