The Team
Continuum is led by two search principals backed by an international group of investors from the U.S., U.K., and D-A-CH region. The principals are responsible for conducting a methodical search for acquisition targets, which are then vetted by advisers as potential personal investments. Our adviser base includes former executives, entrepreneurs, search fund investors, and professionals with expertise in Central and Eastern Europe. Our principals have professional experience in Europe as well as in the U.S. and globally, and are well versed in M&A transactions, capital raising, and line management.
Principals
PhDr. Ivona Hrušová Butcher, MBA
Ivona was most recently a VP at Magnitude Capital, an investment firm in New York. Prior to attending business school, Ivona was an established equity analyst for Next Finance in Prague, Czech Republic, a popular television and radio commentator on economic topics, and served on the National Economic Council for the Czech government. She founded and ran The Czech Sport Horse, an international horse import business connecting North American equestrians with Czech breeders.
Ivona has a Bachelors, Masters. and PhDr. in economic theories, finance and financial markets, and economics, respectively, from Charles University in Prague. She has a Masters in economics from the University of Warsaw in Poland, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in entrepreneurship and innovation, and management and organizations.
Language: Czech (native), Slovak (fluent), English (fluent), German (intermediate), Polish (basic)
Corbin was most recently a credit and restructuring management consultant at Zolfo Cooper, where he focused on distressed M&A transactions, creditor negotiations and operational turnarounds. Previously, he spent two years as an investment banker at BMO Capital Markets in both the Leveraged Finance and Equity Capital Markets groups in New York, and executed capital raises for industrial, consumer, real estate, and energy clients. He transitioned into finance after serving six years in the United States Marine Corps and U.S. State Department including postings to Iraq, Germany, and several countries in West Africa.
Corbin has a B.A. in physics and German Language and Literature with honors from Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, and an MBA from the Kellogg School of Management in analytical finance, accounting and international business.
Language: English (native), German (fluent), Czech (basic)