Published: 23 March 2023
Governance, including the establishment of an IMO, is a key part of the M&A integration process. Executive leaders need to create an effective IMO to mitigate the risk of functional silos, encourage broad collaboration and support timely decision making, resulting in effective synergy realization.
Seventy-four percent of the top performers in merger and acquisition (M&A) use an integration management office (IMO) in managing their acquisition integrations.
The average IMO is staffed with 4.1 full-time equivalents (FTEs). On average, organizations that perform more than 2.7 transactions add additional resources to the IMO.
IMOs have varying durations. In organizations with a continuous stream of deals, they are a permanent part of the deal team structure. In organizations with gaps between deals, IMOs run only for the duration of a deal before being disbanded. This period can vary from a few months to 24 months depending on
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