M&A Conference 2023 - San Francisco | Transaction Advisors Institute | 15 March 2023 | Wharton San Francisco, 2 Harrison St floor 6, San Francisco, CA 94105, USA

This prestigious annual conference assembles corporate development leaders, in-house M&A counsel, board members, and private equity investors to discuss current challenges impacting complex transactions and learn about innovative methods to improve deal performance.

The cross-disciplinary agenda draws on experienced M&A professionals from various industries and regions to share first-hand experiences, best practices, and recommendations for navigating deals through both internal and external challenges.

2023 Speakers

CHAIRS:

Sergio Letelier
Head of Corporate Development, Hewlett Packard Enterprise

Chris Lee
Senior Managing Director, FTI Consulting

Ben Beerle
Partner, M&A, Cooley

Michael Dorf
Partner, M&A Practice, Shearman & Sterling

Aaron Chaum
Senior Principal, M&A Advisory Services, Mercer

Jamillia Ferris
Partner, Antitrust and Competition, Freshfields

Gregg Albert
Managing Director - Mergers & Acquisitions, Accenture Strategy

Joseph Halloum
M&A Partner, Freshfields

Dana Hughes
Partner and Associate Director, Transactions and Integration, BCG

William Jefferson Black
Chair of the M&A Conference Series, Transaction Advisors Institute

SPEAKERS:

William Jefferson Black
Chair of the M&A Conference Series, Transaction Advisors Institute

Scott Callard
Vice President, Corporate Development, American Express

Margaret Coyle
Executive Vice President M&A Strategic Operations, Corporate Development, Salesforce

Kevin Hutchins
Senior Vice President, Strategy & Product Management, Juniper Networks

Nic Volpi
Investment Partner, Permira Advisers

Christina Lema
Managing Director and General Counsel, Vista Equity Partners

Michael Guo
Managing Director, TPG, General Counsel, TPG Tech Adjacencies

Benet O'Reilly
M&A Partner, Cleary Gottlieb

Resham Mehta
Vice President, Head of Corporate Development & Ventures, Alteryx

Randy Tinsley
Vice President of Strategy & Corporate Development, Synopsys

Jeff Hennig
Vice President, Corporate Development, AMD

Ben Orthlieb
Vice President, Corporate Development, LinkedIn

Sarah Hughes
Head of Corporate Development, Atlassian

Jeff White
Managing Partner, Skyview Capital

Marc J. Parilla
Executive Director - M&A Escrow & Paying Agent Services, J.P. Morgan Chase

Christopher McVety
Vice President Legal, Enova International

Jason Babb
Senior Vice President, Corporate Business Development M&A, Oshkosh Corporation

Tim McBride
Vice President, M&A, Workday

Gundeep Kaur
Director of Corporate Development, Intuit

Grant Olsen
Vice President, Corporate Development, Business Development & Ventures, ResMed

Michael Lawrence
Senior Competition Counsel, Google

Nadezhda Nikonova
Senior Corporate Counsel - Antitrust, Oracle

David Altschuler
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Competition/Antitrust, Salesforce

Greg Psihas
Senior Vice President, Global Corporate Development & Ventures, Visa

Barnaby Gibson
Senior Director, Legal - M&A, ServiceNow

Massimo Malizia
Director Corporate Development Integration, Cisco Systems

Jonas Marson
Senior Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Strategic Transactions, Salesforce

James Wallace
Executive Director and Associate General Counsel, M&A, Raytheon Technologies

Bijal Shah
Vice President and Associate General Counsel, Avery Dennison

Brian Whitlock
Head of Integration Management, Acquisition & Venture Success Practice Engagement, Microsoft Corporation

Karen Cecilio
VP Diligence & Integration, Corporate Development/M&A, Cetera Financial Group

Ashley Rice
Director, HR M&A, Cisco Systems

Todd Manley
Vice President, M&A Integration, Intel Corporation

Jann Lau
Head of Corporate Development, Block

Pat Belotti
Vice President, Corporate Development Integration, Zendesk

Oliver Vivell
Vice President, Corporate Development, SAP