Alberto Fumo is a senior partner at Kearney and currently leads the firm’s global Private Equity and Principal Investors team. He has spent more than 20 years advising corporations and private equity firms across the full transaction and transformation cycle. Alberto specializes in assessing acquisitions and divestitures from multiple commercial and operational perspectives and supporting management in the post-acquisition phase.

Alberto takes great pride in assisting his clients in completing transformational deals for their organizations and their own careers. What really energizes him is working alongside them to deliver the synergies or value-creation opportunities identified during the diligence phase. He aids clients in ensuring that the value creation becomes tangible on both the P&L and balance sheet.

It's Kearney’s dedication and relentless focus to delivering value for clients in a collaborative manner that has kept Alberto committed for so many years. Alberto strongly believes that Kearney’s unified partnership mentality and culture encourages the team he leads to successfully advise on complex transactions and deliver value creation from the early diligence stage to late implementation in a seamless way. He is proud of his team of passionate individuals spanning all levels.

As a Partner with management consulting firm Oliver Wyman, Bernd Oehring serves as Co-Lead of Corporate M&A across industries in Europe and beyond. In the last twelve months, his transaction support focused on portfolio strategy, carve-outs, post-merger integrations, and value creation in industrials, consumer, healthcare, technology, energy, and financial services. In addition, Oehring is a member of the firm’s Private Equity & Principal Investors practice (which he co-established in 2014) and Turnaround & Restructuring practice.

Beyond his current role, Oehring’s professional experience of more than 20 years and with an overall transaction volume of circa €170 billion, also includes investment banking at J.P. Morgan, private equity investing as a Partner at an operational investor, and integration and value creation management in some of that operational investor’s portfolio companies.

In his early career, Oehring completed numerous internships, especially in professional services firms such as Morgan Stanley, A.T. Kearney, and J.P. Morgan, while earning degrees and publishing research at renowned business schools including HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, ESADE Barcelona, and WHU Otto Beisheim School of Management.

Dhruv Sarda is a Managing Director with Alvarez and Marsal Corporate Transformation Services in London. He leads the Deals & Transformation practice, with a focus on helping create value from M&A transactions and delivering sustainable EBITDA improvement from transformations. With more than 24 years of experience, Sarda works with financial investors, corporate boards and management teams. He also co-chairs the firm’s Inclusive Diversity Office in Europe and is a Trustee of Our Moon Education.

Prior to joining A&M, Sarda was a Managing Director at Accenture Strategy, where he led the M&A practice in the UK and Ireland. Previously, he worked in M&A advisory at a European investment bank and started his career in privatization advisory in Africa. Sarda earned a bachelor's degree in management from King's College London and an MBA from Cambridge University.

Kurt Estes is the principal responsible for leading M&A activities for Sikich and supporting the execution of acquisitions throughout the year. He is also a senior member of the firm's investment banking practice, where he provides leadership to the teams that facilitate client M&A activity. 

Kurt has over 25 years of transaction experience that includes advising on sales and acquisitions and investing in or creating innovative technologies businesses. Prior to joining Sikich, he held senior level positions in corporate strategy, venture capital, technology licensing and corporate innovation. He has conducted and managed dozens of transactions covering all stages of a company's life, from helping to acquire seed investments to facilitating liquidity events. Kurt has also negotiated a wide variety of deals, including asset buyouts, recapitalizations, spin-outs, strategic partnerships, licensing agreements and various debt structures. 

Kurt has a scientific background and holds two engineering degrees, has published work in international scientific journals and holds over 25 patents. 

He is registered with the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) as a Series 24 General Securities Principal, a Series 7 General Securities Representative, a Series 79 Investment Banking Representative, and a Series 63 Uniform Securities Agent. 

Greg Stinson is the lead for KPMG in the UK’s Accounting Advisory Services (AAS) practice, and co-lead of KPMG’s Global AAS. He supports his clients with deals across the world, he has advised on the M&A requirements in a number of jurisdictions. Working buy and sell-side, Stinson specialises in the Technology, Media and Telecom, and Life Sciences sectors.

With over 20 years’ experience, his advice is often sought throughout the deal lifecycle. He has led and provided deal critical advice across many projects. His expertise supports clients in the areas of deal structuring, deal model review, identification of deal value impacting accounting, financial health analysis, separation and carve out, financial track record preparation, ESG reporting maturity and post deal completion, such as the Purchase Price Allocation and GAAP conversion.   

Stinson is the host of a successful webinar series on topical finance and reporting issues which sees significant attendance and also features regularly on KPMG’s Building Confidence podcast series. He provides deep insight on a range of topics including financial and non-financial reporting, governance and what is happening in the marketplace.

He is a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW, graduated with a First-Class degree in Accounting and Financial Analysis and spent four years earlier in his career working in Australia. In 2024, he completed a year-long KPMG Executive leadership programme.  

Jake Henry is a Senior Partner and Global Co-Leader of McKinsey's M&A Practice, which includes mergers, acquisitions, integrations, joint ventures, and divestitures. Previously, he was the co-leader of the firm’s Life Sciences practice globally, where for more than 20 years he guided pharmaceutical and medical technology company executives on matters of corporate strategy, growth strategy, and operational excellence.

Henry is also one of the firm’s longest-standing advisors to the medical products industry and has helped leading providers of medical devices navigate the value chain. He also advises private-equity companies seeking healthcare-related mergers and acquisitions.

An expert on changes in U.S. healthcare, Henry speaks frequently at conferences and on professional panels across North America. Most recently, he gave the keynote speech at a meeting of the American Diagnostics Association.

Henry serves on the Board of the Boys and Girls Club of Chicago and recently chaired the Youth of the Year competition. He also serves on the Board of Visitors of the Pratt School of Engineering at Duke University. He holds a PhD in mechanical engineering and a bachelor’s degree in bioengineering, biomedical engineering, and mechanical engineering from Duke University.

Jared Langus is based in Los Angeles and currently serves as a Partner and Practice Leader of the Mergers, Acquisitions and Partnerships Group at ECG Management Consultants.  In this role, Mr. Langus advises executive leadership teams and board of directors of healthcare organizations across the country.  He has built a reputation as a thought leader in the industry, speaks frequently on strategy and M&A related topics, and has been recognized by “The M&A Advisor” the last two years in a row for winning Healthcare Deal of the Year.

With a career in finance spanning over 25 years, his advice and experience is often sought after throughout all phases of the deal lifecycle.  Providing critical advice across many projects, his particular area of focus has been working with not-for-profit health systems to address the issue of scale, market relevancy and planning for an organization’s desired future state.  Mr. Langus has been recognized for his creative deal structuring and early recognition of potentially contentious deal points; his ability to deploy risk mitigation strategies and tactics, his focus on diligence, and his insistence that all strategy be supported through the integration of strategic and financial planning.  

Prior to his current role, Mr. Langus spent five years at Cedars-Sinai Health System in Los Angeles, California – which is consistently ranked in the top five of US News and World Reports “Best Hospitals” both regionally and nationally.  It was there, working as an executive at a mission driven organization, that Mr. Langus gained the perspective that has shaped the next chapter of his career.  Working side by side with front line clinical staff and living through the integration phases of M&A transactions is a unique aspect of Mr. Langus’s experience.

Langus graduated from the Smith School of Business with an MBA in finance at the University of Maryland with an undergraduate degree in finance from the Goizueta Business School at Emory University.  

Jeff Black is a Partner and leads Mercer’s Global Mergers & Acquisition Advisory Services business. Under Jeff’s leadership, Mercer was named an Innovator in ALM | Law.com’s Compass Pacesetter Research M&A Services 2023 Report, as well as a Pacesetter in 2022. With a focus on human capital’s crucial role in driving revenue synergies and realizing deal value, Jeff leads an award-winning M&A team that supports Corporate and Private Equity clients across the full deal lifecycle.

Through his nearly 30 years of experience as a trusted advisor and work on over 300 transactions, Jeff provides both strategic and financial advice to buyers and sellers on a wide variety of global people risks, including commercial due diligence, organization design and transformation, leadership development, change management, culture risk mitigation, benefits pooling and financing, and salesforce effectiveness. Whether he’s advising on start-ups, IPOs, acquisitions, mergers, Joint Ventures, divestitures or stand ups, Jeff provides guidance and support to clients across all deal phases — from sourcing and diligence to pre-close and post-merger integrations.

Recognized by the Consulting Report as a top M&A consultant and leader, Jeff frequently speaks on M&A people risks, regularly partnering with leading organizations such as the Transaction Advisors Institute and the Conference Board. He has published widely in industry journals and is frequently quoted in media outlets. His thought leadership addresses critical people risks in M&A, including retaining key talent during transactions, mitigating culture risk and executing business transformation through transactions.

Paul Edwards is the Global Practice Leader at Stax, where he leads firm strategy and execution, delivering high-impact engagements to private equity clients around the world.

Over the past two decades, Paul has become a trusted advisor to many of the world’s top dealmakers. He has built Stax’s private equity practice into a global powerhouse, now supporting more than 300 transactions annually and guiding successful investments across five continents.

Throughout his career, Paul has led over 1,000 engagements for private equity sponsors, spanning buy- and sell-side diligence and growth strategy, and advising on over $100B of deal value. Known for blending sharp, data-driven analysis with real-world insight, he brings deep sector expertise in software and industrials.

A respected leader and mentor, Paul continues to shape the future of global M&A through strategic clarity and a deep understanding of evolving market dynamics. He is also deeply committed to mentoring the next generation of consulting leaders, helping them grow into trusted advisors to drive meaningful impact at scale.

Phil Isom leads KPMG’s Global M&A practice and the US Capital Advisory practice. As Global Head of M&A, Isom leads over 2,500 investment banking professionals working in over 80 countries around the world. KPMG Corporate Finance’s Global M&A platform has been ranked as the top middle market global advisory firm for over 20 years. KPMG Capital Advisory includes the US investment bank, as well as the Infrastructure Projects Advisory, ESG, Securitization and Lender Diligence practices.

Isom has over 30 years of experience in investment banking, investing, consulting and restructuring. Isom earned an MBA in finance from Loyola University, Chicago and an undergraduate degree in Finance from the University of Dayton.