As DMGT’s Group Head Corporate Development and M&A, Erik is responsible for acquisitions across the DMGT portfolio companies. In his role, Erik works with the leadership of DMGT and its operating businesses to help evaluate new growth opportunities and assist in the execution of acquisitions. Prior to DMGT, he held a number of business development and strategy roles including; Senior Director, Strategy and M&A at Lexis Nexis, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at PRIMEDIA and Consultant at Marakon Associates, a strategy management consulting firm. Erik resides in New York City.

Anurag Mehta is the Strategic Transactions Lead for Johnson & Johnson’s Consumer Health business. In this role, Anurag leads acquisitions, equity investments and other strategic transactions across various franchises within J&J Consumer Health. Anurag has been involved in a number of key Consumer acquisitions at J&J including Dr.Ci:Labo and OGX. Prior to that, Anurag spent a decade in the Mergers & Acquisitions Department within the Investment Banking Division of Credit Suisse in New York, where he advised on over $60 billion of acquisitions, divestitures, JVs, corporate restructurings and takeover defense transactions. Anurag started his career in Product Development at Oracle Corp in California, designing and developing supply chain planning algorithms. Anurag holds an MBA from the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, an MS in Operations Research from the University of Florida, and a B.Tech. in Mechanical Engineering from the Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi.

Tom Terrarosa is a senior editor covering the energy and industrial sectors, focusing on middle-market M&A and private equity. Tom also produces the M&A Tipsheet and Middle Market Insider weekly newsletters and manages the Auctions and M&A Opportunities databases. Tom was previously a digital producer with Gannett Co., where he edited and optimized content for the company’s six New Jersey newspapers and five websites. He also has worked as a local news reporter, copy editor and photographer with The Dominion Post in Morgantown, W.Va.