M&a Science

Chris Evans, Experienced M&A Leader | ex-Head of CorpDev Integration at Amazon and Scott Boyd, Deputy Director, Strategy Implementation at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation | former Head of Integration for AWS. (NASDAQ: AMZN) Craving for fresh, actionable M&A insights? Dive into the M&A Science Fall Summit this Nov 8th! Unlock secrets on integration, valuations, talent retention, and more from top M&A minds. It’s all the ‘how-tos’ you need, and it’s FREE! Secure your spot at mascience.com. Episode Timestamps 00:00 Intro 06:11 Types of Integration Strategies 09:14 Transformative Integration 11:39 Deals Easy to Integrate 13:24 Most difficult thing to Integrate 15:40 Timeline of integration planning 20:26 Benefits of Integration teams running diligence 25:49 Integration Teams’ Diligence Execution 28:46 Structuring the M&A Function 34:39 Consistency vs. agility 40:10 Understanding culture pre LOI 44:34 Working with inexperienced business leaders 46:59 Questions to ask pre-LOI as an Integra