Strategic due diligence for the acquisition of a player in professional training in the Middle East

Context & objectives:
Our client is an investment fund from the MENA region, wishing to study the opportunity to acquire a private actor of vocational training in Jordan. The activity of the target is divided into 3 sectors: (1) vocational training, (2) enterprise training and (3) training in media and production. The client commissioned Matine Consulting to evaluate the durability of the commercial growth of these 3 business sectors over the next 8 years
The project strives to:
- Conduct an on-site survey: senior managers within the target, government representatives, teachers and students, former students ...
- Analyze the collected material and synthesize recommendations with the support of two international experts, in order to:
- Evaluate the possibility of increasing revenues by increasing the capacity of existing facilities
- Evaluating the durability of training contracts in companies
- Evaluate the media license portfolio held by the media activity sector
Main achievements & impacts
- Final report that assisted the Investment Committee in its decision to acquire the target
- Analysis of the 3 markets (market size, opportunities and threats, growth levers, barrier to entry) and highlighting the positioning of the target (strengths and weaknesses)
- Evaluation of media licenses and critical review of the business plan