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David Boyd, Ben de Haldevang and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk to Joe Hine from SI Partners. SI Partners provide sell-side advice for company founders, helping them prepare for sale and achieve a successful exit. We talk to Joe about how founders can make the deal a successful both in the value they achieve and cultural fit for the organisation they've built.

David Boyd, Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective discuss the world of mergers, acquisitions and integrations in 2023. We talk about the various impacts on acquisitions and integrations from AI (and OpenAI in particular), newly assertive regulators and changes in interest rates.

Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective are joined by David Cox, a business transformation professional with a passion for Customer Experience. For over 15 years, David Cox has worked around Europe, South America and the Middle East helping clients drive revenue growth and customer loyalty.. We talk about who owns customer experience in an organisation, the challenge of keeping an external focus through an M&A deal, and the importance of metrics.

Climate change and the decarbonisation of transportation and industry are having a profound impact on fossil fuel companies. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about how this affects M&A both in terms of strategic thinking and the successful delivery of deals.

The merger of Essilor and Luxottica in 2018 was the combination of a French and Italian champions in lenses and frames. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the merger, evaluate success given hindsight, and how the Italian-side Leonardo Del Vecchio prevailed in a fight for control.

Text books on M&A tend to be dry and, in our view, a little ‘out of date’. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the books they would recommend to a CEO undertaking his/her first deal. What book(s) would you give them to read this summer on the beach?….