Michael Speglic has over 20 years experience in the Australian telecommunications industry across a variety of roles, including 5 years in a Senior Executive role for ASX 200 listed M2 Group (ASX:MTU).As Commercial Director and a member of the M2 Executive, Michael was a key contributor to M2's success through the period of growth that saw M2 scale from $70m in annualised revenue up to $1bn within a 5 year period. Michael was the Commercial Due Diligence Lead on 11 acquisitions including, but not limited to, Dodo, Primus, Commander and People Telecom, and additionally, was the overall Due Diligence lead on 2 acquisitions.Michael was accountable for leading the realisation of synergy benefits from acquisitions, delivering successful outcomes such as identifying and implementing in excess of $22m of annualised and recurring savings from the Primus acquisition within the first year of ownership. The success of the synergy realisation from these acquisitions was a large part of the core competencies that allowed M2 to perform so many successful acquisitions within such a short period of time. Michael was also accountable for managing an annualised cost portfolio in excess of $400m, often delivering in excess of 10% buying improvement on M2's core telecommunications spend through successful contractual reviews and negotiations. Michael has extensive experience in relationship management and negotiation of key outcomes that deliver a competitive advantage.Specialities:Supplier management including negotiation of terms, pricing and strategic outcomesStrategy development and executionContract review and implementationEvaluation, Review and Due Diligence of M&A opportunitiesM&A integration of acquired businesses including realisation of synergy benefitsModelling and analysis of strategic pricingBilling OperationsBoard and 'C' level presentation and negotiating skillsDeep knowledge of the Australian Telecommunications marketPassionate and energetic leader