M&A Dealmakers Forum

ONDEMAND ACCESS

Available until May 23, 2022

Where This Wild M&A Market Is Headed Next

After Covid slammed the breaks on 2020 M&A activity, 2021 proved to be a blockbuster time for dealmaking. Vast caches of PE dry powder, historically low interest rates and the SPAC revolution fueled the fever — but with inflation on the rise, will it last? And how can you best take advantage? An expert on middle-market dealmaking will walk you through the outlook for the year ahead to help you make the most of this time. Gain strategies, tips and insights to help you navigate—and prosper—in this time of exceptional risk and opportunity.

Speaker

  • Patrick McCurdy, Partner, McKinsey & Company

What Buyers Want: Lessons Learned from a Serial Dealmaker

Henry Schein, Inc. is the world’s largest provider of health care solutions to office-based dental and medical practitioners, with operations or affiliates in 32 countries and territories and nearly 22,000 employees worldwide. The Company’s net sales reached $12.4 billion in 2021, and have grown at a compound annual rate of approximately 12.5 percent since Henry Schein became a public company in 1995. In this Chief Executive exclusive, the executive who’s quarterbacked Henry Schein’s dealbook for decades opens his playbook to give you a glimpse of how they’ve pulled of this incredible string of successes. From sizing up opportunities to allocating capital to due diligence to integration, he’ll give you hard-won insights to make you and your team smarter and savvier to build maximum value with minimum disruption and risk.

Speaker

  • Mark Mlotek, EVP, Chief Strategic Officer and Board Member, Henry Schein, Inc.

Art or Science? Veteran Dealmakers Share Their M&A Wisdom

Part art, part science, there are fundamental elements that drive successful M&A outcomes. We’ll sit down with a panel of seasoned executives who have sat on both sides of the deal to share their hard-earned lessons on deal negotiations and increasing bargaining powers, bridging the price expectation gap, the keys to post-deal integration success, getting both teams aligned (quickly) and more. Gain invaluable insights to help you develop, steward, and close deals that benefit everyone involved.

Speakers

  • Amanda Duguay, Director of Finance, Zebra Technologies; Former CFO, Profitect
  • Jeff Kaczperski, President, Omega Plastics
  • Bryan Morris, Chief Financial Officer, Demandbase
  • Phil Spencer, Chief Executive Officer, Mega-Broadband Investments
Roundtable

Strategic Planning Workshop

1:00 - 5:00 pm

We are in a period of rapid change. Customer needs, technologies, competitors and internal capabilities require companies to review and update their strategies for the new realities. In this workshop, strategy experts Steve Rutan and Denise Harrison will show you a systematic approach to strategic planning to help you refine or redefine your business strategy and approach including:

  • Learn what you need to know to develop an effective strategic plan. Put the right players on the strategic planning team.
  • Develop strategies that leverage your company’s unique position in the marketplace. Lift your management team beyond “business as usual” thought processes and activities.
  • Translate your strategies into action. Achieve your vision for success and generate superior financial results.
  • Identify exactly what you need to do now to position your company for future success.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $695 will be added to your total.

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Women in Leadership Seminar and Peer Discussion

2:00 - 5:00 pm

Female leaders face the same issues all leaders do, but they often face additional challenges too. In this peer session, we will facilitate a discussion of best practices and how to overcome common barriers to help women leaders be more effective within and outside their organizations. 

Limited space available.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $495 will be added to your total.

Golf Outing

10:30 - 5:00 pm
General’s Retreat at Hermitage Golf Course
Sponsored by UBS

General’s Retreat, built in 1986 with architect Gary Roger Baird, has been voted the “Best Golf Course in Nashville” and is a “must play” when visiting the Nashville, Tennessee area. With the beautiful setting along the Cumberland River, golfers of all capabilities will thoroughly enjoy the golf, scenery and hospitality.

The golf outing fee includes transportation to and from the hotel, greens/cart fees, use of practice facilities, and boxed lunch. The bus will leave the hotel at 10:30 am for a noon shotgun start and return to the hotel after the cocktail reception following the completion of the round.

To sign up, select this option in your registration form. Additional fee of $295 will be added to your total.