Looking for some CV advice from M&A consultants:

Do you include a summary? e.g. Consultant focused on X with Y (high level) experience?
How many deals do you include? I've done ~9 in ~2 years and wondering what the right number is.
How much do you include about prior roles (in my case, a different type of consulting)

For context, i do ops dd, synergies, integrations/ separations

Thanks

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Assuming you're in the UK/Europe if you're doing a CV, I do think a short summary helps personally. I would include total number of deals and potentially highlight the ones where you played a significant role. You could include the consulting role IF you think it adds value to the current role

In M&A you can typically say “led x type of dd for y - leading European middle market healthcare manufacturer and drove abc activities”

Keep summary to less than 5 bullets and keep job specific achievements and responsibilities to under 5 as well.

I would mix basic things that the role you’re interested about and some additional goodness to separate you from the pack!


Best of luck!

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