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Martin Maas

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Martin Maas
Düsseldorf, Germany

Experience

Apr 2025 - Present
10 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Partner

Zentrum für Mittelstandsberatung, Maasarbeit Consulting

  • Operating partner to Private Equity. Consultant helping start-ups & SMEs to structure, re-finance and scale
  • Building own business, helped major European Private Equity develop Life Science strategy and introduced two new deals
Jul 2021 - Mar 2025
3 years 9 months
Birmingham, United Kingdom

President, Life Science & Fluid Control

IMI plc

  • Managed change from regional P&Ls to global sector structure, established team, performance metrics and lean management review cycles
  • Identified, acquired and integrated ADAPTAS and CorSolutions, large sized acquisition at significant multiple, on track and achieving synergies
  • Developed top performing team and outgrew market by 2x with a long term strategy delivering sustained growth in excess of 12% CAGR
  • Implemented agile innovation process focused on sprint cycles with customers, leading to a 25% increase in new business opportunities
  • simplified manufacturing footprint by 45%, consolidating and divesting non-core sites; EBITDA CAGR of 8% through price and productivity
May 2019 - Jun 2021
2 years 2 months
Düsseldorf, Germany

Managing Director, Fluid Technologies

IMI Precision Engineering

  • Led manufacturing ramp-up of COVID products for ventilation, achieving 10x scale-up of automation within 10 weeks
  • Interfaced with governments, customers and stakeholders during COVID to maintain safety of employees, manage support and commitments
  • Delivered 3x EBITDA and rapid payback on all investments, profitably managed post COVID downscale and redeployment of excess capacity
Dec 2015 - Apr 2019
3 years 5 months
Geneva, Switzerland

Managing Director, Life Sciences Europe

IMI FAS Medic s.a.

  • Improved EBITDA% by ca. 400bps and growth to 2.5x market by improving efficiencies and aligning capabilities to market opportunities
  • Implemented core lean manufacturing processes and S&OP, driving >6% YOY productivity, efficiency of indirect resources and cash utilization
  • Developed management team into high performing unit including own succession, allowing continued success of this company to this day
Jun 2004 - Nov 2015
11 years 6 months
Geneva, Switzerland

Commercial roles from product management through business development to sales director

IMI Norgren

  • Strategy & Sales for engineered products, account management, market development, M&A
  • Extensively trained in leadership, negotiation, communication, change management
  • Naturally progressed to new roles of increasing seniority and global scope every 2-3 years

Summary

Commercially minded leader with 10 years of full P&L & multi-site experience, having managed change, growth, team development, strategy, rapid ramp-up, innovation, acquisitions, disposals and portfolio simplification. Seasoned negotiator and engaging communicator with international background, having lived and worked in multiple diverse cultures, four languages spoken fluently.

Languages

German
Native
English
Native
French
Advanced
Portuguese
Advanced
Spanish
Elementary

Education

Oct 2002 - Jun 2006

Fontys International Business School

International Business & Management · Venlo, Netherlands

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