Associates

Here are professional profiles of some of our experienced Associates:

Integration Manager

M&A Programme Director who has recently left eminent Post Merger Integration team within Big 4. A qualified accountant, he also has over ten years of experience in Corporate Finance consulting, including over twenty acquisitions and divestitures. Has set-up, led and delivered global integration and separation programmes, managing mixed client and consulting work streams distributed across Europe and North America. Comfortable with highly complex programmes, very tight timelines and strict budget control. Spent early years of career performing due diligence before specialising so firm understanding of both pre and post-deal.

Programme Management Office Lead

PRINCE2 qualified Programme Management Office (PMO) professional with strong programme governance, financial management, and communication skills. Worked for eight years in major US consulting firm on a variety of project and programme roles. Specific experience of setting-up and managing PMOs within several M&A programmes both in the US and UK. Familiar with transaction lifecycle and common pitfalls within acquisition integrations as well as project management best practices.

IT work stream Lead

15 years experience of IT operations and projects, across IT infrastructure and information systems, both in-house and in a consulting environment. Previously managed post-merger integration projects and subsequently managed IT or IS work streams on several integration programmes, coordinating pre-close activities and post-close integration projects. Managed portfolio of IT change projects, including ERP implementations, data centre consolidations, email migrations, etc.

HR work stream Lead

HR professional with depth of experience in both the hard and soft aspects of HR change brought about by mergers and acquisitions, from TUPE and redundancy to culture and communications. Worked in Human Capital practice of Big 4 firm and led HR work stream on several integration programmes. Has also led related HR projects involving Target Operating Model design, Office closures and Rewards and Benefits reviews.

Finance work stream Lead

Finance project manager with experience of the specific accounting, reporting, tax and cut-over requirements of Day 1 and M&A projects. In-house Accountancy background led to interest in consulting on change programmes affecting finance functions and financial processes. Ten years within Big 4 firm working on process re-engineering, outsourcing and mergers and acquisitions.

Cultural Change Expert

Corporate communications Director with experience in consumer and corporate marketing, including supporting the operational aspects of acquisitions, organisational transitions and divestments. Consumer marketing background within FSTE 100 company, before studying for MBA and specialising in complex stakeholder management and corporate communications across Europe and AsiaPacific.

Branch Rationalisation Expert

Consultant with operations background. Has developed specialism in the process of rationalising branch networks in the wake of mergers, acquisitions and joint ventures, particularly in the retail banking sector. Developed a model for analysing and comparing individual branch effectiveness, and overall network optimisation.

Chinese M&A

Chinese national, based in Hong Kong, with both pre and post-deal experience with local companies. Developing a proposition to help Western companies acquire and integrate Chinese businesses and vice-versa. Focuses on the cultural and legal aspects of doing business in China as well as 'best-practice' M&A processes.

M&A Guru

Former Head of M&A for FTSE 100 company, consulting on a part-time or ad hoc basis to Corporate Development and M&A Directors, before retiring. Over thirty years experience in corporate strategy and M&A, so has seen and managed almost every conceivable aspect from acquisitions to joint ventures, buy-side, sell-side, pre-deal and post-deal. Has developed in-house end-to-end M&A capability during period of serial acquisition, but also oversaw disintegration and sale of major parts of the business.

Interim Head of Corporate Development

Former Head of M&A for FTSE 250 company, looking for permanent new role in specific industry sector, or interested in interim roles within Corporate Development teams. Experience of creating Growth Strategy and gaining Board approval for acquisition trail. Managed pre-deal process and oversaw post acquisition integration of half a dozen acquisitions up to £1bn.