Johannes Post

Partner, Deal Advisory, Global Head of Valuation Services

KPMG Switzerland

Johannes Post, a Deal Advisory Partner at KPMG Switzerland, leads as the Global Head of Valuation Services a worldwide network of over 2’500 KPMG valuation professionals in over 70 countries.

Johannes is responsible for both domestic and cross-border engagements for global corporations, SMEs or Start-ups in different industries. Johannes deals with a wide range of complex commercial valuations of businesses and intangible assets in the context of M&A transactions and joint ventures, for financing and restructuring, for succession planning and also as a subject matter expert in dispute resolutions (litigations or international arbitrations). He regularly provides fairness opinions as well as independent investment and transactional advice. Valuations for financial reporting (IFRS and US GAAP) and for international tax planning is also a key area of his expertise.

After three years of experience in IT consulting he joined KPMG Corporate Finance in Munich in 2001, spent two years with KPMG’s Valuation Services practice in New York and, since 2008, leads the Valuation & Financial Modelling team of KPMG Switzerland. In 2015, he took over the lead of KPMG’s valuation practices in the EMA region and in 2020 the global responsibility.

  • Diploma in Business Administration, Munich Business School, with studies in Munich, Paris and London

  • Candidate of the American Society of Appraisers

  • Uniform Certified Public Accountant (CPA), U.S.

  • Lectures and workshops about Corporate Finance and Valuation, amongst others at the University of St. Gallen, the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), the Europa Institute at the University of Zurich, the Schulthess Forum as well as sectors specific conferences