People: December 2004

Posted on December 15, 2004 at 2:45 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Corporate Strategy | Cover Story | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , Best Buy , Bradbury Anderson , corporate development , Darren Jackson , George Lopuch , Kal Patel , Richard Schulze , Ryan Robinson

The giant consumer electronics retailer is thriving, but it can't afford to stand pat--especially in the way it runs finance, strategy and corporate development.  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 2:20 PM
Filed under: Integration | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: ADP , Automatic Data Processing , corporate development , deals , Harry Durity , M&A , PMI

Like many corporate dealmakers, Harry Durity isn't directly responsible for what happens post-deal - but he sure has a big stake in making deals successful.  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 2:00 PM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Information Technology | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: CIO , HSBC , information technology , integration , Ken Harvey , merge , technology

Imagine the information technology issues that arise when two giant banks merge. Each has a huge IT infrastructure, created over many years to serve millions of customers and operate the institution's complex financial plumbing. Melding the two must be a major technical challenge, right? Actually, no. "It's not a...  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 11:48 AM
Filed under: Job Description | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: books , deals , job description , John Wiley & Sons , Timothy King

Quietly, steadily, Tim King has done the deals that have kept the 197-year-old publisher more than up to date.  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 10:13 AM
Filed under: Acquisitions | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: movers , Olivier Jacquesson , pharma , Sanofi-Aventis

One of the year's major mergers was officially consummated in August, and the first big development was the naming of a new head of business development. Olivier Jacquesson now has that job at Sanofi-Aventis, serving on the management committee and reporting to CEO Jean-François Dehecq. The manner of Jacquesson's...  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 10:05 AM
Filed under: Integration | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: Alcan , movers , Rhod Harries

Rhod Harries was ready to move to South Korea last spring when a recruiter called with a different idea. The upshot is that instead of becoming CFO at GM-Daewoo, the former assistant treasurer for General Motors Corp. joined Alcan Inc., the world's second-largest aluminum company, in August as vice...  Continue reading

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Posted on December 15, 2004 at 9:54 AM
Filed under: Integration | Nov.-Dec. 2004 | People | The Magazine
Tagged: acquisitions , Anne Madden , Association for Corporate Growth , business development , Honeywell , integration , PMI

Heard the one about the division president who put his secretary in charge of integrating an acquisition? You would have if you'd been at the New Jersey Association for Corporate Growth meeting last month. The speaker was Anne Madden, vice president for corporate planning and development at Honeywell International...  Continue reading

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