Tobias Gwisdalla, Head of Group M&A at GEA Group (ETR: G1A) Transformative M&A is becoming increasingly critical in today's business landscape, especially for industries facing significant regulatory and market pressures.  In this episode of the M&A Science Podcast, we will discuss how to execute transformative M&A to change business models, featuring Tobias Gwisdalla, Head of Group M&A at GEA Group.   Things you will learn in this episode: • Transformative M&A • Employee unions • Biggest challenges in transformative M&A • Success metrics • Transforming business models   This episode is sponsored by the DealRoom. Ready to take your M&A to the next level with software made to manage each stage of the deal process? See how DealRoom can facilitate your next deal at https://dealroom.net    ****************** Episode Timestamps 00:00 Intro 04:20 Transformative M&A 05:00 Governance 05:52 A story of a transformative deal 11:38 Employee unions - germany per history 17:36 Supervisory board 20:35 Biggest challenges in transformative M&A 25:59 Success metrics 28:50 Internal rate of return 35:05 Complexities of deals in Germany 40:48 Transforming business models 43:06 Promoting change as a shareholder 45:01 Craziest thing in M&A