About.

Our vision is to become the foremost partner for the people side of every M&A transaction, leading the way in providing exceptional talent solutions and strategic HR support. We aspire to be the top-of-mind choice for organizations seeking seamless and successful mergers and acquisitions, where our commitment to people, innovation, and excellence transforms every due diligence and integration into an opportunity for growth and prosperity.

Offerings.

We focus on the people side of the M&A deal lifecycle. We bring over 25 years of combined HR M&A knowledge, leadership and expertise to bring agility and best-in-class support for deal work to maximize deal value.

 

  • Partner with clients to plan and deliver the “nuts and bolts” for HR due diligence and integration/ separation through the following:

    Nuts & Bolts:

    1. HR M&A PMO & Program Management

    2. HR Due Diligence Plan

    3. HR Integration or Separation Plan

    4. Change Management & Comms

    5. Close and Post Close Plan

  • Partner with clients to build internal HR M&A capability for deal readiness

    Coach clients intending to sell or carve out the business for HR processes and systems readiness

    Capability & Readiness:

    1. Information Gathering

    2. Analysis & Assessment

    3. Recommendations

    4. Execution

  • Partner with clients to develop and build critical documentation, templates and reports necessary for HR deal planning, transaction execution and integration/separation execution

    Tools:

    1. HR M&A / COE Playbook

    2. Stakeholder Plan Template

    3. Sample HR DD Request List

    4. Communications Plan Template

    5. Sample On-Site Agenda

    6. HR Status Update Slide

    7. HR M&A Immersion Deck

    8. HR M&A Workplan (Project Plan, RACI, Checklists, etc.)

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Team.

Lynette Buitt

  • Highly experienced HR M&A and Change Enablement consultant with diverse industry experience in the delivery of well- planned and executed HR due diligence and HR integrations. Exceptional project management skills, analytical thinking, and creative problem-solving. Skilled in gaining stakeholder buy-in through the deployment of familiar change tactics, procedures, and language for heightened comfort and engagement toward project success.

Anthony Cuaresma

  • A multi-disciplinary consultant that has provided end-to-end M&A leadership and execution. Expertise includes integration planning and execution, organizational design and alignment and due diligence. Anthony brings agility, influence, collaboration, scalability, and simplicity to the highly dynamic M&A process by drawing from his unique combination of leadership and experience in M&A integration, Finance, Ops, Corporate Strategy, Human Resources, and Data Analytics.

 

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