Corporate M&A Summit Guide

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13th
- 14th
OCTOBER, 2016
AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS
CORPORATE
M&A
SUMMIT
Mercure Hotel
Amsterdam City
Joan Muyskenweg
10 1096 CJ
Amsterdam,
The Netherlands
CORPORATE PARITY PRESENTS...

CORPORATE M&A SUMMIT
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AMSTERDAM, THE NETHERLANDS
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DAY ONE 13th
of October, 2016
PANEL DISCUSSION
CROSS-BORDER TRANSACTIONS FROM DIFFERENT PERSPECTIVES - CURRENT TRENDS AND ISSUES
09.00
12.50 LUNCH
• Trends in cross-border transactions: (inbound & outbound)
• The attractivity of European market in the context of global M&A
• Impact of the Euro crisis, Current EU and ECB Policies and other political circumstances on M&A activity
• A review of european M&A market place
• Recent M&A developments arising around the world, including demergers and spin-offs, the politics of M&A and
• Recent hostile deals
11.00 NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK
WELCOME COFFEE
INTRODUCTION / CHAIRMAN OPENING ( JAMES NOLAN )
08.30
PRE-ACQUISITION
Michael Knott
Senior Managing Director - Corporate
Finance Practice - Head of TMT for EMEA
FTI Consulting
Peter Harbula
M&A, Corporate Finance & Corporate
Development
Edenred
CASE STUDY
PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE - THE IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE PROCEDURES PRIOR
TO AN ACQUISITION
10.00
• The potential consequences of not identifying a problem prior to the transaction
• Before the acquisition: Ensuring sufficient due diligence to identify business and regional risks
• Politics, regulations and controls, how to deal with them
• How to prevent successor liability in M&A transactions
• Navigating FCPA risks in M&A transactions to avoid inheriting liability for previous wrongdoing
• Potential consequences and penalties when deals fail.
Gustavo L. Morales Oliver
Senior counsel
Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal
Neyah Van der Aa
Advocaat
Allen & Overy LLP
Amanda Raad
Partner
Ropes & Gray
Giovanni Amodeo
Global Editor in Chief
Mergermarket
MODERATOR
12.35
12.10
Henk Bijl
Managing Director
AON
PRESENTATION
TRANSACTION LIABILITY INSURANCE – PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
• Which transaction liability insurance products exist
• How has the use of transaction liability insurance evolved and why are they being uses more frequently every year
• What developments can we expect in the near future
11.30 PRESENTATION
GLOBAL COMPETITION LAW IMPLICATIONS ON M&A TRANSACTIONS
• Merger policy of the European Union
• United States DOJ
Paul Csiszar
Directorate-General for Competition
European Commission
Jesse Thiel
Director Sales & Business Development – Benelux,
Diligent
CASE STUDY
MANAGING THE COMPLEXITIES OF M&AS
-HOW BOARDS CAN COLLABORATE MORE EFFECTIVELY USING DIGITAL TOOLS
• Boards face significant challenges in times of mergers & acquisitions
• In order to play an effective oversight role, efficient communication and collaboration is key
• Digital tools like board portals can facilitate more efficient decision making
Olivier Jarry
Managing Partner
Imagiance LLC

DAY ONE 13th
of October, 2016
18.00
COCKTAIL RECEPTION
CHAIR’S CLOSING REMARK AND WRAP-UP
PANEL DISCUSSION
TRANSFORMATION OF TRANSACTION
17.20
• Credibility of target companies’ ﬁnancial accounts - Complex ownership structures/cross shareholdings
• Quality of local accountancy advice and support
CASE STUDY
MERGER CONTROL
• How Cross Border MA changes the global landscape of business competition
• How the game of competition among the giant MNCs have evolved with growing M&A trend
• Clarity about ownership of IP rights
• Intellectual Property Protection
Dr. Marc Pfeffer
Group General Counsel
Kühne+Nagel International AG
PANEL DISCUSSION
M&A & DIGITALIZATION
13.50
• How innovation and tech shapes the M&A landscape in 2016 and trends to watch out for in 2017.
• Impacts of Disruptive technologies on classical business model / business Strategies
• How to prevent risks as early as possible
Liao Xue
Senior Executive M&A
RTL Group
Markus Steinke
Vice President Portfolio Development & Integration
Airbus
Karine Artus
Managing Director
KSA Partners
JEAN-CHARLES LEZEAU
M&A Director
Nokia & Alcatel-Lucent
14.50
PANEL DISCUSSION
THE M&A OPPORTUNITIES IN DIFFERENT BORDERS AND THEIR IMPACTS
CHINA, INDIA, JAPAN
AND REST OF ASIA
MIDDLE EAST AND AFRICA LATIN AMERICA
Karine Artus
Managing Director
KSA Partners
Dan Jian
Director - Strategy and M&A
APM Terminals, Netherlands
Gustavo L. Morales Oliver
Senior counsel
MODERATOR
16.20
Markus Steinke
VP Portfolio Development and Integration
Airbus
James Nolan
Group Head of M&A
Vimpelcom
Karine Artus
Managing Director
KSA Partners
Shanti Straﬁnger
Vice President
Evonik
MODERATOR
15:30 CASE STUDY
NEWS LEAKAGE – THE STORY BEHIND IT
• The leak in an M&A process
• To leak or not to leak?
• What are the options for a corporate
Giovanni Amodeo
Global Editor in Chief
Mergermarket

DAYTWO 14th
of October, 2016
PANEL DISCUSSION
CARVE-OUTS: SPECIFIC CASES OF M&A
PANEL DISCUSSION
WELCOME COFFEE08.30
10.40
11.10
09.00
12.50 LUNCH
• What pitfalls in corporate carve-outs and how to avoid them
• What investors expect
• How to Use the Audit during the Negotiation Process
• Strategic,Financial, Operationnal, Due Diligences
• HR Audit and cultural assessment
• Integration of Business Policies of both organisations involved
• Which deal structures work best? (Financing options: equity vs. debt)
• Lessons to be learnt from: Best-practices and Pitfalls and Disastrous M&As
WHAT MAKES FOR SUCCESSFUL M&A TRANSACTIONS
NETWORKING AND REFRESHMENT BREAK
ACQUISITION AND CONSOLIDATION
Olivier Jarry
Managing Partner
Imagiance LLC
Paul Ennew
Managing Director
of Transaxis,
Former Global Integration Leader
Hitachi Rail
Shanti Straﬁnger
Vice President
Evonik
CASE STUDY
LEVERAGING DIGITAL M&A TO MAXIMIZE SYNERGIES, HOW HITACHI RAIL ACHIEVED SUCCESS
12.10
• With deal values rising, maximising synergies through effective integration becomes critica
Donatus Albrecht
Member of the Executive Board
Aurelius AG
CASE STUDY10.00
PHILIPS LIGHTING CARVE-OUT
Dr. Shalini Sarin
SVP HR BG Professional, CSR & BoP Leader
Philips Lighting, The Netherlands
James Nolan
Group Head of M&A
Vimpelcom
MODERATOR
MODERATOR
Dr. Shalini Sarin
SVP HR BG Professional, CSR & BoP Leader
Philips Lighting
Olivier Jarry
Managing Partner
Imagiance LLC
Anirvan Sen
Founder and Managing Director
Fifth Chrome
Matthew Oehlmann
Partner, Global Head of Business Development
Skyview Capital
Nitin Kumar
Senior Managing
Director
(Managing Partner)
FTI Consulting
Paul Ennew
Managing Director of Transaxis,
Former Global Integration Leader Hitachi Rail

DAYTWO 14th
of October, 2016
14.30
17.00
17.30
INTERACTIVE SESSION
CONFLICT OF INTEREST IN M&A TRANSACTIONS
16.00
• Discussion regarding navigating the actual and potential conflicts of interest that often surface in M&A transactions when
dealing with significant stockholders, boards of directors, senior executives and investment bankers
• Breakup and Termination Fees in M&A Transactions
GLOBAL WRAP UP
END OF THE CONFERENCE
13.50 CASE STUDY
IMPACT OF TAXATION ON M&A
• Recent tax developments and the deal lifecycle
• Considerations for tax due diligence
• Deal structuring and financing
• Impact on transaction agreements
• Post-acquisition integration
Simon Fletcher
Head of Tax Structuring and M&A
Vodafone
PANEL DISCUSSION
CROSS BORDER POST MERGER INTEGRATION
• How to prepare, plan, execute and control the Post-Merger Integration phase
• The end of integration phase is the begining of the transformation execution project
Focus 1: Human Capital: HR integration; cultural and retention as well as pension scheme
Focus 2: Finance and Accounting, systems integration
Focus 3: IT Integration and Cybersecurity
Focus 4: Customers and Synergy
Simon Fletcher
Head of Tax Structuring and M&A
Vodafone
Anirvan Sen
Founder and Managing Director
Fifth Chrome
Karine Artus
Managing Director
KSA Partners
Dharmendra Singh
Former Global Leader : Corporate M&A -Post-Merger Integration
Schneider Electric
Chief Executive Officer at INTGREA
Virginie Colaiuta
Partner
Pinsent Masons LLP
Michael Knott
Senior Managing Director - Corporate Finance Practice -
Head of TMT for EMEA
FTI Consulting
MODERATOR

Shanti has been with Evonik as their Vice President for over 3 years. Prior to that, he has overseen business and strategic
advisory to Commerzbank, etc. He speaks German, English, French and Italian. He has knowledge of both Pharmaceutical and
Chemical Industries. He has an Honours Degree in Business Administration with Università degli Studi di Modena e Reggio
Emilia as well as Master of Science in Economics with Università Commerciale ‘Luigi Bocconi’
Shanti Julian Strafinger, Vice President M&A, Evonik
In this capacity, he oversees end to end execution of M&A transactions, joint venture creations, investment decisions and
valuations. Péter coordinated the Endered Group investment committee (Group CEO, Group CFO and ad hoc Executive
Committee members) and of the Edenred Board’s Engagement Committee. Péter has worked on more than 40 successfully
executed transactions since joining Edenred / Accors Services in 2007 for a cumulated 100% deal valuation above €1.5bn,
in 25 different countries spread over 4 continents. Prior to Edenred, Péter spent 8 years in Deloitte Finance’s Valuation and
Modelling group in Paris where held the role of Director in the end. He has performed a number of valuation and transaction
related engagements in this role, in various contexts (acquisitions, fairness opinions, corporate restructuring etc) with an overall
appraised value above €20bn and was the technical leader for the valuation practice. Péter is an Accredited Senior Appraiser
with the American Society of Appraisers, member of the French Association of M&A Professionals and the French Association
of Valuation Professionals and was vice president of the Valuation Committee of the French Association of Financial Analysts
between 2009 and 2011. He is the author of several working papers, articles and authored chapters in various books in the field
of M&A, valuation, private equity and corporate governance. He is a lecturer at HEC (leading French business school) for the
Master IFAC since 2006 (last year of education, course entitled Valuation & Transactions) and was prior to that a lecturer in the
Paris II University (DESS Techniques Financières et Bancaires, Valuation course) for 6 years.
Péter Harbula, M&A, Corporate Finance & Corporate Development, Edenred
Paul Ennew, Managing Director of Transaxis, former Global Integration Leader Hitachi Rail
Paul is the Managing Director of M&A management specialists Transaxis and the former Global Integration Lead for Hitachi
Rail’s €2bn acquisition of Ansaldo Breda and Ansaldo STS from Finmeccanica.
He has led M&A integration/separation programmes for a range of global PLCs across the Financial Services, Consumer
Markets, Infrastructure & Government and Technology, Media and Telecoms sectors, and several Private Equity firms.
Previous clients include Aviva, Balfour Beatty, Cooperative Banking Group, Gala Coral Group, Inflexion Private Equity, RBS and
Virgin Media.
Prior to Transaxis, Paul was a Principal Advisor with KPMG LLP and held various roles within Citigroup’s consumer finance
division.
Olivier has created the practice of post-merger integration for Europe between Andersen Consulting and Arthur Andersen while
an associate partner in strategic consulting. He then alternated line management roles (up to $1.4 billion in sales) with M&A and
strategy roles. In particular, he was head of M&A for the beverage division of Danone and led a $1.1 billion acquisition among
others. He led M&A for part of Novartis Consumer Health and was involved in the divestiture of the medical nutrition division and
of the baby nutrition division to Nestlé. His responsibilities included M&A departments in other divisions of Novartis (working on
alliances in Eastern Europe and Russia), Bayer (in diabetes devices), Bristol-Myers Squibb (particularly dealing with emerging
markets) and Intrexon (synthetic biology). Olivier is now involved in the acquisition or exit of fast growing biotech and medtech
companies.
Olivier Jarry, Managing Partner,Imagiance LLC
James Nolan is Head of Mergers & Acquisitions at VimpelCom Ltd., a large mobile telecoms operator focused on emerging
markets. Prior to joining VimpelCom, James worked for Royal Philips for 15 years and was for 12 years Global Head of Mergers
& Acquisitions. During his time at Philips, he led 13 acquisitions which resulted in the current Philips HealthTech which will be
the surviving entity of Philips after its planned demerger of Philips Lighting. He has led many notable divestments including that
of Philips Semiconductors which became NXP Semiconductors. During his tenure at VimpelCom he has led the planned merger
of Wind and 3 in Italy as well as the planned acquisition of Warid by Mobilink in Pakistan and is helping in the development of
the company’s digital strategy. Mr. Nolan holds an MA in Law from Oxford University and an MBA from INSEAD.
James Nolan, Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, VimpelCom Ltd.
CHAIRMAN
SPEAKER PROFILE
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A global executive and management consultant with 19 years of operational leadership experience with start-ups, turnarounds and
high growth environments. Held executive and consulting roles within TMT (Tech, Media and Telecom) sectors having extensive sales,
delivery and global business building experience (70 countries/6 continents). Nitin has directly led and managed teams of around
1000 people with a “multi-hundred million” dollar P/L responsibility, he is currently the global leader for the Hi-Tech sector within
FTI Consulting responsible for services across Strategy, Operations, Transactions and Restructuring. Nitin is considered a trusted
M&A and Strategy advisor to Corporate and Private Equity clients having added value to ~ 40 M&A/Divestiture Strategy, ~400 due
diligences (Commercial, Customer, Clean Rooms and Tech/Ops), ~70 M&A Integrations and ~25 Divestiture Executions – transaction
values from $50m-$130b. He specializes in delivering revenue synergies from functions such as Sales, Marketing, Service, Products,
Pricing, Organization and Customer Experience.
Nitin has also led several mergers focused on cost synergy realization from the back office functions such as IT, Finance and HR.
Experienced with several types of M&A – Consolidation Plays, Adjacency Moves, Technology Tuck-ins, Business Model Transition,
Distressed M&A, Hostile Takeovers and Activist Offense/Defense. More recently, he has been advising clients leveraging M&A to
transform their business models e.g., SaaS, IoT, Blockchain, SDN, Open Source, PaymentTech, Augmented Reality and OTT.
Nitin Kumar, Senior Managing Director (Managing Partner), FTI Consulting
Michael Knott is a senior managing director in the FTI Consulting Corporate Finance practice and is based in London. Mr. Knott leads
the Telecoms, Media and Technology (TMT) group for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA). He is an experienced TMT advisor
with over 20 years of experience in transaction advisory, strategy and business consulting, performance improvement and business
transformation.
Mr. Knott has experience serving as a transaction advisor on a wide range of aspects, including advising buyers and sellers in
mergers and acquisitions; providing due diligence on behalf of corporates; investigating financial synergies of merger transactions;
preparing corporate strategies for acquisitions; identifying target companies and post-merger integration program management.
Mr. Knott has extensive experience providing strategic consulting, corporate and business development, business planning, financial
planning, and sales and marketing consulting services for various TMT clients across the EMEA. Clients include Velti, Aircom,
Vodafone, Telefonica, Orange, BT, Telenor, Swisscom, Eircom, MTN, Cable & Wireless, Telkom SA, Zain, Qtel, Viatel, QinetiQ, BBC,
CBFW and Yota.
In addition, Mr. Knott has led a number of performance improvement and strategic transformation engagements. Clients include CME
(the East European Broadcaster), Telefonica, BT, NTL, Dunn & Bradstreet, Logica/CGI, Orange, OTE and Eircom.
Prior to joining FTI Consulting, Mr. Knott held partner leadership roles at both Booz & Company and Accenture. Whilst at Accenture,
Mr. Knott was head of the TMT strategy practice but also occupied senior client account management roles with BT, eircom and
Orange UK.
Michael Knott, Senior Managing Director - Corporate Finance Practice - Head of TMT for EMEA, FTI Consulting
Gustavo joined Marval, O’Farrell & Mairal in 2006. He is admitted to practice law both in Buenos Aires, Argentina and New York,
USA. He earned a JD/abogado Degree at Universidad Torcuato di Tella (2001), a Specialist Degree in Finance at the Universidad
de San Andrés (2009), and a Master in Laws (LL.M.) Degree at the University of Illinois College of Law (2010). In 2010 he was a
visiting attorney at Yuasa and Hara, a prestigious Japanese law firm. As a senior attorney he advises multinational companies on
several compliance matters including internal investigations, the interaction of local and foreign anti-corruption regulations (e.g. FCPA,
UKBA, Brazil Clean Companies Act), and the development, implementation and auditing of compliance programs, trainings and due
diligence. He also has experience in anti-money laundering compliance.
He teaches the “Anti-Corruption and AML Compliance” course at Universidad Torcuato Di Tella Law School. He has written several
articles related to his specialty and has lectured both locally and abroad. In 2013 he earned the LPEC certification (Leading
Professional in Ethics and Compliance) from the Ethics and Compliance Officer Association (ECOA).
In addition to his compliance practice, Gustavo also provides advice on corporate law, M&A and complex contracts.
Gustavo L. Morales Oliver,Senior counsel
He is a member of the firm’s executive and investment committees. He is responsible for deal origination and qualification, transaction
structuring, portfolio monitoring and leading the firm’s business development team. Mr. Oehlmann brings 11 years of direct investing
and global private equity experience that includes growth equity, corporate divestitures, operational restructurings and management
buyouts. Prior to joining Skyview Capital, he was head of the Los Angeles office for Evergreen Pacific Partners, the state of
Washington’s largest private equity fund. While at Evergreen, his primary responsibilities included deal origination, negotiating and
structuring transactions and participating in all functions of the investment process. Prior to Evergreen, Mr. Oehlmann spent nearly 6
years at Marlin Equity Partners as a Vice President. While at Marlin, his primary responsibilities included leading the firms business
development and deal qualification efforts, assisting in fundraising and portfolio monitoring. While at Marlin, he was instrumental in
originating the most successful transactions in firm history. Prior to Marlin, Mr. Oehlmann was an Associate within the global business
development group at Platinum Equity, a leading multi-billion dollar private investment firm based in Beverly Hills. Mr. Oehlmann holds
a B.S. degree from the Pennsylvania State University.”
Matthew Oehlmann, Partner, Global Head of Business Development, Skyview Capital
As a senior member of the Strategy and M&A team, he is in charge of managing and executing the M&A projects from identification to
closing, in both the traditional media and the digital media industries. Prior to that, Liao cumulated various experiences in M&A, Equity
research, Audit and accounting.Liao has over 8 years of experiences in M&A and corporate finance. He speaks French, English and
Chinese. He holds a MSc in Management from EM Lyon Business School and a Master in Accounting.
Liao Xue Senior Executive M&A RTL Group
SPEAKER PROFILE
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SPEAKER PROFILE
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Karine Artus has 15 years of experience in Advisory Services : Business Strategies, M&A, Operational Turnaround and Corporate
Development (incl. management of HR impacts of transactions) She manages transactions ranging in size from $0,2m to $650m
from 10 to 75,000 employees in a wide range of cultures and industries delivering significant synergies and benefits. Experienced
in leading large engagement team. She is xperienced in value creation from the improvement of operational performance
in a range of roles for leading Private Equity, Corporate backed shareholders and Banks. Held executive (COO/CRO), line
management and deal focused advisory positions.
Specialties:
Business Development & sales increase
Value creation strategies & execution support
Operational improvement, restructuring, turnarounds & highly distressed situations
Improving the profitability of stable and growing businesses
Optimizing business model, processes, organization, supply chain, product range & margins
Buyouts, operational due diligence, buy-side support, post deal 100 days plans/integrations
Karine Artus, Managing Director, KSA Partners
Jesse Thiel has a background in ‘releasing data’. He started his career at publishing companies before he switched to
telecommunications where he held management positions at Dutch KPN and Vodafone. As a strategy consultant he helped
companies like Nokia and Kodak at the market introduction of their mobile imaging solutions. And before he joined Diligent he held a
management responsibility during the integration of three Dutch cable operators into what is now Ziggo. At Diligent he is responsible
for the development of the Benelux market.
Jesse Thiel, Director Sales & Business Development – Benelux, Diligent
Henk Bijl (1969) is Managing Director at Aon Strategic Advisors & Transaction Solutions (Benelux). After obtaining his law degree
at Erasmus University, he started working for the International Marketing and Steering department at the head office of Gerling
Konzern Allgemeine in Cologne. He worked on the geographical expansion of the company, especially in Asia. Returning to his
roots, he started working for Aon Netherlands as from 1st January 2000, where he is responsible for the development of the
market for Transaction Liability products such as warranty & indemnity insurance. Moreover, he conducts insurance due diligences
for strategic and private equity companies. Henk is also the co-leader of the Aon Transaction Solution Group – EMEA.
Henk Bijl, Managing Director, AON
Neyah specialises in criminal law and financial regulation, with an emphasis on fraud and corporate crime litigation, internal
investigations and compliance advice. He has particular expertise in the field of international sanctions, corruption and anti-money
laundering legislation. He regularly publishes and gives lectures on compliance, investigations and international sanctions. Before
joining Allen & Overy’s litigation department, Neyah worked as a researcher for the department of criminal law and criminology of
the University of Leiden. In 2015 Neyah was seconded to the litigation department of Allen & Overy’s New York office where he
advised on matters regarding securities litigation and corporate investigations.
Neyah van der Aa - Associate - Amsterdam
Simon Fletcher is the Head of Tax Structuring and M&A at Vodafone.
His career started at Deloitte in 1997 qualifying as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser before joining Vodafone as a
Transfer Pricing specialist in 2006. Following a period supporting the Vodafone European businesses, Simon moved to Vodafone
Netherlands in 2010 to lead the local tax team before returning to Vodafone Group in 2012 to focus on structuring and M&A.
Notable projects include
Vodafone’s $130bn disposal of its interest in Verizon Wireless in 2014 and more recently the proposed combinations with Liberty
Global in the Netherlands and Sky TV in New Zealand.”
Simon Fletcher, Head of Tax Structuring and M&A, Vodafone
EVENT ADVISER

She co-leads Ropes & Gray’s London government enforcement team. Amanda has substantial experience representing investors
and companies in assessing international compliance risks in the merger and acquisition context, and developing improved
internal controls and compliance programs to address these risks. Amanda also regularly conducts investigations addressing
corruption, money laundering, and sanctions concerns, often negotiating with regulators to resolve these matters and assisting
with the design and implementation of adequate remediation plans.
Amanda Raad, Partner, Ropes & Gray
Dan Jian is a passionate investment and financial management professional with a proven track record of value creation in
investment, portfolio company performance improvement and exit in the global market.
He thrives in fast-paced environment with changing priorities. He is confident that his humbleness, sense of humor and the
ability to listen to and engage with key stakeholders at all levels would help enhance the team dynamics and contribute to the
continued sucess of his employer and partner organizations. Specialties: global port infrastructure investment, mergers and
acquisitions, negotiations, concession tenders, business strategy, finance/accouting function leadership at CFO level, driving
cost reduction and margin enhancement initiatives, solving complex business problems through data extraction and analysis,
cross-cultural leadership and working with Chinese state-owned companies.
Dan Jian, Director - Strategy and M&A, APM Terminals, Netherlands
Anirvan brings over two decades of transformation and operations experience with a wealth of expertise in organization
transformation, shared services and process excellence in Commercial, Quality, Business Development, Technology, Finance,
IT and Human Resources. He has worked at and advised several Fortune 500 (GE, SONY, DELL, Coca Cola, Gilead Sciences)
and middle-tier companies (Unit4, Epicor, MAF Ventures). His global experience spans from China, South-East Asia, India, US
and EMEA. He runs a boutique advisory and training company, Fifth Chrome that specializes in business transformation and
mergers and integrations in Europe, Middle-east, Africa and Asia.He is a Master Black Belt Lean six sigma.
Anirvan Sen, Founder and Managing Director, Fifth Chrome
Donatus Albrecht has been with AURELIUS since 2006; he is responsible for the Acquisition and Exit Division. He has overseen
a total of more than 60 acquisitions, sales and IPOs and has been member of the Executive Board since 2008. After studying
economics at Ludwig Maximilian University in Munich, Mr. Albrecht worked in the Corporate Development Department of
Deutsche Bahn AG, where he gathered experience in process improvements and strategic restructuring programs. After that,
he moved to finance at Pricap Venture Partners AG (Thomas Matzen Group), a venture capital and private equity firm, where he
worked for six years as an investment manager vested with power of commercial representation under German law (Prokura);
during this time, Mr. Albrecht managed more than 20 transactions, from the initial investment to the IPO stage.
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Donatus Albrecht, Member of the Executive Board, Aurelius AG
Markus Steinke’s more than 25 year experience in the aerospace business covers the full product life cycle. He has managed
research projects, product development & production, sales campaigns and support & services in the civil and military
environment as well as Post Merger Integration in this industry. Having lived and worked in 4 countries (Germany, France,
USA, UK) he enjoyed various different business cultures.Born in August 1965 in Kleve/Germany, he graduated from the
Technical University of Aachen/ Germany with a Diplom degree in Mechanical Engineering, followed by a Master of Science in
Aerospace Engineering from Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta/USA. General Management studies at Cranfield University/
UK, Pisa University/Italy and Harvard Business School Boston/USA complemented his post-graduate education.Markus had
joined the helicopter activities of the Airbus Group in 1991 and has held a number of appointments within the then called
Eurocopter Group. He became Director Regional Business North America in 2000, the Programme Director for the EC135/
EC635 multi-purpose helicopter family in 2003 and Managing Director of Eurocopter UK Ltd in 2008 managing the
take-over of McAlpine Helicopters. Since 2014 Markus holds the positon of Vice President Portfolio Development and
Integration in the Airbus Group Headquarter in Toulouse/France. Markus’s recreational pursuits include playing golf, gardening
and playing the piano. He is married to Claudia and they have 3 daughters.
Markus Steinke, Vice President Portfolio Development & Integration, Airbus
Jean-charles has 25 years of international experiences in Telecommunications and IT industries, started as a Software &
system engineer working for Cap Gemini and then moved to senior business development roles working for Telecom operator
and suppliers. Recently, Jean-charles lead Telecom Outsourcing deals and M&A transactions for Alcatel-lucent and now Nokia.
Jean-charles is graduated from the French engineering school Supelec, and trained in strategy and finance from Insead and
MCE.
Jean-Charles Lezeau, M&A Director, Nokia & Alcatel-Lucent
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Who is passionate in driving his company to solve the M&A pain points of its customers through his unique post-merger
integration experience. His mission is to help customers complete their integration on time and realize value and synergies from
acquisitions made. Dharmendra is an alumni of INSEAD Business School and a senior executive with over 20+ years of diverse
professional experience. As an industry veteran, he comes with deep experience in building the R&D Centre, developing
solutions capabilities within organizations and leading Corporate M&A. In his last role he was globally responsible for driving
Post-Merger Integration for Schneider Electric. In his past role he was General Manager of the R&D center in Bangalore, India
where he was instrumental in building a strong product development practice and solutions capabilities program globally.
Dharmendra is an active investor and has also served on the advisory board of many companies and startups. He has been
guest faculty at several of top B-Schools and has been invited as the speaker at several events and industry forums worldwide.
Dharmendra Singh, Former Global Leader : Corporate M&A -Post-Merger Integration, Schneider Electric
Chief Executive Officer, INTGREA
Giovanni‘s responsibilities include seeking new growth areas, implementing new content sets, moderating and speaking at M&A
events and hiring new talent. Giovanni also oversees the Global Research Team, which includes facilitating the integration of
data within editorial, developing IPO and ECM coverage, advisory submissions and data promotion. Giovanni regularly offers
market insight through television appearances and academic lectures. Previous experience Giovanni joined Mergermarket
in 2001 and has held a number of positions within the company, including Frankfurt Bureau Chief, Italian Correspondent,
telecommunications, leisure and media reporter and research analyst, based in London. Prior to this, he worked with
Commerzbank in Germany. Education and Professional Memberships University of Brescia, degree in Economics Giornalista
Pubblicista enrolled at the Journalist Corporation in Milan.
Giovanni Amodeo, Global Editor in Chief, Mergermarket
After graduating from ELTE School of Law of Budapest, Paul Csiszár studied international comparative law and earned a
second Juris Doctorate at Loyola Law School in the United States. Following his admission to the Bar in 1986 in California he
practiced as a corporate, securities and M&A lawyer in the US and then from 1997 in Central Europe with the international law
firm of Squire Sanders until 2003 when he joined the public sector. Currently Mr Csiszár serves as Director of “Basic Industries,
Manufacturing and Agriculture” at the Directorate General for Competition of the European Commission.
Paul Csiszar,Directorate-General for Competition European Commission
Dr. Marc Pfeffer is Group General Counsel with Kuehne+Nagel since Mai 2014. Before that he advised Kühne Holding AG and
Kühne Stiftung when acquiring Hochgebirgsklinik Davos in the course of a definitive debt restructuring moratorium; he was also
counsel to a multinational M&A- transaction of a PE-boutique to acquire an affiliate of a major Swiss SIX-listed enterprise.
From 2006 through 2012 Mr Pfeffer worked for OC Oerlikon Group as Head of International Legal Affairs and General Counsel
later on. During his occupation with OC Oerlikon more than 20 M&A-transactions were successfully executed in jurisdictions
around the globe. When serving for Deutsche Bahn Group before that as General Counsel of DB Netz AG, Frankfurt a.M. he
participated in the preparation of its foreseen IPO. As Deputy Head of the Antitrust Legal Department he advised on a multitude
of M&A-transactions, including two cases before the Federal High Court of Germany (BGH). Marc Pfeffer worked with the U.S.
Federal Trade Commission (FTC), Washington, D.C. in 1998, i.a. as foreign advisor to the DaimlerChrysler merger, following a
stage at the International Legal Affairs Division of the Federal Cartel Office (Bundeskartellamt) in Berlin. He studied law at the
faculty of law and economics of the University of Saarland, Saarbrücken (UdS) with an emphasis on M&A-, Corporate-, and
Antitrust law and holds an economic analysis of law thesis from UdS (“Interbrand Cartels and Intrabrand Agreements”, 2003).
From 2004 through 2006 he gave lectures on Business Administration and Competition Law at Berlin School of Economics.
Dr. Marc Pfeffer, Group General Counsel Kühne+Nagel International AG
In addition to her HR role Shalini is also responsible for CSR, Culture and BoP business for Philips Lighting globally. Prior
to this Shalini was the CHRO for Schneider Electric Greater India zone and the VP of CSR and BoP. She holds a Doctorate
in Organization Behaviour, and double Masters in Sociology and Human Resource Management. She has an Advanced
Human Resource Certification from Ross School of Business, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. She is an Executive
Coach from Motorola University-Chicago & a Psychometrician from British Psychology Society. In her career spanning
over 26 years, Shalini has participated in and led several Strategic HR Transformation & Change Management Projects
including nine acquisitions, one merger and one IPO and two for major Organization Restructuring . Shalini has an extensive
experience in Executive Assessment, Coaching and Development for CXOs and Senior Management. She has a unique blend
of Social psychology and process orientation with her certified as a Six Sigma black belt. Shalini has authored many articles
and presented at various Indian and International Conferences in the area of HR transformation, Leadership, Diversity and
CSR. She is passionate about developing people, women issues and giving back to society.
Dr. Shalini Sarin, SVP HR BG Professional, CSR & BoP Leader, Philips Lighting
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