Exclusively for Corporate M&A Professionals
M&A Forum Houston
APRIL 2, 2026 | HOSTED AT HEWLETT PACKARD ENTERPRISE
This highly interactive M&A Forum gathers corporate deal teams to consider challenges impacting complex transactions and explore techniques for refining the M&A process and transaction performance.
- Strengthen the structural foundation of the deal team
- Develop integrated deal points to strengthen connections
- Eliminate process volatility through collaborative insight
- Capture line of sight on emerging practices
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 | 3:30 - 4:00
Welcome & Networking
As participants arrive ahead of the M&A Forum, corporate M&A teams begin informally exchanging perspectives on current deal activity and recent transaction experience.
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 | 4:00 - 5:45
Key Challenges and Innovation in the M&A Process
- Developing key steps in the target identification and development process
- Crafting clever diligence methods, negotiation techniques, and deal points
- Designing innovative approaches for retention and cultural alignment
- Engineering post-close performance improvement
Mert Dogan-Glynn
Senior Director, Strategy and Growth
Caterpillar
Sylvie Deffrenne
Vice President, Mergers & Acquisitions
ExxonMobil
Raihan Ahmed
Director, Mergers & Acquisitions
Microsoft
Sarah Salomon
Principal, Global M&A Advisory Services
Mercer
William Jefferson Black
Executive Director
Transaction Advisors Institute
THURSDAY, APRIL 2 | 5:45 - 7:00
Reception
The quest for continuous improvement and innovation in the deal process continues with wine and appetizers, as corporate M&A professionals explore a range of current topics and share their deep reservoir of expertise.
Exclusively for Corporate M&A Professionals
Improving the M&A Process
A data-driven approach will ground the discussion and provide a unique framework for assessing changes in the practice and their impact on various deal points and methods for closing transactions.
Data-driven M&A Insights
50+ Corporate M&A Leaders
Essential M&A Network
Exclusively for Corporate M&A Professionals
M&A Forum Houston
Hosted at Hewlett Packard Enterprise
1701 E. Mossy Oaks Rd., Spring, Texas 77389
Thursday, April 2, 2026
- Welcome & Networking | 3:30 - 4:00
- M&A Forum Session | 4:00 - 5:45
- Reception | 5:45 - 7:00
Registration is not open to M&A consultants, advisors, vendors, or members of the media.
Unqualified registrations will be canceled and refunded, less a $100 bank processing fee.
This program has been generously underwritten by 
Exclusively for Corporate M&A Professionals
M&A Conferences
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These prestigious annual programs attracts the most senior corporate development leaders, sophisticated in-house M&A counsel, and highly acquisitive private equity investors to consider current challenges impacting complex transactions.
