Gottwald Kranebitter is Managing Partner of Grant Thornton Austria. He has more than 30 years of practical experience, including a management position with a Big4 consulting firm in Austria and CEE.

He has a special focus in the following areas:

• Transaction consulting (mergers and acquisitions, company valuation, due diligence, takeover structuring)
• Economic forensic investigations
• Industry expertise e.g. financial institutions, telecom, automotive

Gottwald Kranebitter holds a doctorate degree in business informatics from the Technical University of Vienna and is a Certified Turnaround Expert (CTE). He acts as a judicial expert for business administration and for banking and stock exchange operations.

He is also an author and lecturer in the areas of due diligence, valuation, financing and restructuring.