Ravinia Capital LLC Announces the Launching of Ravinia Capital Process Improvement and Kobus Van Der Zel as Partner of RCPI
RCPI will capitalize on Ravinia's core value of bringing clients to their highest possible value before sale. Kobus will help companies discover and execute ways to improve their operations and profitability to increase both their enterprise value and ability to obtain financing.
CHICAGO, Oct. 03, 2018 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Ravinia Capital LLC ("Ravinia"), an independent financial advisory and investment bank in Chicago, is pleased to announce the appointment of Kobus Van Der Zel as Partner in the recently launched Ravinia Capital Process Improvement entity ("RCPI"). RCPI will capitalize on Ravinia's core value of bringing clients to their highest possible value before sale. Kobus will help companies discover and execute ways to improve their operations and profitability to increase both their enterprise value and ability to obtain financing.
Kobus is an internationally recognized expert on process improvement who brings 28 years of expertise, including 19 years where 100% of his fees were tied to incremental monthly cash flow improvements. His specific passion is to help over-leveraged companies reverse the root causes of their past under performance and return to market share growth and optimum business value in future sale transactions. He has demonstrated multiple times that people respond to ambitious targets where a quantum leap in performance is achieved very quickly. In one case he challenged a company to quadruple monthly sales in one year – which they achieved in 14 months.
He is a certified turnaround professional (CTP) and the treasurer and incoming chair of TOCICO.org, an international continuous improvement certification group, as well as a frequent speaker at business improvement conferences around the world. He is the author of the book The Forces of Progress which offers a pull system for the development of people.
Tom Goldblatt, Managing Partner at Ravinia says: "Starting Ravinia Capital Process Improvement with Kobus is a no-brainer. We have brought Kobus into over five opportunities in the last few years when we saw an opportunity for a company to improve prior to a capital event. Kobus is the best process person I have ever worked with. It feels like magic when Kobus comes back with a report with profit-improving potentials after a one-day visit - a report that a large firm would be lucky to come up with after weeks of work."
Kobus on working with Ravinia: "It makes so much sense, because we share the same philosophy on getting compensated for success, instead of just hours tolled. I am inspired by the team Ravinia has put together, and their attitude of doing whatever can be done to enhance the client's value. RCPI will differentiate itself by being a catalyst for improvement, being a trusted advisor and leading the client and its people to successful execution of ambitious targets with our results-based fees – the best win-win available in the marketplace."
Eric Welchko, Partner at Ravinia says: "Formalizing our partnership with Kobus is a dream scenario. At Ravinia, we are committed to bringing the best solutions to our clients. After working with Kobus so many times, it is clear that he is brilliant at figuring out how a company can perform better and increase profitability."
Mr. Van Der Zel can be reached at (312) 566-8030 or kvanderzel(at)raviniacapitalllc.com .
For more information, please contact:
Eric Welchko, Partner
Phone: (708) 372-0556
E-mail: ewelchko(at)raviniacapitalllc.com
SOURCE Ravinia Capital LLC
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