Join Europe’s largest in-house M&A Integration Forum (focusing on the entire M&A and Divestment deal cycle), this October 7-8th in Amsterdam.
120+ attendees venue: NH Barbizon (inside St. Olaf’s Chapel) See highlights from the 2025 event here: (same location this year)
Guest Speakers: (View Full Agenda) (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)
James Harris, Principal Integration Manager, Google
Mona Qaddoum, Head of HR M&A, Grundfos
Bjoern Leschny, VP of Mergers and Acquisitions Integration Global, Novo Nordisk
Anna Reva, Head of M&A Integration, IKEA Group (Ingka Investments)
Caroline Bilbrough, Director of Post-Acquisition, IBM Consulting Ventures, Ecosystems & Acquisitions, IBM
Massimo Malizia, Director Corporate Development Integration, Cisco Systems
Hollie Jones, Director, Integration Design & Governance, Ricoh Europe
Peter Wallace, Senior Manager, Merger Integration Programmes, Ricoh Europe
Christian Heydrich-Ziyarifar, Senior Project Manager - M&A Integration, Delivery Hero
Americo Fernandez, M&A Deal Integration Program Manager, AkzoNobel
Kinda Dalla, Director Corporate Development Integration, Vinted
Bernard Gudowski, Head of Post Merger Integration and Separation, Six Group
Gordon Thompson, VP Corporate Development & Partnerships, E.ON
Jana Mercereau, Head of M&A for Europe, WTW
Staci van Schagen-Toback, Head of PMI Excellence, ZEISS
Kristian Luoma, Co-founder, In Parallel
Sven Mengering, Director M&A Integration, Roche
Nico De Pauw, Associate Director for M&A Integration, Amadeus IT Group
Mark Jacob, Manager, Mergers & Acquisitions, KARL STORZ
Alistair Stephen, Senior Director Integration, Equinix
Matthijs Diepenhorst, M&A Integration and Disentanglement Program Director, Philips
Raad Sharief, HR Policy Specialist, Aramco
Adam Tarpey, Senior Organization & Management Advisor, Aramco
Gerard Taboada, Manager, Corporate Development Integration, Vinted
Matthias Wiltschek, Head of Post-Merger Integration, RHI Magnesita
Simon Kjær, PMI Project Director, Novo Nordisk
Key Topics: (View Full Agenda) (View Speaker Bios) (Download Agenda)
Akzo Nobel Case Study of our Separation of AkzoNobel India
Amadeus Tailoring Integration and Target Models of very Diverse Deals: the Role of a Centralised IMO in a Divisionalised Corporation
Aramco Role of HR in Corporate Development: Through the Aramco Lens
Cisco Increasing the Speed of the M&A Integration Lifecycle
Delivery Hero How a Digital-First global company set up a Central M&A Integration function
Equinix Managing your M&A Team in Light of the Impact of AI
Google Managing Integration Planning through Long Regulatory Reviews
Grundfos The Human Side of M&A – When Strategy Meets Human Reality
IBM Learning How to Deliver Integration & Business Results Faster
IKEA Group How can M&A Integration Influences the CEO and Senior Management of a Target
Novo Nordisk Case Study: Novo Nordisk’s Acquisition & Integration Journey in Pharmaceutical Manufacturing
Philips Preparing for Serial Divestments & IT Carve outs
RHI Magnesita How our Company went from No PMI Team to a Central PMI Function
Ricoh Europe From Standalone to Integration: Building & Embedding Integration into Ricoh Europe M&A Programmes
Roche's Journey to Build a Centralized M&A Integration Capability
Vinted Building an Integration Capability in a Digital-First Company
Zeiss Saving an Integration Gone Wrong
Lead Sponsor and Chair:
At WTW, we provide data-driven, insight-led solutions in the areas of people, risk and capital. Leveraging the global view and local expertise of our colleagues serving 140 countries and markets, we help organizations sharpen their strategy, enhance organizational resilience, motivate their workforce and maximize performance.
Working shoulder to shoulder with our clients, we uncover opportunities for sustainable success—and provide perspective that moves you.
Learn more at https wtwco.com/en-nl
Event Sponsors:
BTD is founded on the simple principle that more value can be realised from our client’s acquisitions. We are a global boutique firm with 20+ years serving clients across a variety of industries and geographies. Our support and tools are tailored to equip leaders to identify and deliver deal objectives, minimise risk and reduce business disruption. Partnership with BTD begins pre-deal and produces an ability to deliver and track inorganic growth success, which becomes a core capability and differentiator.
In Parallel empowers enterprises and people to do the right things right. Our Intelligent Management System automates monitoring, reporting, and planning. The result is better management, better execution, and a more resilient org.
This year’s event is held in St. Olaf’s Chapel, constructed in 1440