M.L. Moran is an investment group founded in 1996. It focuses on long-term investments, predominantly in the manufacturing sector.

About us

M.L. Moran is a managerial investment group.

The principals, Václav Novák and Zdeněk Šmejkal, have spent many years in crisis management, where they personally managed some of the largest and most successful restructurings in the Czech Republic.

In the field of crisis management, M.L. Moran is considered a leader with the most extensive references in the Czech Republic.

Unlike most other investment companies, M.L. Moran has its own team of top quality managers. If necessary, the owners themselves are ready to manage the company personally for a certain period of time.

Strategy

M.L. Moran focuses on management intensive projects.

Compared with other investment companies, it is able to use strong managerial background of its principals.

M.L. Moran puts emphasis on the mid- to long-term investment horizon with an aim at permanent positive impact.

M.L. Moran comes from the managerial, not financial world.

This unique DNA is a cornerstone of our
business strategy and a competitive advantage.

Václav Novák

Investment strategy of M.L. Moran

Growth
projects

We enter companies with growth potential and necessity for high managerial intensity.

Restructuring
projects

We enter companies at various stages of crisis and utilize the knowledge of crisis management.

Strategic
projects

We enter companies with possible synergies in areas where we are already active.

Management

Václav Novák

Václav Novák

Co-founder and senior managing partner of M.L. Moran, he earned an MBA from the University of Phoenix and is a graduate of the Charles University in Prague. He served as a chairman or a member of the board of most companies in which he or M.L. Moran was active. Besides Czech, he also holds a Canadian citizenship

Zdeněk Šmejkal

Zdeněk Šmejkal

Co-founder and senior partner of M.L. Moran, he is a graduate of the Faculty of Economics of the Technical University in Ostrava. He served as a member of the board of many companies restructured or controlled by M.L. Moran. He was a member of the re-codification committee for insolvency law established by the Ministry of Justice of the Czech Republic. He also holds an MBA.

References

Restructuring of one of the largest Czech industrial holdings focused on steel production and heavy engineering. Holding with a turnover exceeding EUR 1 billion went through the complex restructuring and subsequently became the subject of an acquisition by a strategic investor.

Preparation of restructuring plan. Dealing with a crisis situation and personally directly negotiating with more than 1,500 employees out of a total of more than 5,000. Negotiated salary reductions leading to yearly savings of CZK 1 billion. The company was subsequently integrated into the Czech Aeroholding.

Restructuring of the group with financial and industrial activities. This group of about 15 companies with a turnover of EUR 200 million was completely stabilized. Part of the portfolio was divested to strategic investors.

Business development activities on the Czech and Slovak markets. Slovak activities were subsequently acquired by a local investor and the Czech part became a part of the world-wide FedEx network after gaining a critical mass of business.

Acquisition of a significant Czech chemical company with a turnover of EUR 250 million in the distressed situation. Operational financing was structured off the company’s balance sheet. The company was subsequently acquired by a consortium of financial and strategic investors.

Acquisition of an innovative producer of quartz stone slabs and subsequent financial and operational restructuring. At the time of the acquisition the company generated a negative EBITDA, today it is highly profitable with significant potential for further growth.

Press

Hospodářské noviny

 4.6.2021

The pandemic will show who bathed without a swimsuit. It's a cleansing process, says Zdeněk Šmejkal

Hospodářské noviny

 26.5.2021

M.L. Moran sells the largest manufacturer - Alfa Plastik. It is bought by investors from Brno

Hospodářské noviny

 30.3.2021

After the artificial stone is Zdenek Smejkal giving the priority on a trade market to the artificial wood

E15

 30.11.2020

Zdeněk Šmejkal from M.L. Moran group says „The investors don´t track time“

Český rozhlas

 22.11.2020

Czech business is going through a very serious crisis

Investicniweb

 7.11.2020

ABCD of crisis management

Hospodářské noviny

 5.10.2020

Can the industry stay the engine of Czech economics? „Stop manufacture and start to sell“, Havlíček or ABB chief agrees

Forbes

 16.9.2020

It´s going to be worse

dvtv.cz

 18.8.2020

I have to fool people, self-confidence without success is just bullshit

Seznam.cz

 1.6.2020

It's a beautiful time, there will be a lot of wounded people. The businessman sees opportunities

HROT

 11.5.2020

Soon to be revealed who bathed without a swimsuit

EURO

 4.5.2020

Carnivore´s season

Forbes

 6.1.2020

Time traveler

Forbes

 4.11.2019

Recipe for a happy life?

Navigátor

 30.10.2019

Development means having a team with a great artist and capable craftsmen.

seznamzpravy.cz

 24.9.2019

Sold. Czech business men divested Technistone to the Americans

Forbes

 5.9.2019

Teacher

Forbes

 9.8.2019

Deal of a lifetime. Czech Technistone acquired by the Americans for more than a billion crowns

E15

 30.11.2018

Armor billionaire acquired a stake in Moran Investment

Forbes

 6.9.2018

Money is just energy

Forbes

 6.9.2018

Robots go to work

Moderní řízení

 27.6.2018

Business surgeon

Cafin.cz

 23.5.2018

People are willing to work hard if you give them their story

BND 2018

 26.4. 2018

Competitiveness versus desire

Seznam.cz

 30.6.2017

Money or life: It’s not fair when Czechs earn a third of what Germans do, says the industrialist

Hospodářské noviny

 4.4.2017

Manufacturer of buttons and parts for the automotive industry bought by M.L. Moran

Hospodářské noviny

 4.5.2016

Law does not know the procedure how the state could interfere with the OKD insolvency, says the turnaround expert

Česká televize

 8.2.2016

Interview with Václav Novák for Česká televize

Ekonom

 25.2.2016

Why do all despise us?

Magazín Osobní rozvoj

 4.6.2014

Václav Novák - Self-confidence and humility are the most important traits of a manager

Erudia portál

 12.07.2013

Václav Novák - meeting at Villa Voyta

Hospodářské noviny

 23.4.2013

Problematic companies are my daily bread

Hospodářské noviny

 30.11.2012

Václav Novák: I would re-make the whole globe

Zen

 5.2.2016

The best pieces of advice on how to succeed in Czechia

iHned

 29.11.2012

Crisis manager who saved Vítkovice: I never enter companies where there is no know how.

Inspirativní TV

 19.07.2012

Václav Novák – Business has 5 rules

CFO World

 29.12.2010

Crisis manager: Nothing but truth for people

Radiožurnál

 13.10. 2009

Václav Novák, former chairman of the supervisory board of Czech Airlines

Lidové noviny

 21.9. 2009

New head of Czech Airlines Novák: Cut costs and entice people.

Hospodářské noviny

 14.9. 2009

Politicians in the Czech Airlines management replaced by economists supporting lay-offs

Contact

Tel: +420 226 236 247
Email: info@mlmoran.com

M.L. Moran, a.s.
V Celnici 1034/6,
110 00 Prague 1

IČO: 61673111
DIČ: CZ61673111
registered in the companies register administered by the Municipal Court in Prague, Section B, Entry No. 3782

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