Our Presenters

Mary Chico is a Director within Willis Towers Watson’s M&A practice.  Mary focuses her consulting on leading complex global M&A, joint venture, divestiture and spin-off transactions.  She has extensive experience in talent retention, culture and integration effectiveness.

Ellen Federman is a member of Willis Towers Watson’s Global M&A Practice and is the M&A lead for the East Division of the U.S.  Ellen focuses on business and HR strategy and complex project management.

Jim Jeffries is Chairman at M&A Leadership Council.  Jim spent twenty-five years leading national and international consulting companies, private equity and M&A.

Dean Kepraios, Willis Towers Watson’s M&A champion for Texas, has 26 years of consulting experience with multinational organizations, he has presented on a variety of human resources-related topics, and has worked with a variety of clients from a range of industries.

Mike has more than thirty years of brand and growth strategy experience, combining strategy consulting and industry marketing management. Mike is responsible for integrating our business platforms (Brand & Activation, Marketing & Sales, Experience & Innovation, and Organization & Culture) for clients. He has significant experience in brand portfolio and architecture and in developing growth strategies.

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.