Kirti Gavri is SVP, Head of Corporate Development at Thrive, where she leads inorganic growth strategy across deal sourcing, evaluation, execution, and integration. She has 16+ years of global corporate development and strategy experience across the US, Europe, and India, with prior leadership roles at Milestone Technologies and Wizeline. She has also appeared on M&A Science to discuss how strategic buyers can run accelerated deal processes, manage red flags, speed up business cases, and compete against PE firms.
Auction processes in M&A are very challenging for strategic buyers, and corporate development teams need more than a compelling offer to compete in an auction. In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Kirti Gavri, former Head of Corporate Development for Wizeline, discusses how to run an accelerated deal process.