The Agile Gorilla

Following a rare acquisition of a Mittelstand company by a foreign buyer, Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, David Boyd and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective talk about the “Mittelstand” grouping of companies in Germany. How they differ in leadership and governance from typical companies in the Western hemisphere, and what that means for M&A.

Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and Paul Siegenthaler from The Agile Gorilla collective, talk about the wave of mergers hitting the banking sector, and how we have learned or evolved from previous banking crashes.

Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective, talk about the challenges of integrating two firms long after the acquisition has completed. In the news recently has been Google’s integration of the DeepMind acquisition into their internal “Google Brain” team. The team ask what are the challenges, and how do you deal with them?

Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande, Paul Siegenthaler and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective, talk about the separation of Worldpay from FIS (so soon after the acquisition), and the latest news from the EY separation.

Ben de Haldevang, Abhay Pande and David Boyd from The Agile Gorilla collective, talk about the continued growth of Broadcom through acquisition and where that might lead.

A conversation with the team behind The Agile Gorilla in February 2023 on the separation of EY consulting from audit.

A conversation with the team behind The Agile Gorilla in January 2023 on an article in the FT comparing large and small deals.

A conversation with the team behind The Agile Gorilla in March 2022 led to a discussion on how integration can be about minimising harm, or just being diplomatic…

A conversation with the team behind The Agile Gorilla in March 2022 led to a discussion on how post-deal things turn out differently than expected…