CD Invest Consult GmbH was founded in 2003. The managing partners, Harald Klien and Heike Jandl, contribute to the company with their experience and references in numerous sectors.

Since 2003 Harald Klien and Heike Jandl have been advising companies of all sizes with the team of CD Invest Consult GmbH in the area of purchases and sales of companies. Harald Klien is responsbile for transactions of higher volume, whereas Heike Jandl uses her special skills to assist family businesses and SMEs.

In 2005 CD Invest Consult GmbH became member of the global consulting network Global M&A, the N°6 in M&A consulting. Global M&A is the world’s leading partnership of top-tier independent financial advisory firms focusing on mid market cross border transactions with values between €20 and €250 million. The Global M&A partnership consists of 35 partners in financial centres spanning the globe. Members have completed more than 700 transactions with an aggregate deal value exceeding €15 billion since 2000.

In 2006 Franz Weber joins the team as the third managing director. With him, CD Invest expands towards SEE. The first office is opened in Slovenia in 2006 aiming to launch M&A consulting for small and medium sized businesses in the area. CDI has further expanded in the region and has established offices in Bosnia and Herzegovina (2008), Serbia (2009) and Croatia (2009), thereby being the only independent M&A consultancy with a presence in South Eastern Europe.