Kevin Barnes is a board director, strategic advisor, and former Senior Vice President of Corporate Development at Premier Inc. He has 25+ years of experience across healthcare, corporate development, governance, financing, and M&A, including leading 19 acquisitions and investments, an $800M divestiture, and work tied to Premier’s $870M IPO. He is currently advising companies including Meridian Performance Systems on growth, value creation, and strategic opportunities.
Standing up a corporate development function from scratch is a challenging, yet exciting task. And one of the pillars of a successful M&A function is a solid team who can effectively run deals. In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Kevin Barnes, Senior Vice President, Corporate Development at Premier, discusses how to create an M&A team structure