TEACHING FACULTY

Stephen G. Morrissette, Ph.D


Stephen G. Morrissette, Ph.D. is a Visiting Professor of Business Administration at the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where he teaches Merger & Acquisition Strategy. 

His 30 years of transaction expertise includes various Chief Financial Officer roles where he was responsible for M&A and post-merger integration.

His academic career includes 15-years of full-time teaching senior executives in Strategic Planning, M&A, and Capital Planning.

Professor Morrissette has been teaching for the Transaction Advisors Institute since 2015. He was appointed to serve as the Institute's Faculty Director in 2020.

The Institute can also deliver the M&A Academy on a private basis for your corporate development team

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“The M&A Academy is a great way to get up to speed on corporate development best practices."

M&A Integration Manager

Google

Business Development

Gore

“The M&A Academy provided a foundation that I can incorporate into my current and future efforts to set up my company for success in acquisitions.”

Corporate Development Lead

Block, Inc.

"Enjoyed bringing my team together to learn about M&A in a more structured environment, with other professionals from other companies/industries (vs. mostly by just doing deals!). It helped to complement the existing deal experience the team had."

Strategy and Corporate Development Manager

HolcimUS

"10 out of 10. Had a great experience, learned from Professor Morrissette and from the other attendees. The topics were all relevant and I brought them back to my team. 100% would recommend."

Corporate Development Director

Akamai Technologies

"The M&A Academy really taught me how to best translate my company's broader objectives into a cohesive M&A strategy. I've already put material from this M&A course into practice at my company.”

Senior Manager, M&A

NielsenIQ

"Professor Morrissette gives you a valuable toolkit to create value within your M&A team. This course skips the mundane text-book definitions and dives right in to the key points in sourcing a deal, running a process, and how to link these to a successful integration plan."

Senior Director, Corporate Strategy

Tyson Foods

"As someone who has some experience in M&A, the M&A Academy was a great class for both beginners and experienced practitioners alike. The engaging and active style made it easy to forget you were in a classroom for a day and a half."

Vice President, Corporate Development

ForwardAir

"Professor Morrissette's instruction and discussion leading were engaging and informed by a wealth of practical and theoretical knowledge. Nearly as valuable were the perspectives and experiences shared by my fellow practitioners taking the class. It was very helpful to check our approach and process against established thinking and the real-life practice of Professor Morrissette and my classmates."

Integration Management Office Manager

Cargill

“An excellent time spent away from the office, to come together to learn, share, and expand knowledge surrounding the M&A process. The attendee's were diverse - multiple different backgrounds, industries, etc - that it enabled great discussion, learnings and new found LinkedIn connections. Overall, I would definitely recommend this M&A course!"

Corporate Strategy Manager

USG Corporation

“Professor Morrissette was great. The energy level he brought to the class was amazing and his ability to quickly translate questions into real world examples was interesting and helpful”.

PROGRAM OBJECTIVES

Improve your M&A process and deal performance

Design a strategic framework to evaluate acquisitions and develop a target pipeline

Engineer an effective process for assessing a target and head off confirmation bias

Properly identify the risks associated with a transaction and manage exposure to liabilities

Reduce the amount of time absorbed by the M&A process and improve certainty of execution