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Anna Mattsson

PartnerZurich

Globally recognized M&A strategy, merger management, and carve-out expert who helps companies achieve more impactful deal outcomes

Anna leads the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice for Switzerland and coleads M&A strategy and portfolio for the Life Sciences Practice around the world. She is a globally recognized merger management and carve-out advisor specializing in advising boards and management teams in designing, planning, and executing complex, cross-border integrations, separations, and alliances. She also helps her clients develop M&A blueprint and build M&A capabilities.

Anna has close to twenty years of M&A experience, advising clients in buying and selling across the entire M&A value chain. She has supported more than 110 M&A deals, ranging from $200 million to $50 billion. While her industry focus is on life sciences, she has worked across multiple industries, ranging from consumer and industrials to technology.

Anna also has extensive consulting, corporate, and private-equity experience. She regularly lectures on M&A topics at business schools across Europe and has authored numerous studies.

In addition to her work with M&A, she is also passionate about diversity and has served in multiple roles and boards to further diversity and inclusion.

Published work

When separating businesses, people are the key to unleashing value,” McKinsey & Company, January 2025

What it takes to make separations a competitive difference-maker,” McKinsey & Company, December 2024

Active portfolio management: Five practical insights for value creation,” McKinsey & Company, November 2024

The equity story you need for the long-term investors you want,” McKinsey Quarterly, February 2024

The power of goodbye: How separations can unleash value,” McKinsey Quarterly, February 2023

Five ways biopharma companies can navigate the deal landscape,” McKinsey & Company, February 2023

Kids or career? Switzerland’s unnecessary dilemma,” Advance Whitepaper, February 2022

PAST EXPERIENCE

Deloitte
Partner, managing partner
Director

Gyrus Capital
Operating-advisory partner

Advance
Vice president of the board

EDUCATION

University of Gothenburg
MS and BA, business administration and economics