Transforming Existing Staff into M&A Experts with Birgitta Elfversson

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Transforming Existing Staff into M&A Experts

In the dynamic world of mergers and acquisitions (M&A), creating an effective team is crucial for success. This process can be complex and demanding, but also immensely rewarding. After all, having an internal team means having the capability of acquiring companies in the future, rather than treating M&A as one-time event. In this episode, Birgitta Elfversson, Non-Executive Director at Netlight, shares her experience in transforming existing staff into M&A experts.

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Birgitta Elfversson, Non-Executive Director at Netlight

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In this article, Birgitta Elfversson, Non-Executive Director at Netlight, shares her experience in transforming existing staff into M&A experts.

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Things you will learn from this episode:

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Shaping the M&A strategy
Building an M&A team
Scaling the M&A Team
Recruiting competent people
Managing burnout

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Birgitta Elfversson

Birgitta brings an operator + governance lens to roll-ups and buy-and-build platforms. She has worked as a strategist at McKinsey and as an operator at Unilever, then helped build and execute a buy-and-build strategy that involved acquiring and combining multiple companies. She now invests through a family office and holds board roles, bringing an “investment committee” decision discipline to M&A and portfolio strategy.

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