Corum Group expands in EU -  Dougan Milne to head International Tech M&A Development

Corum Group Ltd., the global leader in M&A services for software and information technology companies worldwide, is proud to announce the opening of our Barcelona office. Working from Corum Group International’s new office in Barcelona, Dougan Milne, Vice President, International Business Development, will lead Corum’s Business Development activities in EMEA.

Barcelona, Spain 30 Oct. 2013- In order to support the explosive growth in international Tech M&A, Corum Group Intl. (CGI), announced today the promotion of Dougan Milne from Director of Research at their Seattle HQ to Vice President - International Business Development, based in Europe.

Dougan Milne stated, “It’s an important time in Tech M&A globally with record valuations and more international buyers than ever. Corum, the company my family founded 27 years ago, has become the world leader in the sale of privately held tech firms, but we no longer just operate in Silicon Valley, Seattle, NYC, and Boston – great technology is everywhere, EMEA and beyond. I look forward to helping serve that market. ”

Jon Scott, SVP Corum Group Intl. S.á.r.l. (CGI), said from his office in Amsterdam “60% of Corum transactions are cross-border, thus we are very excited to welcome Dougan back to our international group that has led many notable recent transactions including the sale of Solve Direct in Austria to Cisco, Resonate KT in the UK to Open Text, Esterel in France to ANSYS, Olaworks to Intel, Oniqua to ASCO, Zeacom to Enghouse, and Micro Survey to Hexagon. 

Mark Johnson, with Corum in Stockholm, said “Dougan will be a great help to our Nordic clients who are looking to partner. We have recently sold many companies in the region including Expert Systems, RapidBlue, Albat & Wirsam, Ciklum and Fastrax. Dougan was instrumental in the research to help those companies find the right partner. 

Tanya Froehlich, Manager of CGI in Zurich stated: “Dougan has a unique background to assist International clients. He has the respect of leading American tech buyers having headed the world’s largest Tech M&A research operation in software, internet, IT and related technology. But his heart is here in Europe, having started his M&A career here in Zurich, plus graduate studies in France.”

About Dougan Milne:

Dougan began his M&A career with Corum in Zurich in 2005. Previously, he spent 3 years in banking with Bank of America, UBS and Citigroup's Private Wealth business unit. He also founded two internet related companies, Billions and Modo Marketing. Dougan holds a BA in Business Economics from the University of San Diego (USA) and received his diplôme de Métiers du Vin et Management in 2013 (France). He will be working out of Corum's new office in Barcelona.

About Corum Group:

Corum has sold more privately held software, IT and related technology companies than anyone in the world in the last 27 years. Corum has done this by utilizing a team approach, led by the industry’s top dealmakers, themselves former tech CEO’s, all supported by the industry’s largest buyer database and the most complete 8 Step global search process which has generated over $7 billion in wealth for clients.

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