Why is M&A Integration so Hard?

James Timothy Payne, Principal Consultant at Merger Integration Consulting, LLC and Galina Wolinetz, former Managing Director at Virtas Partners

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"The biggest problem is the lack of continuity between the corporate development team and the integration team." - Galina Wolinetz

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In this episode, James Timothy Payne, JD, MBA Principal Consultant at Merger Integration Consulting, LLC, and Galina Wolinetz, Managing Director at Virtas Partners M&A Integration | Separations, talk about why integration is so hard.

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Galina and James discuss what makes integration difficult, ensuring success during integration, and the necessary tools to make your deals more efficient.

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James Payne

James Payne is a highly accomplished and results-oriented 𝐒𝐞𝐧𝐢𝐨𝐫 𝐌&𝐀 𝐄𝐱𝐞𝐜𝐮𝐭𝐢𝐯𝐞 and top corporate officer

He has over 15 years of experience in M&A, due diligence execution, and post-acquisition integration and divestiture operations. He also participated in over 50 M&A deals and completed 25 acquisition integrations and 13 divestitures.

Galina Wolinetz

Galina Wolinetz is the Managing Director at Virtas Partners. She is a multifaceted Senior Executive with 25 years of industry experience in execution of corporate strategic growth initiatives through mergers, acquisitions and other business combinations, from portfolio strategy development to post-merger integration.

She is an Executive Program Leader with demonstrated strong management, planning and organizational skills with ability to solve complex issues in a fast-paced and dynamic environment. Post-merger integration program leadership of $18B+ acquisition generating near $1B in synergies.