Munich \/ D\u00fcssel\u00addorf \u2014 The market for top manage\u00adment consul\u00adting has been charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by incre\u00adasing conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion trends in recent years. In this dyna\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment, Water\u00adland Private Equity and top manage\u00adment consul\u00adtancy Horn & Company have ente\u00adred into a 50\/50 part\u00adner\u00adship to create a new growth plat\u00adform for mid-market consul\u00adting firms.<\/p>\n
Horn & Company is one of the leading consul\u00adting firms in the DACH region in the areas of stra\u00adtegy, digi\u00adtiza\u00adtion and earnings enhance\u00adment for finan\u00adcial service provi\u00adders as well as indus\u00adtrial and retail compa\u00adnies. The share\u00adhol\u00adders of Horn & Company will remain with the company in their usual capa\u00adcity and will conti\u00adnue to assume the entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial lead respon\u00adsi\u00adbi\u00adlity for the opera\u00adtio\u00adnal consul\u00adting busi\u00adness in their role as shareholders.<\/p>\n
Foun\u00added in 2009 by Dr. Chris\u00adtian Horn and Dr. Alex\u00adan\u00adder Bethke-Jaeni\u00adcke, among others, Horn & Company is a top manage\u00adment consul\u00adtancy specia\u00adli\u00adzing in finan\u00adcial service provi\u00adders and indus\u00adtrial compa\u00adnies with head\u00adquar\u00adters in D\u00fcssel\u00addorf. Horn\u2019s focus is on the design and effec\u00adtive imple\u00admen\u00adta\u00adtion of stra\u00adtegy proces\u00adses and the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of finan\u00adcial service provi\u00adders and indus\u00adtrial and retail compa\u00adnies with a clear focus on measura\u00adble P&L impro\u00adve\u00adment, inclu\u00adding through data-driven analy\u00adtics. Buil\u00adding on the high stan\u00addards of exper\u00adtise and senio\u00adrity of Horn & Company\u2019s consul\u00adting teams, the consul\u00adting firm has repea\u00adtedly been named Hidden Cham\u00adpion of top manage\u00adment consul\u00adting for banks and insu\u00adrance compa\u00adnies by Manage\u00adment and Science. Since its foun\u00adding, Horn & Company has consis\u00adt\u00adently achie\u00adved double-digit growth rates per year and today employs over 100 people at six loca\u00adti\u00adons in Germany and Austria. The entire Horn & Company leader\u00adship team remains active with the company.<\/p>\n
Focus on streng\u00adthening core compe\u00adten\u00adcies and inor\u00adga\u00adnic growth \u201cIn recent years, we have firmly estab\u00adlished oursel\u00adves in the market and convin\u00adced a high-cali\u00adber client base of our unique value propo\u00adsi\u00adtion. Now we have to conti\u00adnue our growth path and deve\u00adlop new oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties through stra\u00adte\u00adgic steps, espe\u00adci\u00adally in the area of inor\u00adga\u00adnic growth. We see poten\u00adtial for this both verti\u00adcally and hori\u00adzon\u00adtally as well as with regard to our inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion stra\u00adtegy,\u201d says Dr. Horn, Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner at Horn & Company. Dr. Bethke-Jaeni\u00adcke, also Mana\u00adging Part\u00adner, adds: \u201cWater\u00adland has abso\u00adlut\u00adely convin\u00adced us in our search for a strong growth part\u00adner. Water\u00adland shares our vision of a high-growth conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion plat\u00adform for medium-sized consul\u00adting firms and the idea of an ecosys\u00adtem for digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion estab\u00adlished by Horn & Company in recent years, has the neces\u00adsary opera\u00adtio\u00adnal under\u00adstan\u00adding in the field of profes\u00adsio\u00adnal services and the neces\u00adsary indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise to open a new chap\u00adter in the Horn & Company success story toge\u00adther with us. We look forward to working together.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cFrom the very begin\u00adning, we were convin\u00adced of Horn & Company\u2019s clear stra\u00adte\u00adgic profile and unique posi\u00adtio\u00adning. The consul\u00adting indus\u00adtry has proven to be extre\u00admely resi\u00adli\u00adent during the chal\u00adlen\u00adging last months and is still highly frag\u00admen\u00adted, espe\u00adci\u00adally in Germany. We see promi\u00adsing growth poten\u00adtial in the market, espe\u00adci\u00adally through inor\u00adga\u00adnic value levers. We look forward to support\u00ading Horn & Company\u2019s expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced manage\u00adment team on this deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment path,\u201d says Dr. Gregor Hengst (photo), Part\u00adner at Water\u00adland Private Equity<\/strong>.<\/p>\n Water\u00adland has exten\u00adsive expe\u00adri\u00adence in the profes\u00adsio\u00adnal services sector through corre\u00adspon\u00adding invest\u00adments in seve\u00adral Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries. Water\u00adland curr\u00adently alre\u00adady has invest\u00adments in compa\u00adnies such as First Consul\u00adting (process consul\u00adting), Moore (accoun\u00adting & audi\u00adting), 9altitudes (Micro\u00adsoft Dyna\u00admics service provi\u00adder), Skay\u00adlink (mana\u00adged cloud services), and Intracto and Side\u00adshow (digi\u00adtal agencies).<\/p>\n About Water\u00adland Water\u00adland has consis\u00adt\u00adently outper\u00adfor\u00admed with its invest\u00adments since its incep\u00adtion in 1999. The company ranks fifth globally in the current HEC\/Dow Jones Private Equity Perfor\u00admance Ranking (Janu\u00adary 2021).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Munich \/ D\u00fcssel\u00addorf \u2014 The market for top manage\u00adment consul\u00adting has been charac\u00adte\u00adri\u00adzed by incre\u00adasing conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion trends in recent years. In this dyna\u00admic envi\u00adron\u00adment, Water\u00adland Private Equity and top manage\u00adment consul\u00adtancy Horn & Company have ente\u00adred into a 50\/50 part\u00adner\u00adship to create a new growth plat\u00adform for mid-market consul\u00adting firms. Horn & Company is one of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38163,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1365,1366,1369,1372,1380],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-private-equity-en","category-news-en","category-investors","category-consultant","category-management-consultants-investor-relations-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nBuil\u00adding on the company\u2019s strong orga\u00adnic growth, Horn & Company is expec\u00adted to become an even stron\u00adger brand in the DACH consul\u00adting market through indus\u00adtry conso\u00adli\u00adda\u00adtion as a result of its part\u00adner\u00adship with Water\u00adland. To this end, the part\u00adners plan to expand Horn & Company\u2019s range of services in the areas of digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion, asset-based consul\u00adting, and data analy\u00adtics, among others, as well as in other func\u00adtional subject areas, in order to be able to offer custo\u00admers a holi\u00adstic consul\u00adting ecosys\u00adtem. By further dove\u00adtail\u00ading and inte\u00adgra\u00adting the current core compe\u00adtence fields, the further expan\u00adsion of the Indus\u00adtry and Trade busi\u00adness area in parti\u00adcu\u00adlar is to be acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adted. From the recently opened branch office in Vienna, the succes\u00adsive inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adna\u00adliza\u00adtion into neigh\u00adbor\u00ading Euro\u00adpean count\u00adries is also planned.<\/p>\n
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\nWater\u00adland is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent private equity invest\u00adment firm that helps compa\u00adnies realize their growth plans. With substan\u00adtial finan\u00adcial support and indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise, Water\u00adland enables its port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies to acce\u00adle\u00adrate growth both orga\u00adni\u00adcally and through acqui\u00adsi\u00adti\u00adons. Water\u00adland has offices in the Nether\u00adlands (Bussum), Belgium (Antwerp), France (Paris), Germany (Hamburg, Munich), Poland (Warsaw), the UK (London, Manches\u00adter), Ireland (Dublin), Denmark (Copen\u00adha\u00adgen) and Switz\u00ader\u00adland (Zurich). Nine billion euros in equity funds are curr\u00adently under management.<\/p>\n