Europe’s largest in-house M&A Integration Forum (over 100 attendees attended)

*Videos of the entire event are available for purchase (includes all slides embedded in the videos)

Guest Speakers: (View Full Agenda) (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)

Dr. Horst J. Kayser, Chairman Portfolio Companies, Siemens

Kamil Jagieniak, Global Head of M&A Integration, Maersk

Laurent Hatzopoulos, Acquisitions and Divestments Implementation Manager, Shell

Roland van Wijnen, Non-Executive Director and Board Advisor, Former Group CEO, PPC Africa

Joost ten Hag, Head of M&A Integration         and Disentanglement, Philips

Friederike Hertenstein, Head of Corporate Development CoE for GTM & Industries, SAP

Staci van Schagen-Toback, Head of Post Merger Integration, NOVOMATIC  

Stephen Singh, Global VP, M&A/Divestiture, Zscaler M&A

Elena Mueller, Head of Partner Ecosystem and M&A, Schaeffler Technologies

Daniel Quick, Head of M&A Integration, Endava

Matthias Homann, VP Post-Merger-Integrations, Global Sales Operations – Business Growth Initiatives, SAP

Thomas Marx, Implementation Manager        Divestments & Acquisitions, Shell

Youssef Sbai Tanji, VP, Head of IT Mergers & Acquisitions, Capgemini Invent

Cyrille Carillon, Chief Integration Officer, L’Oreal

Joost van Rossum, M&A Integration Manager, Unilever

Amanda Scott, Global Merger & Acquisitions Leader, WTW

Jon Milsted, Vice President Business Strategy, GoCardless

Tyrone Smyth, Former Director HR Business Development APJ EMEA & Global Complex Deals, IBM

Jana Mercereau, Head of HR M&A Europe, WTW

Björn Leschny, Deputy Head Regions Asia Pacific & LATAM / Global PMI Lead, Bayer


Key Topics: (View Full Agenda) (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)

Bayer Unlocking Synergies: Global Integration of Monsanto into Bayer across +60 Countries, preparing for SAP S4 Hana

Endava Building an M&A Capability from Scratch

GoCardless Building M&A Muscle in Mid-Sized Companies

IBM HR Lessons Learned from a Spinoff, Using AI as a Success Factor

L’Oréal – The Beauty of Integration

Maersk Pre and Post Closing Governance Considerations for Buyer and Seller 

NOVOMATIC Executing PMI in a Highly Decentralised Company

Philips A Case Study Example / Lessons Learned from our Divestment Project

Roland van Wijnen Managing Multiple Deals at Once (speaker is formerly from PPC Africa)

SAP A Well-Oiled M&A Machine

SAP Managing M&A Integration without a Dedicated Team

Schaeffler M&A Mastery: Unlocking the 3 Essential Lessons of Successful Integration of Small Tech Companies in a Traditional Industrial Global Company

Shell Experiences with Tuck-In and Bolt-On Acquisitions

Siemens Portfolio Companies Value Creation from Non-Core Assets through a Private Equity Approach

Unilever Integration into Large Corporate Structures: Creating and Protecting Value

WTW Successfully Navigating Reductions in Workforce During Corporate Transactions

WTW ESG Considerations and Impact on M&A Integrations

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