Martin Linhart

Executive summary

Martin is a Partner in the Deal Advisory team at BDO in Sydney.

With 17 years of professional experience, 13 of these in M&A and value creation, Martin is passionate about helping clients achieve their transaction strategic goals and targets. Martin provides hands-on, practical post-merger integration and divestitures advice and due diligence support to assist clients in making informed decisions from both a commercial and operational perspective.

Martin has extensive international experience across 38 countries on all continents.

Expertise

• M&A
• Post-merger integration
• Divestitures
• Commercial due diligence
• Operational due diligence
• Value creation through functional expertise in operations, supply chain, procurement, cost savings and performance improvement.

Sectors

• Oil and gas
• Resources and minerals
• Logistics and transportation
• Industrial goods
• Consumer products

Experience

• Merger in the gas industry (two ASX-listed companies): Led the largest deal in Australian history with a focus on carve-out and integration planning
• Integration/merger in the automotive industry (two ASX-listed companies): Led integration between two companies from M&A strategy, over planning and execution from pre-signing to post-day one
• Acquisition in oil and gas: Led the buy-side support for an oil and gas drilling company during an acquisition followed by a 9-month post-merger integration
• Merger in the gas industry: Led integration planning and divestitures in the Americas as part of the largest merger in the gas industry
• Divestment in logistics and transportation: Led the divestiture of one business unit of a leading Australian Logistics company to a Private Equity firm
• Merger in the construction industry: Led the integration planning for the asset sale/merger to create a world leader in the building materials industry
• Business unit swap in the pharmaceuticals and chemicals industry: Led the asset sale and business unit swap between two leading pharmaceutical companies.

Qualifications and affiliations

• Diploma (Master and Bachelor equivalent) in Industrial Engineering and Business Management