Christian Plath is a Partner at Deloitte and heads M&A Tech Services in Germany and M&A Transaction Services in the Frankfurt office. He has been working in the areas of M&A and Business & IT Transformation for almost 30 years. His current focus areas include operational & tech/IT due diligence, carve-out, post-merger integration, performance optimization, transformation and value creation. Christian Plath completed a double degree in economics and electrical engineering with a minor in software engineering at the Ruhr University Bochum. He holds certifications as a CVA (Certified Valuation Analyst) from NACVA/EACVA and as a Qualified Supervisory Board member (Deutsche Börse AG).