Christian Ernst

Associate Director

Christian is an associate director at Oaklins Germany, focusing on the consumer & retail and healthcare sectors. He leads the firm’s activities in the beauty, personal care & wellness segment, leveraging his network of corporates, investors and entrepreneurs to provide clients with deep market insights, access to key decision makers and tailored transaction support in a fast-evolving industry. Among his completed transactions are the sale of Paradise Fruits Freeze Dry Business to the US-based Thrive Freeze Dry Group, backed by e2P and Mubadala Capital; the sale of SCHRAMM Werkstätten to the Spanish Flex Bedding Group; and the sale of Paaschburg & Wunderlich to the Belgian distributor Bihr.

Before joining Oaklins, Christian worked in a corporate finance advisory firm, where he was involved in various M&A transactions, carveouts, distressed asset deals and financing projects. He has a master’s degree in finance from the Antwerp Management School.