Michel Driessen – författare

An up-to-date and complete approach to incorporating ESG considerations in real-world M&A transactions In Green Gold, a team of seasoned strategists and analysts delivers a comprehensive discussion of how value is created and destroyed by ESG considerations in mergers and acquisitions transactions. The authors explain how environmental, social, and governance considerations impact financial value in M&A, providing extensive examples and case studies. The book explores successful and unsuccessful attempts to incorporate and account for ESG. It offers a practical methodology and structured approach that you can use in real-world transactions when dealing with ESG value. Inside the book: Explorations of the investment lifecycle predominantly focused on ESG due diligenceDiscussions of materiality and maturity assessments and a comprehensive examination of the ESG investment thesisIntroductions to an ESG adjusted earnings and cash-flow forecastPerfect for students of finance with a focus on ESG and sustainability, as well as students in MBA programs and M&A professionals working at accounting and law firms, investment banks, private equity firms, and hedge funds. Green Gold is also an invaluable guide for board members and senior executives.

The Deal Paradox explores what successful dealmaking looks like in the age of digital transformation, drawing on interviews with top dealmakers and M&A experts sharing their stories, triumphs, and challenges. Taking a dynamic storytelling approach, The Deal Paradox navigates the transition from traditional and ingrained methods to new techniques, showing how AI, big data, and machine learning can be used to generate new opportunities and enable diversity. It walks through the attributes and skills needed in this new landscape and how M&A professionals can build them into their approach, from finding and executing deals to making sure they deliver the desired outcomes. The Deal Paradox draws on 60 years' combined experience of cutting-edge deal making, built on landmark deals ranging from Morgan Stanley's IPO at the height of the 1980s banking boom and Kraft's takeover of Cadbury to key tech deals including the £1bn sale of financial data intelligence company Acuris to ION. Chapters are richly illustrated throughout with real-world examples featuring organizations such as Apple, Google, BP and SoftBank Vision Fund.