Piotr Krawczyk

Senior Director
14+ years of experience in strategy consulting and private equity
Focuses on operational and commercial due diligence
Expert in transformation programs/carve-out and post-deal value creation 
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Piotr Krawczyk is a Senior Director with Alvarez & Marsal Private Equity Performance Improvement practice in Paris and Geneva. He brings 14 years of experience in strategy consulting and private equity. His primary areas of concentration are operational and commercial due diligence, transformation programs/carve-out and post-deal value creation. Mr. Krawczyk has worked with clients across a range of industries, including financial services, healthcare/pharmaceuticals, business services, technology, industrials and consumer goods.

Most recently at A&M, Mr. Krawczyk ran an operational due diligence on a France-based software editor with operations across Western Europe for a private equity owned acquirer. Before that, he ran a cost-out project for a leading wealth manager in France, handling the diagnostic of cost structure and subsequent target operating model review. The six-week exercise with close involvement of company management led to a ~8 percent cost reduction target for the private equity owned business. 

Previously, Mr. Krawczyk led a large carve-out/post-merger Integration of an OTC Pharmaceuticals businesses with global operations, working from the pre-deal operational due diligence and separation planning to sign-to-close and TSA negotiation support, and then to the design and implementation of a value creation plan post-closing. He did a deep dive on the target operating model for the combined business to activate synergy potential and drive cost efficiencies.

Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Krawczyk spent four years working in value creation roles and operational improvement for mid-cap private equity funds as Operating Partner/Chief Transformation Officer, where he designed and implemented value creation plans to reach the full potential of acquired assets. He also served as Supervisory Board member at four private equity owned manufacturing businesses. 

Previously, Mr. Krawczyk spent eight years in strategy consulting with Bain & Company in London and Warsaw, and L.E.K. Consulting in Paris, Chicago and Munich. 

Mr. Krawczyk earned a BBA from the University of St. Gallen and a master’s degree in entrepreneurship from HEC Paris. A Polish and German national, he is fluent in English, French, German and Polish.

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