Fabian Engels

Dr. Fabian Engels has nearly 20 years of international top management consulting experience. He worked across Europe, the Middle East, USA and Asia, and lived in Germany as well as in the Middle East (Doha, Dubai, Bahrain) during his consulting career.

He has a strong track record in international large-scale transformations, performance programs (from concept to implementation) and PMIs (incl pre-merger studies and M&A support). His client base includes multinational corporates, financial investors, (semi-)governmental entities and new economy players. He is advising clients across industries, especially in transportation.

Before joining AlixPartners, Fabian Engels was Senior Partner at Roland Berger, part of the Global Management Team, Head of the Performance Improvement Practice as well as heading the offices in Berlin and the Qatar office.

Engels holds a doctorate from the Leuphana University of Lüneburg and a degree in Business Administration from the Free University of Berlin. He also studied at Harvard Business School and at the University of Gothenburg.

Alongside his role at AlixPartners, Engels is an angel investor supporting start-ups on their growth path, including former Board roles.

Key Engagements:

• Supported leading container shipping company on transformation journey including M&A and multiple global PMIs across several years.
• Developed growth strategy for a global container liner company incl. a multi-billion USD investment program & USD 400m performance improvement concept development.
• Developed holistic cost transformation concept for globally leading airline.
• Supported merger of two airline caterer creating the global market leader.
• Developed JV study for 2 European port operators (deal rationale, target operating model, synergies).
• Developed comprehensive restructuring concept development for leading European shipyard incl. site closure.
• Supported feasibility & PMI of 2 listed banks creating a leading Sharia-compliant bank.
• Developed the internationalization strategy and implementation including the reorganization, multiple feasibility studies and PMI for international terminal operator.
• Supported efficiency program for leading European media company.
• Supported value creation incl M&A & PMI for listed European multi bn engineering company.
• Developed comprehensive transformation program for multi-billion omni-channel retailer including cost and top-line measures, incl. divestment support.
• Supported multiple value creation programs for Private Equity players in the US, Europe and Asia. 
• Supported multiple New Economy projects (M&A, budgeting process, equity story, unicorn fund raising, global procurement set-up, venture building, strategy). 
• Supported the strategic development of a Middle Eastern Free Zone incl. sector strategies. 
• Supported the development of multiple national strategies for Middle Eastern country.