Our Presenters

Donna Brighton serves as a Senior Advisor with M&A Partners and is the founder and President of the Brighton Leadership Group. Donna is a business leader that specializes in getting results for her clients through change management.

Tony has over 15 years of experience providing financial due diligence and transaction advisory services. He has worked on over 300 transactions ranging in size from $5 million to $40 billion and has assisted buyers and sellers that include private equity, public and private companies focused on transactional quality of earnings, cash flows and working capital. 

Josh is a Senior Partner with over 20 years of helping companies maximize the economics of their businesses.  He has lived and worked around the world and with industry leaders (e.g. AT&T, GE, Credit Suisse, BMW, Target, Roche, Emerson, Apollo, UPS) to sharpen corporate purpose, re-shape operating portfolios, shape internal cultures and build compelling, cohesive and technology-supported brand ecosystems.

Dave provides HR corporate transaction consulting advice and has extensive experience with all deal stages from pre-deal strategic planning, through due diligence, to do-by-close and post-acquisition integration.

Kelly Karger is a Senior Mergers & Acquisitions Consultant with Willis Towers Watson based in the Minneapolis office. 

Jocelyn Lammoglia is a Director within Willis Towers Watson’s M&A Practice, heavily involved in supporting and developing M&A initiatives in Latin America, as well as supporting M&A cross-border assignments.

Michael Murray, a principal with M&A Partners, is an experienced executive with an extensive background in operations management, process development, organizational development/change, and merger integration.  

Wendy Parkes has over 30-years’ experience as an HR Professional in the U.S., Canada, Europe and Asia in the financial services industry.  Wendy’s passion lies with Global M&A where she has been instrumental in leading the HR side of numerous deals through due diligence, planning, integration, and optimization efforts.

James is an M&A Consultant within the Global Services and Solutions (GSS) Group based in New York. He focuses on providing solutions, guidance and advice to US Multinationals companies on a variety of International Merger and Acquisition projects, with a focus on due diligence and integration project management roles.

Based in Chicago, Duncan is a Senior Director in Willis Towers Watson's  M&A group with 25 years of M&A and international consulting experience. Duncan provides HR M&A consulting advice to a wide range of corporate and private equity firms and has extensive experience of all deal stages from pre-deal strategic planning, through due diligence, to do-by-close and post-acquisition integration.

Gregory A. Stowe is a director in the Dallas office of BDO Consulting, supporting the Valuation & Business Analytics practice. He has more than 15 years of experience valuing businesses and other business assets. He provides valuations and financial advisory services for acquisitions, divestitures, fairness opinions, pre-transaction and valuation analysis.