001 · Operator · Milan · Europe

TURNAROUND
CEO.

I take the wheel to reverse decline and return companies to growth and profit. Operator, not advisor. Full authority. Real numbers.

Note: this is commercial and operational turnaround. Not debt restructuring, not insolvency. For creditors and courts you need a restructuring advisor. Stating that distinction up front is a strength.

Niklas Lindahl, turnaround CEO
NIKLAS LINDAHL // MILANO // 45.46°N 9.19°E
+500%
Italy revenue grown €3M → €18M in a year as MD
40 → 30%
Marketing-to-revenue cut, +18% EBITA uplift
€607M
MGM Resorts exit enabled as CMO of LeoVegas Group
002 · Who this is for
For

Owners

Founder-led business that worked, then stopped working. You want it fixed, not reported on.

For

Boards

Chair or independent directors who need an operator in the seat, fast, with a hard mandate.

For

Private equity

A portfolio company missing plan. You need a CEO who lands, decides, and delivers in two quarters.

003 · What is a turnaround CEO

A CEO who takes the wheel.

A turnaround CEO is an interim chief executive parachuted in to reverse decline. The mandate is short, the authority is full, the scope is commercial and operational. Stabilise cash, cut what does not pay, refocus the business, restore growth. Hands on the controls, not slides on a table.

Not this
  • × Debt restructuring
  • × Court-led insolvency
  • × Creditor negotiation as a process
This
  • ✓ Cash discipline
  • ✓ Cost and margin recovery
  • ✓ Refocus and revenue restart
  • ✓ Operator in the seat
004 · Proof, in numbers
Turnaround · CEO · 2024–2025

Returned to growth.

Forvana Gaming, US-fund-backed operator. Full P&L turnaround. Rebuilt leadership and platform. Growth restored, mandate handed back.

MD Italy · LeoVegas · 2018–2020

3M → 18M in a year.

Scaled Italy revenue by 500% in under twelve months. Then took the marketing-to-revenue ratio from 40% to 30% as CMO of the group.

Next step

One call. Twenty minutes.

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Niklas Lindahl in Milan
005 · Based in Milan

Italy as a home base. Europe as a working ground.

Trilingual: English, Italian, Swedish. Comfortable inside Italian SMEs and PE-backed groups across Europe. Lands fast, runs the room from day one.