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Toby Tester

Sydney, Australia

Certified Agile M&A Practicioner

M&A and Divestiture Advisory
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Nearly 20 years experience delivering strategic, financial and operational value from dozens of M&A deals over the last 20 years.Active across a variety industries both locally and overseas. Just some of the roles over the past two decades:

- Operating Model Design
- Deal value design and delivery
- Carve-out Strategy & Design
- Vendor Due Diligence
- Transition Service Agreements
- Post-Merger Integration
- Integration Management Office
- Transaction management & support
- Joint venture set-up
- M&A performance review
- Project/Program management
- Day 1 Close

Honours degree in Aerospace from Imperial College, London and an MBA from the Macquarie Graduate School of Management. Also a member of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (MAICD).

09.2019
AkzoNobel — Coca-Cola

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

08.2019
Stryker — GE

Unique approach to managing IT operations as a business to dramatically cut costs and align IT with the vision and goals of the organization.

Gilead Sciences — M&A Consultant 
2018-2019

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

VMWare — Head of Business Development
2017-2018

Established Go-to-Market, IT and Engineering M&A and Divestiture strategy, plan and execution. Identification, development, and management of product/professional services opportunities within seven industry verticals

Gilead Sciences — M&A Consultant
2018-2019

Led multi-million euro, high-impact, multi-functional and cross-border CFO sponsored transformations on business process and organization optimization. Specializations include process-centric M&A integration, back-office optimization, shared services and digitalization. Focus functions include Finance, IT and HR. Worked with flagship companies like GE, AkzoNobel, Coca Cola and Stryker, as well as several SMEs. I’m a LEAN Six-Sigma Master Blackbelt.

VMWare — Head of Business Development
2017-2018

Established Go-to-Market, IT and Engineering M&A and Divestiture strategy, plan and execution. Identification, development, and management of product/professional services opportunities within seven industry verticals