Solo searcher looking to acquire in the broader retail & consumer space

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December 16, 2020

by a searcher from INSEAD in London, UK

Solo searcher looking to acquire in the broader retail & consumer space. Focused on Western Europe - Belgium, the Netherlands, UK & France.

Principal with BCG and former transaction lawyer with Clifford Chance. My focus has been on value creation & growth - with plenty of experience digitizing traditional brick & mortar businesses.

I'm a Belgian living in West-London. Studied law and engineering (KU Leuven, NYU Law) and have an MBA from INSEAD (12D).

Glad to be here & would love to hear from you. Also on Linkedin (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederick-boels###-###-#### /)

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from INSEAD in Madrid, Spain
Hello Fred, fellow Inseader here (10D).
I'd say multi-country searches in Europe are not easy, not even when there's a strong connection among them (typically DACH region, also Iberia, Czech Republic + Slovakia or Baltics come to mind). Usually searchers: 1) focus in the big country with occassional incursions in the others, or 2) target them sequentially, but this is not a very tested approach yet.
We have invested in companies and funds in all your countries, happy to chat -- redacted
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from University of Pennsylvania in Washington, DC, USA
Welcome Fred - great background. I'm a serial entrepreneur & investor in self-funded search (7 deals in###-###-#### if I can ever help, DM or redacted
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