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How the CEPA Credential Improved Christina Rebel-Otterbach’s Practice

Written by Colleen Kowalski | Mar 20, 2023 4:00:00 AM

The Exit Planning Institute community is comprised of a large variety of professional advisors from across the globe. There are over 3,500 Certified Exit Planning Advisors in the marketplace currently helping business owners build value in their companies prior to exiting. 

What is a CEPA? 

The Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA) credential is for professional advisors who want to effectively engage more business owners, build value within their business and exit on their own terms. Through the process of Exit Planning, utilizing the Value Acceleration Methodology, owners can build more valuable companies, have stronger personal financial plans, and align their personal goals. Earning the CEPA credential expands your expertise and enhances your ability to engage business owners and conduct value-added conversations around growth and exit.

CEPA Case Studies

With over 3,500 CEPAs in the marketplace, we have numerous stories and examples of how the Certified Exit Planning Advisor Credential improves client engagements, builds value in advisory practices, and ultimately makes a CEPA an owner’s most valued and trusted advisor.

This year, EPI will share these stories from our CEPAs in a collection of case studies highlighting how the CEPA credential has changed their practice. We are kicking this series off with a case study from Christina Rebel-Otterbach. 

Learn how CEPA, Christina Rebel-Otterbach is utilizing her exit planning expertise in her practice and how the CEPA credential has helped to expand her practice through thought leadership in the exit planning space.  

Meet Christina Rebel-Otterbach

Christina worked for rapidly growing and fast-changing organizations operating in Europe and the US globally assisting them as their Managing Director, General Manager, CFO, Finance Director, or external consultant. She is the President and Founder of CRO Management Consulting LLC. 

CRO Management Consulting LLC is an Atlanta-based advisory firm, industry agnostic, serving customers in the middle market; often headquartered in German-speaking Europe. Their clients have grown successful businesses and want to be ready for the next step. Her typical clients’ businesses generate between $10M and $100M in annual revenue.

Christina and her team guide their owner clients to address their pain points by navigating through operational and leadership challenges or transitions, growth initiatives, acquisitions, integrations, re-organizations, and transformations. Their offering includes transformational leadership, management consulting, business coaching, value building, and exit planning services.

CRO Management Consulting LLC serves many industries. HighTech, Pharmaceutical Consulting, Manufacturing, Automotive Supplies, Sustainable Pest Control/Fine Chemicals, Professional Services, Real-Estate, and Hospitality.

 

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