Agenda Day 1, October 14th, 2021: (see Agenda Day 2) (back to Merger Integration Event Summary)
(time zone used is Central European Time)
09.00 – Opening Remarks from the Chair
Gabe Langerak, Western Europe M&A Leader, Willis Towers Watson
09.15 – How Internal Stakeholders Work Together to Successful Complete a Divestment
· Collaborations internally between key stakeholders to make a divestment happen
· How does it all come together? What are the critical steps and pressure points?
· How do all the stakeholders interact? (corporate development, HR, finance)
Andrea van Duijse, VP HR Mergers, Acquisitions & Divestments, Shell
Mark Gallagher, General Manager Portfolio Integration, Shell
10.00 – M&A Integration Leaders(hip) – Assessing and Managing Leadership Behaviours that Enable your Transaction’s Success
Angel Hoover, Managing Director and Head of Benelux, Willis Towers Watson
10.45 – Coffee and Networking
11.15 – Accelerating Inorganic Growth: Challenges and Opportunities for Mid-Sized Organisations
The session will provide concrete examples of good practice in:
· Knowing when to start building internal capabilities and relying less on external support
· Standardising your approach…but not too much!
· Breaking down emerging organisational silos and barriers
· Helping your organisation build scale and resilience while maximising the benefits of new acquisitions
· Other options for you to drive inorganic growth
· Adjusting your organisational culture as your business grows
Carlos Keener, Managing Partner, Beyond the Deal (BTD)
12.00 – Merger or Separation – Digital IMO/SMO as a Key Success Factor for Getting Things Done in Time and Budget
Dr. Christoph Kollatz, Strategic Advisor, Evolutionizer
12.45 – PMI Performance Tracking and Our M&A Deal and Integration Process
Christiane van der Wateren, Senior Director Mergers, Acquisitions and Divestments, Philips
13.30 - Lunch Break
14.30 - Lessons Learned from Both Sides of the Table
Lori Vokes, COO, Rest Less UK Former Senior Director, M&A, Cisco
15.15 – Serial Acquirer Best Practices
· Overview of the unique characteristics of a serial acquirer’s M&A operating model and capabilities
· How serial acquirers keep flexibility in their integration approaches
· How they accept different cultures within the company (or how they incubate them)
· Speed of integration versus speed of technological evolution
· Can we keep up with employees’ capacity to adopt to change
Philip Johnson, Mergers, Acquisition & Divestiture Leader EMEA, IBM
16.00 - Afternoon Coffee and Networking
16.45 - Challenges in Integrating Mid Market Businesses into Multinationals
· How to approach your acquisition goals and ensure the right operating model
· Why cultural fit is key
· When to decline a deal
· How to define the right speed and method
Matthias Homann, VP Post-Merger-Integrations, Global Sales Operations – Business Growth Initiatives, SAP
17.30 - Reverse Integrations – Adapting to the Target
· Challenges of reverse integrations
· Organisation design and integration preparation as an enabler
· 2 different cases studies of recent reverse integration approach (simple vs preservation)
· PMI Framework proposal
Julien Marmugi, Managing Director, Solarplaza Academy
18.15 – Closing Remarks from the Chair and End of Day 1
Drinks Reception
19.15 - Dinner