Patrick Wright
Studied at The Wharton School (UPenn)
Works at Wright Capital Partners AG
Available tomorrow at 11:00 AM UTC
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About Patrick
Senior Finance Executive & Restructuring Specialist: With over 25 years of extensive global experience, I specialize in guiding finance professionals and businesses through complex financial landscapes. My expertise spans M&A, distressed debt, private credit, corporate restructuring, and hands-on CFO leadership across European and US markets. My career includes a pivotal 12-year tenure at Cerberus Capital Management and its portfolio company, BAWAG PSK (Europe). I subsequently founded a hedge fund in Switzerland and served as CFO for a German PE-backed property management business. I hold an MBA (Finance) from the Wharton School and an MA (International Studies) from the Lauder Institute, complemented by a BA in Business Economics from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
Why do I coach?
I coach because I’ve seen first hand how much clarity and trajectory can change when you have the right guidance at the right moment. My own path wasn’t linear. I benefited enormously from mentors, coaches, and experienced professionals who helped me understand my strengths, recognize my blind spots, and make better decisions at key inflection points. Without that outside perspective, I would not be where I am today.
Work Experience
Founder and Chief Investment Officer
Wright Capital Partners AG
January 2018 - Present
-Founded WCP AG and the associated Cayman Islands domiciled hedge fund Presentations, Asset Management and +10 skills
Chief Financial Officer
Deutsche Hausverwaltung Plus GmbH
March 2023 - September 2025
-Spearheaded management team efficiency initiatives, resulting in annual profit improvement of €1M -Oversaw finance, controlling and accounting -Enhanced financial reporting infrastructure, reducing manual processes and improving data accuracy -Generated annual budgets for 17 operating subsidiaries including 7,000 PM contracts, 110,000 units and 700 employees -Led the restructuring of 5 companies with €17M acquisition value Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +13 skills
Division Head - Austrian Corporates
BAWAG
October 2015 - May 2017
-Directed Austrian corporate lending (€7B balance sheet) including public sector, real estate and corporates -Reduced costs by 44% by eliminating 26 out of 81 FTEs in a two-step efficiency program saving the bank €3M -Restructured the leadership team by focusing on functional areas such as credit analysis and payments processing -Spearheaded new initiatives including an originate to sell municipal loan program as well as shifting smaller customers to BAWAG P.S.K. retail -€400M in new lending in 2016 and 2017 focusing on higher return and low risk opportunities -Assisted management in acquisition of Start Bausparkasse and Immobank as well as the integration into the Austrian corporate business -Member of BAWAG P.S.K. credit and enterprise risk committees and supervisory board of Allianz Vorsorgekasse Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +16 skills
Division Head – Corporate Debt Restructuring and Portfolio Strategies
BAWAG
May 2014 - September 2015
-Oversaw distressed, stressed and non-core corporate and real estate portfolios -Managed 18 direct reports (including workout, bankruptcy, and credit analysis) -Reduced €350M distressed debt portfolio by 65% in 12 months (NPL ratio from 3.8% to 1.9%) -Sold, restructured or refinanced 7 of top 10 corporate workout cases (€130M) with a positive P/L -Led efforts to restructure, refinance or sell €2.5B in non-core real estate, CEE and structured credit Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +18 skills
Senior Vice President – International Corporates Group
BAWAG
September 2008 - April 2014
-Completed 47 transactions with a total investment volume of €3.2B primarily in the USA and Western Europe including leverage loans, mid-market debt, real estate financings, distressed debt and structured portfolio financings including CLOs and warehouse facilities -Responsibilities included sourcing investment opportunities, legal and financial due diligence, preparation of investment memos, presentation to credit committee, negotiating legal documents, transaction execution and post-close monitoring -Assisted CIO and bank board members on special projects including restructuring and workout of large loans, a proposed bank merger and expansion into new businesses Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +17 skills
VIce President
Cerberus Capital Management
June 2005 - August 2008
-Founding team member and instrumental in building a special situations lending and distressed debt business at Cerberus lending platform HKB -Developed a European network of 750 corporate officers, insolvency administrators, private equity professionals, investment and commercial bankers, consultants, accountants and other advisors -Analyzed 125 investment opportunities including corporate, real estate and distressed debt transactions -Select transactions include €600M debt for German outdoor advertising company, €200M investment in distressed automotive group, €200M private equity transaction and €135M acquisition of NPL portfolio Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +19 skills
Mergers & Acquisitions
Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein
June 2003 - May 2005
-Advised M&A clients in chemicals, automotive and logistics industries as well as financial sponsors -Advised the Dresdner Bank IRU on its €1.2B sale of real estate and corporate NPLs to Lone Star Funds and assisted in all aspects of the sale process -Prepared a valuation of €1B real estate portfolio and presented results to Dresdner Bank IRU management Presentations, Debt Restructuring and +16 skills
Education
The Wharton School (UPenn)
Master of Business Administration - MBA, Finance, General
2001 - 2003
Accounting, Corporate Finance and +2 skills
The Lauder Institute of Management & International Studies (UPenn)
Master's degree, International/Global Studies
2001 - 2003
International Studies and German
University of California, Santa Barbara
Bachelor Of Arts , Business Economics
1993 - 1997
3.5 GPA Major in Business Economics and a Minor in Philosophy Took honours courses in the Economics Department