Gunther Haltermann

NPL Advisory

Gunther Haltermann
Madrid, Spain

Experience

May 2022 - Present
2 years 10 months
Madrid, Spain

Country Director Spain

Debitos

About Debitos: Debitos is the leading secondary debt marketplace which enables companies, banks and funds to sell their credit exposures on the market through its open and transparent auction-based online transaction platform. The platform leverages on the digitalization of the entire sale process and can reduce the expected disposal timing to 3-8 weeks compared to 3-6 months of the traditional process. Debitos was founded in Frankfurt in 2010 and has since concluded more than 300 online transactions in 16 countries, with accumulated total Outstanding Balance of more than €8bn. By now, more than 1.700 investors from all over Europe have registered with Debitos.

Sep 2021 - May 2022
9 months
Madrid, Spain

NPL Director

AHORA ASSET MANAGEMENT

  • Within the Management Team, responsible for the management of Spanish NPL & REO portfolios for funds and international investors within the company, leading teams of asset, legal and sales managers
  • Identification of value-added strategies for the AuM, managing all the recovery process from onboarding to liquidation. Responsibility over the Business Plans of the portfolios and its achievement, with weekly reporting to the Investment Funds
  • Day to day coordination of legal advisors and other key members within the servicing team
  • Focus of new business opportunities (strategic advisory)
Feb 2020 - Sep 2021
1 year 8 months
Madrid, Spain

Manager - Strategy & Transactions

EY

  • Portfolio Advisory in both buy- and sell-side of NPL and REO assets for Banks and International Investment Funds - full process management and advice from inception of the deal through to completion (pricing and portfolio performance analytics, identification of selected interested buyer group, deal structuring and negotiation, financial due-diligence, valuation & financial modelling, business plan projections, SPA negotiation and closing)
  • Responsible for the Master Servicing Business Line offered to Funds and International Investors, with limited or no resources in the Spanish geography. Reporting definition and development, day-to-day KPI monitoring, advisory on the national servicer landscape, management of the servicer's internal teams of Portfolio Managers, associates and analysts, etc.
  • Business Development and source of new investment opportunities for different clients
Jun 2019 - Dec 2020
7 months
Las Rozas de Madrid, Spain

International NPL & Underwriting Manager

doValue en España

  • Coordination and support functions of the NPL management teams of the Cypriot international business line (aprox. EUR 10BN of assets under management)
  • Organizational set-up of the NPL structure; team sizing for portfolio management, objectives and incentives setting, activity tracking and monitoring of results against business plans, etc.
  • Design and implementation of activity, financial and quality KPIs to manage the collection activities
  • Development and implementation of Altamira's NPL and REO reporting structure for international funds/ investors. Recalibration of business plans of managed portfolios
  • Execution and support of the complete trade cycle from origination/ underwriting, valuation and execution of NPL and REO portfolios, including financial due-diligence for the spanish market (advisory and portfolio management). Transaction design, structuring, pricing, modelling and data enhancement
Feb 2018 - Jun 2019
1 year 5 months
Madrid, Spain

Head of Sales & Investments

Hoist Finance

  • Permanent Member of the Executive Management Team and responsible for the investment in debt portfolios (NPLs) held by Banks and Financial Institutions of different asset classes with extensive track-record over 30 Non-Performing Loan unsecured mid-size transactions (EUR 3,2BN OB)
  • Complete transversal coordination of the portfolio acquisition process, including analysis and pricing of portfolios, due-diligence, Investment Committee Memo preparation, SPA negotiation and closing, onboarding and post-acquisition activities, etc.
  • Management of multidisciplinary teams among all the acquisition process (internal analysts, asset management companies, law firms, financial advisors, etc.)
  • Development and management of key relationships with business partners, investors and loan servicing companies in various countries, managing information and client communications. Key account manager for Grupo Santander across the Hoist Group
  • Development of new asset classes and geographies for the iberian business
  • M&A targeting for inorganic growth (collection platforms, etc.)
  • Deputy collection manager for the internal collection team (EUR 2BN of AUMs) as well as backup for new projects
Sep 2014 - Feb 2018
3 years 6 months
Boadilla del Monte, Spain

Senior Collections Business Responsible

Banco Santander

  • Permanent member of the Collection's Steering Committee at HQ level and responsible for challenging the unit's collection performance (strategic advisory in terms of collection guidelines and budgets, support to the local Head of Collections, monthly review of results, sharing best practices among units, definition and control of projects, etc.)
  • Team management by objectives and projects in the different collection business units (11 geographies, EUR 20BN AUMs)
  • Monitoring and steering of two internal call centers of early arrears management (1-65 DPD) with aprox. EUR 100MM monthly AUMs
  • Supervision and control of auto retail, wholesale and fleet portfolios among all collection stages (arrears, delinquency/NPL as well as written-off stocks). Estimation of its behavior and identification of sources of concern as well as improvement with direct impact in P&L in order to reduce the need of loan loss provisions
  • Definition, development and implementation of collection reports focusing on the main corporate metrics (Head of Information) for the Executive Committee Board of local units and Executive Committees of SCF HQ
  • Transaction support in the NPL sale processes of unsecured portfolios (detailed information analysis, perimeter selection, data cleansing, internal monitoring and benchmarking, price estimation, coordination with advisors and DCA's, design of SPA clauses, due-diligence processes, etc.) in order to maximize revenues and mitigate possible associated risks
Aug 2012 - Sep 2014
2 years 2 months
Mönchengladbach, Germany

Project Manager Legal Collections

Banco Santander

  • Led the outsourcing project of the Legal Collection's structure of Santander Consumer Bank in terms of late collection processes (aprox. EUR 800MM OB NPL stock)
  • Definition of new collection strategies with direct P&L impact and their implementation trough external DCAs
  • Responsible for the selection, assessment and monitoring of portfolios for distressed debt sale operations (NPL disposals), including financial modelling, increasing sale prices and reaching overall process efficiencies
  • Activity analysis (financial and operational) of top debt collection agencies to identify and improve the collections management and optimize cash-collection
  • Portfolio segmentation of unsecured debt portfolios improving the collection results, programming and managing of local data-ware-houses (DWH) for internal management as well as KPI monitoring
  • Establishment and tracking of KPI's as management tool for external providers
Sep 2011 - Aug 2012
1 year
Boadilla del Monte, Spain

Collections Business Area

Banco Santander

Corporate support to local business units inside the Collections & Recoveries division

Documentation of presentations and procedures

Monitoring of the collection activity of 11 geographies by phases/channels

Process description

Coordination and consolidation of management data

Summary

Experienced banking and financial services professional with a demonstrated international record in the consumer finance industry. Combination of deep industry knowledge and transaction experience with skills in Debt Collection & Recoveries, Portfolio Management, NPL&REO Transactions, Valuations, Operations Management, Credit Management and Banking. Major expert of the spanish non performing loan market with a specific focus in distressed retail loans. Focused on optimizing purchasing and collection strategies. I envisage myself integrated in a dynamic and challenging atmosphere, working on different transactions and jurisdictions, building leading teams and innovating through creative solutions/ products that can add value and maximize returns to my clients.

Languages

English
Native
German
Native
Spanish
Native
French
Advanced

Education

Oct 2006 - Jun 2011

Universidad Complutense de Madrid

Administracion y Dirección de Empresas, Economicas · Madrid, Spain

Oct 2005 - Jun 2005

Deutsche Schule Madrid

Abitur · Madrid, Spain

Certifications & licenses

English C2 Proficient

SAS Programming 2