The Art of Executing Programmatic M&A

Published: July 8, 2024, 5 a.m.

Wolfgang Schenk, VP of M&A at Belden

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Opportunistic M&A can lead to bad acquisitions that don\u2019t align with the company\u2019s overall strategic goals. This creates a disjointed portfolio and integration challenges that could cause massive value leaks.\xa0

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In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, Wolfgang Schenk, VP of M&A at Belden, discusses the art of executing programmatic M&A to increase chances of M&A success.

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Things you will learn in this episode:

\u2022 Benefits of programmatic M&A

\u2022 Required team for programmatic M&A

\u2022 Collaborating with the M&A team

\u2022 Transitioning to programmatic M&A

\u2022 Achieving team alignment

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Episode Timestamps

00:00 Intro
05:57 Programmatic M&A
10:32 Benefits of programmatic M&A
12:39 Formulating the strategy
15:32 Challenging the strategy
16:24 Required team for programmatic M&A
18:37 Collaborating with the M&A team
24:02 Transitioning to programmatic M&A
26:08 Achieving team alignment
28:23 Success metrics in programmatic M&A
31:32 Pitching deals to executive
32:23 The hardest part of doing programmatic M&A
33:18 AI in M&A
40:45 Craziest thing in M&A