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A boutique with the standards of a Big Four.

KS Advisory & Performance was founded in 2026 in Luxembourg with the ambition to combine the discipline of international advisory firms with the style of a personally led boutique.

Our approach: deep industry knowledge, clear accountability, no service-hotline feel. Clients talk to advisors — not to junior intermediaries.

We are part of the KS Holding group and complement the advisory spectrum with operational corporate, accounting and equity services in demand both within Luxembourg and across borders.

Values

What guides us

P

Precision

Cleanly structured numbers, documented processes and traceable decisions — the foundation of trust.

P

Personal

A direct line to senior advisors. No anonymity. Clients know the people working for them.

E

Execution

Advisory that delivers. From concept through operational anchoring — we stay until it works.

The Team

Accountability with a name

Said Khalid

Advisor · Fund Governance & Accounting

Business economist (M.Sc., University of Trier) with more than ten years in the Luxembourg fund industry. Prior roles as auditor at Ernst & Young and BDO Luxembourg, as Director of AM alpha’s Luxembourg AIFM branch, and as Portfolio Director at PATRIZIA, responsible for four regulated funds and around 120 special purpose vehicles — focus on audit, accounting, valuation, compliance and governance of regulated and unregulated structures.

Alex Trupp

AI & IT Consultant

Business informatics graduate (B.Sc.) with more than seven years in business analysis and requirements engineering. Over six years as Senior Business Analyst for a digital B2B customer portal at Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles, Product Owner at JTL Software, previously Managing Director in e-commerce — focus on AI-assisted analysis and documentation with Claude Code, process automation with AI agents, interfaces and GDPR-compliant processes.

Dr. Rainer H. Ammon

Senior Advisor · Corporate Finance

CFA Charterholder and PhD in economics. International experience at EY, KPMG, DZ Bank Luxembourg, Apex Lux, and as founder and Managing Partner of Lenco Financial Consulting — focus on valuation, M&A, liquidity planning and modern reporting and controlling systems.

Natalie Kranz

External Advisory Network · Banking & Finance

Banking professional with around 20 years in lending across Luxembourg, Switzerland and Germany. Prior roles at UBS, Credit Suisse, UniCredit and the European Investment Bank — focus on complex financing structures, structured finance, ship finance and capital-market documentation.

Omar Said

BI & Data Consultant

More than 15 years in business intelligence, data warehousing and ERP processes. Prior roles at Krannich Solar, b-imtec, Hitachi Solutions and New Yorker — focus on Power BI, Azure Data Factory, Microsoft Dynamics 365 and SAP, AI automation and AI agents in data and reporting processes, and GDPR-compliant AI deployment on Azure.

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