President
Dr Marcin Lewandowski is a graduate of Poznań University of Economics where he received master's degree in International Trade. Since 1994 he has been engaged in corporate consulting. In 2000 and 2001 he worked as a manager at BRE Corporate Finance (previously called Business Management & Finance SA), where he implemented projects in the area of privatization (among others, of Tarnowo-Mościce Nitrogen Plant), capital acquisition, company valuation, capital restructuring and pre-investment analysis (due diligence of CliF and Polmos Poznań). Between 1994 and 2000 he worked for W. Frąckowiak and Partners - Wielkopolska Consulting Group Ltd. in Poznań. In that period he was subsequently promoted from assistant positions to become a senior consultant. He participated in projects related to designing company development strategies (Lech Browary Wielkopolski), strategic analysis and privatization (Huta Aluminium SA in Konin, Impexmetal S.A., Soda Mątwy in Inowrocław, Janikosoda S.A. in Janików), disinvestments and sale of companies, investment analysis, as well as due diligence analyses and company valuations for mergers and acquisitions (construction sector companies) and restructuring projects realized for capital groups (Budimex, Budimex Poznań).
Between 1994 and 2001 Dr Marcin Lewandowski worked as a lecturer for the Investment and Capital Market Department of Poznań University of Economics. He was awarded PhD in Economic Sciences in 1997 after completing his thesis in the topic of "Mergers and acquisitions as enterprise development methods".
He participated in scientific scholarships in Belgium and the United States. He is a co-author and author of books on mergers and acquisitions, for example "Mergers and acquisitions in Poland in the perspective of global tendencies" (WIG-Press, Warsaw 2001) and several dozen specialist publications regarding mergers and acquisitions of enterprises, capital markets, company value management and owner supervision.
Dr Marcin Lewandowski cooperates with renowned training companies and he worked as a lecturer for MBA courses as well as specialist courses on corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, value assessment, venture capital, strategic management and owner supervision.
Since June 2001 he is the President of Antares Corporate Finance and has been a member of boards of directors of Aram Sp. z o.o., Global Business Center Sp. z o.o. , Orzeł Biały SA and OPTeam SA.
Marcin Lewandowski is a founding member of the Polish Association of Chartered Enterprise Value Appraisers.