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Synopsis
M&A Science is an educational podcast exploring the intricate world of M&A with industry leaders and practitioners.This podcast is sponsored by DealRoom, a diligence management and virtual data room platform for complex financial transactions.
Episodes
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38. How to Successfully Build a Corporate Development Function
05/02/2020 Duration: 24minKison speaks with Nichelle Maynard-Elliot, a corporate M&A Executive, public company board member, and corporate dealmaker with over 20 years of financial and legal experience in M&A business development and strategic partnerships at Fortune 300 multinational corporations and top-ranked international/boutique law firms. She’s a highly experienced corporate attorney lawyer, focusing on mergers and acquisitions.
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37. Demystifying the Employee Stock Ownership Plan (ESOP)
08/01/2020 Duration: 35minKison speaks with Richard Harmon, a Managing Director at CSG Partners, a firm that helps owners of private, middle market companies achieve equity monetization while addressing personal goals. In this podcast, they discuss how ESOPs can harvest equity, enhance liquidity, and create tax advantages.
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36. Focusing Less on Cost Synergies to Increase Value Creation
18/12/2019 Duration: 57minKison speaks with Anirvan Sen, the Founder and Managing Director of Fifth Chrome, a professional advisory firm that specializes in M&A integration and operational growth. In this podcast, they discuss creating deal value by focusing more on growth capabilities and revenue synergies than cost synergies.
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35. How to Plan a Divestiture from HR’s Perspective
04/12/2019 Duration: 33minKison speaks with Jillian Kaebel-Sisk, an HR Global Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures Manager at Caterpillar. This podcast covers how HR practitioners plan for and executive divestitures. They also discuss carve-out and divestiture challenges, as well as TSA agreements, asset vs. stock sale, due diligence, and more.
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34. How to Deliver Maximum Value from Divestitures
20/11/2019 Duration: 35minKison speaks with Toby Tester, an M&A Consultant and Project Manager with over 20 years of experience driving strategic, financial and operational value through M&A. This podcast covers how you can deliver maximum value from divestitures. We will discuss how divestitures, like acquisitions, can become a positive and transformational process.
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33. How to Drive Transformational Change Through M&A
06/11/2019 Duration: 23minKison speaks with Toby Tester, an M&A Consultant and Project Manager with over 20 years of experience driving strategic, financial and operational value through M&A. This podcast follows Toby's article, Driving Transformation Through M&A, in which he discusses how M&A transactions are becoming necessary transformational strategies for companies in the modern marketplace.
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32. How to Prepare a Company for an Acquisition
23/10/2019 Duration: 28minKison speaks with Jordan Lampos, a director specializing in healthcare M&A at Duff & Phelps, about how to best prepare a company for an acquisition and the role project management plays in improving this process.
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31. Behind the Scenes: Effective Deal Sourcing and Closing
11/09/2019 Duration: 01h05minKison speaks with Scott Kaeser, the Executive VP of Corporate Development for United American Security, a GardaWorld company, on sourcing strategies for successful deals.
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30. Evolving Technology Trends in Mergers and Acquisitions
28/08/2019 Duration: 44minKison speaks with Jill Harrison and Steve Siler about which technology trends are addressing some of the M&A industry's largest challenges. Jill is the Vice President of Ventures at Silverline and Steve is the CTO of Stonebriar Commercial Finance.
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29. Perspectives on Modern M&A Consultancy and Divestitures
13/08/2019 Duration: 44minKison speaks with Kelly Haggerty, who founded her own advisory firm, Nearco Transaction Advisors, after 15 years of leading integrations and divestitures for top consulting firms and Fortune 500 companies. On this episode, Kison talks with Kelly about her experience as an M&A advisor and the lessons she's learned regarding what makes a strong, efficient, and successful deal. For more information on Kelly and Nearco Transaction Advisors please visit: https://www.nearcoadvisors.com/
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28. Creating Solutions for Industry-Wide Challenges
31/07/2019 Duration: 39minKison speaks with Paul Koenig, Founder and CEO of SRS Acquiom, a platform that manages escrows, payments, risks, and claims for complex M&A transactions.
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27. The Art of Protecting Value Drivers
10/07/2019 Duration: 33minDuring this episode, Kison and Jai discuss the best strategies for identifying, extracting and protecting value drivers during the due diligence process and most importantly while conducting integration post-close.
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26. The Power of Empathy in M&A
26/06/2019 Duration: 34minKison speaks with Dr. Mark Goulston on the benefits of practicing empathy for more successful M&A, specifically to improve value creation and productivity post-close.
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25. The Importance of Conducting Cultural Assessments
12/06/2019 Duration: 37minOn this episode, Kison speaks with Dawn White, an M&A Integration Manager at Corning. Dawn explains the importance of conducting cultural assessments during M&A transactions and explores how these assessments can lead to stronger deal outcomes, increased value creation and an overall happier and more productive workforce.
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24. How to Enable a High Performing Deal Team
29/05/2019 Duration: 41minHarvard instructor, author and speaker, Richard Kasperowski, discusses how to build and maintain high-performing teams in any industry.
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23. An Agile Gorilla’s Approach to Mergers and Acquisitions
16/05/2019 Duration: 46minThe Founding Partners of the M&A advisory firm, Agile Gorilla, discuss their agile, modern approach to deal and integration management.
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22. Integration Strategies Suited for Modern Business Landscapes
01/05/2019 Duration: 44minNitin Kumar, a seasoned C-level operating executive and management consultant in the technology, media and telecom (TMT) sector, discusses how to create integration strategies better suited to modern business environments.
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21. A Guide to Planning Successful Divestitures
18/04/2019 Duration: 36minAl Ansari, a veteran divestiture and integration advisor currently assisting Cisco with the development of their divestiture methodology, discusses the strategies, decisions and planning behind divestitures.
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20. How to Implement an Agile Approach into M&A
03/04/2019 Duration: 44minIn this podcast, Kison interviews James Harris, Principal of Corporate Development Integration at Google. They explore the ways in which deal practitioners can implement a more Agile approach to each step of M&A, from due diligence to integration.
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19. Creating Corporate Development Acquisition Strategies
19/07/2018 Duration: 33minIn this episode, Kison speaks with Joseph Feldman, a corporate development, acquisitions and growth strategies consultant. Joseph discusses acquisition strategies, diligence checklists, company inconsistencies, and post-close surprises.