As the industry evolves, there’s no shortage of buyouts and mergers as businesses attempt to rehabilitate legacy companies and perform acts of matrimony on befitting organisations. Media is arguably the most disrupted sector. This panel will tackle how those at the top navigate change, and build culture and workforces for the future to ensure the new businesses thrive. Whilst we are busy assessing the business outcomes from the bottom line, how do we define success in terms of people,...

In 2011, with the company’s very survival on the line, it was decided to transform into a global IT business. From 2012, based around Indeed as the central pillar, we developed M&As with global HR Tech enterprises and promoted a shift toward becoming a digital technology company. While keeping experiences of failure in mind, I will talk about the acquisition and PMI of companies with core competencies in Big-Data and Machine-Learning as the key to the success of digitization and globalization.