Information Technology
As a dynamic and forward-looking sector, information technology (IT) is the driving force behind digitalisation in all industries.
Companies in all industries cannot avoid modernising their business models and adapting to rapidly changing technological requirements. M&A transactions provide access to innovative technologies and expertise to accelerate digital transformation and remain competitive.
Whether cloud solutions, cyber security or technologies such as artificial intelligence, big data analysis and Internet of Things (IoT) - M&A transactions enable companies to gain expertise in these areas and offer high-performance products and services that provide their customers with contemporary added value.
Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen
Head of Corporate Finance M&A Düsseldorf
Birgit
Meyer zu Selhausen has been working in M&A advisory in the Cooperative
sector since 2012. She focuses on advising consumer goods and technology
companies on transactions in the German Mittelstand, but also, for example, on
group carve-outs and in special situations. As Supervisory Board Head, she also
drives the development of the international M&A advisory network ADVIOR
International.
Birgit Meyer zu Selhausen began her professional career in 1998 in the Equity Capital
Markets division at WestLB Panmure. There she accompanied companies from the IT
and Internet sectors on their IPOs on the New Market for several years. In
2001, she switched to M&A consulting in London and over the years has
advised a large number of companies and entrepreneurs on transactions, some of
them cross-border, often with stock market implications. In 2011, she took over
the management of the Mergers & Acquisitions department at WestLB AG and
supported the sale of the bank's portfolio assets with her team.
Birgit
Meyer zu Selhausen studied business administration at the Ludwig Maximilian
University of Munich and the University of Augsburg and graduated with a degree
in business administration. Prior to this, she trained as a bank clerk at
Bayerische Vereinsbank, Munich. She is also an alumna of the Executive
Programme at WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management and a certified business
mediator (Steinbeis).
Birgit
Meyer zu Selhausen has been enthusiastic about the advancing possibilities of
digitalisation for many years. Her favourite way to spend her free time is in
nature.
