From Good to Better
Operational Due Diligence & Value Creation for Industrial Investments
Former automotive and aerospace operations executive — WABCO, Delphi, Faurecia, Valeo — helping private equity sponsors assess, buy, and improve manufacturing businesses.
35+ years
Operations leadership in automotive, aerospace, and industrial manufacturing
$500M
Electronics plant turnaround
WABCO · MICO
Operations due diligence lead on the acquisition
PhD
Inertial Navigation · École Centrale Paris · HEC Paris
What We Do
Across the deal cycle — before you sign, as you sell, and after you close.
01 · PRE-DEAL
Due Diligence
Footprint, supply chain, ERP, capex, and quality — operational risks quantified before signing.
02 · SELL-SIDE
Sell-Side Readiness
Carve-out preparation, standalone cost, TSA scoping, and an operational story buyers trust.
03 · POST-DEAL
Value Creation
100-day plans, footprint restructuring, and Lean turnarounds that show up in EBITDA.
What Leaders Say
“Michel is a great reliable results driven leader who always delivers beyond his targets. He is very creative and full of resources to mitigate obstacles.”
Jacques Esculier
CEO, WABCO · Supervisory Board, Daimler Truck AG
“Michel is a talented operations/transformation leader. If there is a difficult problem to solve, Michel is a person that I call. I have appreciated working with him over 2 decades.”
Jon DeGaynor
CEO, Methode Electronics
“Michel was the Director of Operations for all manufacturing operations for the North Americas… he quickly improved the company manufacturing metrics for productivity, quality, safety and warranty reduction.”
Todd Press
Global Director of Quality, Stoneridge