Experiences — transactions & healthcare

Cross-industry rooted,
at home in healthcare

Cross-industry rooted, at home
in healthcare

Over 26 years of experience in banking, corporate finance and healthcare –
distilled into a rare combination of financing know-how and deep industry knowledge.

Over 26 years of experience in banking, corporate finance and healthcare – distilled into a rare combination of financing know-how and deep industry knowledge.

 

150+

transactions supported

120+

financing transactions

30+

M&A & succession mandates

15

years in healthcare

Healthcare experience

Leadership and acquisition &
financing transactions in
healthcare

Leadership and
acquisition &
financing
transactions in
healthcare

Owner Ayhan Güzelgün has worked in senior finance and transaction roles in healthcare since 2011 – as CFO and executive board member and as Head of M&A of large ophthalmology groups. Summarised by function and experience:

Financial leadership across
the breadth of healthcare

In several mandates as CFO and member of the executive board, the owner led the financial management of:

  • a listed hospital chain with ten clinics
  • a district hospital – incl. transformation from a public to a private company (also as Deputy CEO and CEO a.i.)
  • a pan-European ophthalmology group with more than 440 sites and over 1,000 employees (focus on Switzerland and Germany)
  • an ophthalmology distribution company (lenses, devices and surgical supplies)

Focus areas: group consolidation and reporting to banks and private equity investors, medical and financial controlling, performance-based budgeting, working capital and investment management, and numerous integration and restructuring projects.

Buy-&-build in two large
ophthalmology chains

As Head of M&A at two large ophthalmology chains, the owner drove the expansion of the networks across Switzerland and closed numerous successful acquisitions of practices and clinics – from first contact through LOI, financial modelling and due diligence to purchase-agreement negotiation and integration.

  • numerous completed acquisitions (practices, surgery centres, clinics)
  • deep understanding of the value chain, KPIs and value drivers in ophthalmology
  • building and maintaining a Switzerland-wide network of owners and industry partners
  • since 2025 as an independent senior M&A manager with sell-side mandates for owners of eye clinics

Thanks to our knowledge of the tariffs (TARDOC, DRG) and the accounting of practices and clinics, we present their current and potential earning power on a solid basis – and we know the valuation approaches of potential buyers in order to achieve an optimal outcome for sellers. And it is not only the purchase price that counts: we deliberately address further, individually important criteria so that the sellers’ life’s work and their employees can continue successfully into the future.

About us

Aufbau auf der grünen Wiese & Spitalbewilligung

Aufbau auf der
grünen Wiese &
Spitalbewilligung

Von der ersten Idee bis zum laufenden Betrieb: Der Inhaber hat den Aufbau einer Praxis bzw. Klinik von Grund auf begleitet – von Planung, Bau und Inbetriebnahme bis zur Begleitung des gesamten Spitalbewilligungsprozesses und dem erfolgreichen Erhalt der Spitalbewilligung (z. B. im Kanton Zürich). Diese Erfahrung verbindet operative Inbetriebnahme, Bewilligungswesen und Finanzierung – ein klarer Mehrwert für Kliniken und Praxen mit Wachstums- oder Neugründungsvorhaben.

Structured finance & M&A

Switzerland-wide
financing and
transaction experience

Switzerland-wide financing and
transaction experience

The financial foundation of our advisory work: more than twelve years in structured finance and M&A at leading Swiss financial institutions – as a unit builder, transaction manager and debt advisor.

More than 150 transactions
supported

Across Switzerland, the owner has supported more than 150 transactions: around 120 financing transactions – over 80 of them acquisition financings, plus further corporate financings for a variety of purposes – and around 30 M&A and succession transactions in the role of M&A manager, 20 of them in healthcare. The companies financed or involved in transactions ranged from around CHF 3 million to 500 million in revenue – from owner-managed SMEs to listed companies. Each transaction was a project in its own right: company and industry analysis, financial modelling, debt-capacity assessment, structuring and negotiation of the financing, and coordination of capital providers (banks and investors).
SME & large corporates
CHF 3–500 Mio.
150+ transactions

Transaction and financing types

Transaction and
financing types

  • Takeover and acquisition financing
  • Management-Buy-out / -Buy-in und Leveraged Buy-out (MBO / MBI / LBO)
  • Expansion, investment and real estate financing
  • Succession arrangements and company sales
  • Club deals, syndications and project finance

Werdegang

Vom Banking über das Gesundheitswesen zu HealthBridge

Ein Weg, der beide Welten verbindet – und genau deshalb die Brücke schlagen kann.

1999–2007

Banking

Kredit-, Risk- und Portfolio-Management bei führenden Schweizer Banken – das Fundament in Kreditanalyse, Rating und Loan Syndication.

 

2007–2011

Structured Finance

Aufbau und Leitung eines Kompetenzzentrums für komplexe Finanzierungen: Übernahme-, Nachfolge- und Expansionsfinanzierungen.

 

ab 2011

Eintritt ins Gesundheitswesen

Wechsel vom Banking zum CFO – der Beginn der Brücke zwischen Finanz- und Gesundheitswelt.

 

2011–2020

CFO & Geschäftsleitung

Finanzielle Führung von Kliniken, Gruppen und einer Ophthalmologie-Distribution: Konsolidierung, Reporting, Transformation.

 

2021–2025

Head M&A Ophthalmologie

Buy-&-Build in zwei grossen Ophthalmologieketten; zahlreiche Übernahmen von Praxen und Kliniken.

 

2026

Gründung HealthBridge

Beide Welten unter einem Dach – die Brücke wird zum Unternehmen.

 

Competencies

Not just roles –
demonstrable experience

Corporate Finance

  • Structuring complex operating, investment, real estate and acquisition financing
  • Developing bankable business plans and financial models
  • Optimising capital structures and financing strategies
  • Debt-capacity and sensitivity analyses to bank and investor standards
  • Preparing professional credit applications and information memoranda
  • Leading financing negotiations with banks and institutional investors
  • Coordinating all financing partners through to a successful close
  • Many years of corporate finance and corporate-client experience at a Swiss bank

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Supporting sell- and buy-side transactions – from first contact to closing
  • Company valuations, financial modelling and preparation of information memoranda
  • Planning and coordinating due-diligence processes
  • Negotiations with buyers, sellers, investors and other transaction partners
  • Structuring and executing complex company transactions
  • Extensive M&A experience in healthcare, particularly in ophthalmology.

CFO & financial leadership

  • Responsibility for the financial steering of practices, clinics and clinic groups
  • Building controlling, reporting and budgeting processes
  • Developing liquidity, investment and financial planning
  • Group consolidation and integration of acquired companies
  • Optimising business processes and financial management tools

Operational clinic management

  • Building practices and clinics – from concept to successful commissioning
  • Steering complex build-up, fit-out and commissioning projects
  • Guiding the entire hospital-licensing procedure through to the successful grant of the hospital licence
  • Responsibility for the day-to-day operation of clinics and practices
  • Building organisation, processes and interdisciplinary teams
  • Coordinating all stakeholders – from authorities and physicians to financing partners

Corporate Finance

  • Structuring complex operating, investment, real estate and acquisition financing
  • Developing bankable business plans and financial models
  • Optimising capital structures and financing strategies
  • Debt-capacity and sensitivity analyses to bank and investor standards
  • Preparing professional credit applications and information memoranda
  • Leading financing negotiations with banks and institutional investors
  • Coordinating all financing partners through to a successful close
  • Many years of corporate finance and corporate-client experience at a Swiss bank

Mergers & Acquisitions

  • Supporting sell- and buy-side transactions – from first contact to closing
  • Company valuations, financial modelling and preparation of information memoranda
  • Planning and coordinating due-diligence processes
  • Negotiations with buyers, sellers, investors and other transaction partners
  • Structuring and executing complex company transactions
  • Extensive M&A experience in healthcare, particularly in ophthalmology.

CFO & financial leadership

  • Responsibility for the financial steering of practices, clinics and clinic groups
  • Building controlling, reporting and budgeting processes
  • Developing liquidity, investment and financial planning
  • Group consolidation and integration of acquired companies
  • Optimising business processes and financial management tools

Operational clinic
management

  • Building practices and clinics – from concept to successful commissioning
  • Steering complex build-up, fit-out and commissioning projects
  • Guiding the entire hospital-licensing procedure through to the successful grant of the hospital licence
  • Responsibility for the day-to-day operation of clinics and practices
  • Building organisation, processes and interdisciplinary teams
  • Coordinating all stakeholders – from authorities and physicians to financing partners

"Sound corporate finance expertise delivers its greatest value when combined with operational leadership experience in healthcare."

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