I am an experienced leader of mergers & acquisitions (M&A), strategy, new market entry and corporate development programs. I help organizations – big or small; evolving or aging – to develop, to grow and to successfully navigate complexity, change and riskI draw on a broad professional work history in global energy, built environment and professional services businesses covering strategy, acquisitions & divestitures, integration, corporate development, joint ventures, corporate law, ethics & compliance, commercial contracts, corporate treasury, corporate governance, leadership alignment and organizational development (team effectiveness, leadership alignment etc)Key Skills: Strategic Planning | M&A Program Planning & Execution | Advising Executive-level Mgmt. | Leadership | Corporate Development | Risk Analysis & Mitigation Planning | Growth Analysis-Synergy Mapping-Financial Modeling | Integration | Change Management | Project/Program Management | Negotiation | Due Diligence | Team Development & Effectiveness | Legal Advice (corporate and commercial)Key achievements:- Developed an end-to-end corporate acquisition program that evaluated >100 target companies and resulted in more than a dozen offers being made over a ~2.5 year period- Led the pursuit and acquisition of companies that delivered ~$50m in sustainable revenue. Supported the pursuit, acquisition and integration of numerous other acquisitions that together contributed more than $300m in annual sustainable revenue - Created the first centralized M&A, strategic planning and market analysis team for Wood in North America and led a cost reduction initiative that reduced overall team costs by more 25% - Led a multiyear, group-wide compliance project that resulted in the successful exit from an administrative agreement with the US EPA and Dept of Interior- Designed and implemented a project that reduced the risk from the use of commercial intermediaries. The project resulted in a significant reduction in the overall number of commercial intermediaries (from ~170 to ~65) and greatly increased compliance with risk management policy (to over 90% from less than 50%)- Designed and implemented the first enterprise-wide fraud risk management process at Wood. In-sourced risk assessment activities saving more than $100k- In June 2020, appointed as a Beachhead advisor to NZTE's North America advisor programI have extensive international experience and worked in the US, UK, Australia, New Zealand, China and HungaryI hold advisor credentials from the Association of M&A Advisors.