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How to Build Better Deals: Sourcing and Integration with John Romeo

Category: Business
Duration: 00:56:29
Publish Date: 2025-05-26 19:29:00
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John Romeo, CEO of the Oliver Wyman Forum and Head of M&A at Oliver Wyman

We sit down with John Romeo to explore Oliver Wyman’s disciplined, strategic approach to M&A. Romeo shares how his team sources deals through a bespoke pipeline, aligns incentives with founder-led businesses, and plans integrations that prioritize people and long-term value creation. From cultural diligence to pricing discipline, this episode reveals what it really takes to execute successful deals in a high-touch, people-driven industry.

What You’ll Learn:
  • How to build and manage a bespoke M&A pipeline

  • The difference between banker-led and buyer-led deal processes

  • What cultural alignment looks like in professional services deals

  • How to structure integration and retention plans to protect long-term value

______________________ This episode is sponsored by DealRoom! Turn your chaos into control. Tired of chasing updates across spreadsheets and email threads? Discover how DealRoom helps corporate development teams bring order to M&A.

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