About the Author

Stefan Karenfort was born in Essen in 1975. He studied business administration at the University of Applied Sciences in Bochum. Following his graduation in 2002, he joined a leading logistics service provider and gained extensive international experience in corporate finance in Germany, Hong Kong and Singapore. In 2011, the author was awarded his doctorate by the University of South Australia, International Graduate School of Business, for his research into synergies in mergers & acquisitions.