Mr. Timmer’s M&A experience includes commercial and operational due diligence, restructuring/performance improvement, growth strategy and business plan evaluations. He focuses on the technology sector, and has experience in manufacturing, food and drink, consumer goods and retail, education and plastic packaging.

Mr. Timmer’s experience in technology includes commercial due diligence on Broad Horizon on behalf of EMK Capital and subsequent additions, Pink Elephant and DMP; international market expansion strategy for ICT Group and subsequent commercial vendor due diligence during the sale to NPM Capital; strategic analyses of the export opportunities of the Dutch ICT sector into Germany; and buy-side commercial due diligence on two SAP partners in the Netherlands on behalf of Mentha Capital.

Previously, Mr. Timmer handled commercial buy-side due diligence on a U.S. asset on behalf of Cegeka; buy-side commercial due diligence Open Line; commercial due diligence on HSO on behalf of Carlyle’s Technology fund; and strategy support for platforms such as UBER and Just Eat Takeaway

Prior to joining Alvarez &Marsal, Mr. Timmer spent most of his career with KPMG, founding the Strategy team in the Netherlands and Turkey and leading the 300FTE Dutch Strategy & Operations team.

Mr. Timmer earned a bachelor’s degree in international management from the Haarlem Business School and an MBA from the Rijksuniversity Groningen. A Dutch national, he is fluent in Dutch, German and English and moderately proficient in Turkish and Spanish.