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The Agile Gorilla

The Agile Gorilla

Hosted by The Agile Gorilla

Episodes

19

Latest episode

Mar 2026

Language

EN

About the show

A behind-the-scenes look at the world of Mergers & Acquisitions from the collective behind The Agile Gorilla.

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March 2, 2026

#19 Healthy Money by Alastair Campbell

See our website for more information on The Agile Gorilla: https://theagilegorilla.com.For more about Alastair Campbell and Healthy Money see: https://www.wiley.com/Healthy+Money%3A+Building+the+Bank+of+the+Future+Around+Financial+Health%2C+Data+Networks+and+Ecosystems-p-9781394389957

August 30, 2024

#18 The challenges of serial acquisition

See our website for more information on The Agile Gorilla: https://theagilegorilla.com.For more about Ian Wakeford see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cazemierconsulting/.

May 6, 2024

#17 Designing an organisation and leadership team

See our website for more information on The Agile Gorilla: https://theagilegorilla.com.For more about Marijke Cazemier see: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cazemierconsulting/.

February 9, 2024

#16 Helping founders exit through M&A

See our website for more information on The Agile Gorilla: https://theagilegorilla.com.For more about Joe Hine & SI Partners Global, see: https://www.sipartnersglobal.com.

December 30, 2023

#15 The world of M&A in 2023

For more background information on The Agile Gorilla collective, please visit our website https://theagilegorilla.com/

October 20, 2023

#14 Customer experience and deals

David Cox’s profile can be found here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-cox-849a6a11/For more about The Agile Gorilla collective and the usual suspects, see our website: https://theagilegorilla.com/

October 6, 2023

#13 The mother of all disruptions

Climate change and the decarbonisation of transportation and industry are having a profound impact on fossil fuel companies. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about how this affects M&A both in terms of strategic thinking and the successful delivery of deals.

September 15, 2023

#12 Style vs substance at EssilorLuxottica

The merger of Essilor and Luxottica in 2018 was the combination of French and Italian champions in lenses and frames. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the merger, evaluate success given hindsight, and how the Italian-side Leonardo Del Vecchio prevailed in a fight for control.

July 20, 2023

#11 Recommended reading

Text books on M&A tend to be dry and, in our view, a little ‘out of date’. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the books they would recommend to a CEO undertaking his/her first deal. What book(s) would you give them to read this summer on the beach?….

June 22, 2023

#10 A merger of convenience

The merger of law firms Allen & Overy from the UK and Shearman & Sterling from the US in a $3.4bn deal will not be easy to complete or deliver. Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the challenges of merging professional services firms, especially those with a large number of partners. We talk about what the benefits of the deal look like, and how to achieve them.

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