Ekkehard Franzke is a Partner at A.T. Kearney, one of the top global management consulting firms. For more than 25 years he has successfully advised financial sponsors (and corporate clients) in acquiring, managing and monitoring Leveraged Buyout and Venture Capital companies. He supported more than 100 transactions with a deal value of more than €100 billion and worked for most of the leading global Private Equity Funds. His functional expertise is in Due Diligence (“what is the business plan for the next 3+ years”) and Full Potential Programs (“how to maximize the value of the portfolio company”). His industrial focus is mostly in Service, Consumer/ Retail and General Industries.

He is also a co-founder of A.T.KearneyLab, a vehicle targeting and developing digital businesses. He has been active for more than 20 years as a business angel and invests in selected science based start-ups and digital businesses.  

Ekkehard Franzke studied Economics at the Universities of Regensburg (Germany), Boulder /Colorado (US) and at the Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration (Austria). He holds a PhD in Economics from the Vienna University with highest distinction, summa cum laude.