Leif Wallenhorn
With degrees in Engineering and Economics and part time studies in Law at Uppsala University, Leif Wallenhorn is an Executive Director of The Collins Group. He has extensive experience in management positions within marketing, manufacturing, export and corporate finance. His focus for the past 20 years has been in investor relations and corporate finance. Leif has led a number of IPO's and private placements for clients in various industries.
- During the 1970's Leif worked mainly within marketing at Swedish, Swiss and US companies; Honeywell, NovelAir GmbH and McCann Ericsson.
- Then, together with partners, Leif started an advertising company working for clients such as GM, Coca Cola, Toyota, Deutsche Bundesbahn. Leif sold the company in the early 80's.
- In the 1980's Leif became a partner in a Swedish investment company. He was president or board member in many of the daughter companies in furniture manufacturing, paper mill, grocery chain, lighting, shipping, financing, and advertising. The bottom line of all the companies was that they where facing a turn-around operation. Leif took a very active role in some of the companies and built up a successful export business with a focus on Germany, England and USA.
- In the early 1990's Leif's focus shifted towards investor relations. Clients were listed companies and companies preparing for an IPO.
- In mid 1990's Leif was hired by a small investment bank with the purpose of forming their corporate finance operations. Since then, Leif has been part of, or leader in a number of IPO's and private placements for start-up companies in a broad range of industries.