26 episodes
BTD: Making Sense of M&A, Alliances and Divestments Carlos Keener
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BTD is a specialist consultancy that helps people around the world achieve their long-term acquisition, divestment and alliance goals. BTD looks Beyond the Deal, working in partnership with our clients so that they find and complete deals and alliances that build strategic capabilities; ensure that the deals being considered will be successful post-close; deliver the benefits and objectives of their deals quickly, efficiently and cost-effectively, maintain focus on business as usual during and after the deal process and strengthen their own ability to do deals and alliances consistently well in future. Established in 2001, BTD has worked with over 100 clients around the world including Amadeus, Coca-Cola, E.On, GlaxoSmithKline, and Unilever. With offices in London and Boston and an international team, BTD helps leaders reduce deal time and cost, increase deal value, raise capability and maintain a high-performing businesses through the process. Our bespoke services and collaborative approach delivers confidence in the final outcome while ensuring they stay in full control of the process. From pre-deal to post-close – Go Beyond.
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BTD Consulting Alliance Matters Podcast: Cancer Research Horizons - De-Risking Oncology Development
One in two people will develop some form of cancer in their lifetimes. Despite decades of work, one-sixth of worldwide deaths are due to cancer. High-stakes research underpinned by strong alliances are making possible new therapies, bringing new hope. In this podcast, Julie Little (Associate Director of Strategic Alliances) and Steve Wedge (Chief Scientific Officer) of Cancer Research UK discuss their organisation’s major role de-risking oncology research. CRUK has catalysed collaboratio...
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Meet the BTD Team: Mike Princi, Managing Consultant
Mike Princi joined the BTD team as a Managing Consultant in 2020 and brings deep experience in advising and leading transformation programmes within complex, international environments. Mike draws upon his military background and eclectic experience as an advisor, owner, operator and investor in business to deliver complex technology programmes and pre and post-merger integration. In this podcast, Mike discusses the principal influences that have guided his career, his passion for coaching an...
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Meet the BTD Team: Louise Cooper, Managing Consultant
A senior project, programme and integration professional, Louise Cooper joined the BTD team several years ago and has supported some of our largest and most complex engagements with clients such as Spectris and Glatfelter. In this podcast, Louise explores the differences between integration and more general transformation programmes, and what she finds challenging and fulfilling in her integration, separation and restructuring work.www.btd.consultingCLICK HERE to follow us on LinkedIn
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Targeting Those Most in Need: Access-Focused Product Partnerships at Novartis
All pharmaceutical companies look to leverage their capabilities to benefit those in the World’s poorest countries. Novartis aims to go beyond corporate philanthropy to create a more sustainable therapy-development model. By marshalling partnerships and its own people, Charlie Bailey leads Novartis teams pursuing development initiatives addressing better-known conditions like malaria, as well as more obscure ones like leishmaniasis. These initiatives can span a decade or more taking therapies...
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Meet the BTD Team: John Palmer, Senior Consultant
John Palmer is a Senior Consultant who joined BTD in 2018, bringing his deep experience in business analysis and financial modelling to the team and our clients. John also leads our recruitment efforts and is pivotal in ensuring new team members – senior or junior – have the right skills, experience and values to join the BTD team. In this podcast, John shares his client experiences over the past few years and offers his view on what makes BTD, our team and our approach, different.
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Meet the BTD Team - Barbara Vrdlovec, Director
Barbara Vrdlovec joined BTD over ten years ago, and as our newest Director has seen almost every aspect of the business and our client work since then, supporting clients such as bwinParty, Glatfelter, and Innogy. She also leads our relationship with the Institute of Mergers, Acquisitions and Alliances (IMAA), providing training to groups worldwide. In this podcast, Barbara shares her view of how M&A and integration has changed over the past decade, what brought her to this field, and her...