Lawrence Dell, EVP, Co-founder

Mr. Dell focuses on strategy as well as serving as eknow's chief evangelist for "M&A done right." M&A is a fundamental part of business with tens of thousands of deals equating to multi-trillions of dollars in transaction value in a typical year. Mr. Dell notes that although M&A has high potential value it is fraught with risk, and the failure rate is significant. This is often due to the fact that most M&A activity is executed manually using outdated tools and methods. Over the past decade, Mr. Dell has interacted with M&A thought leaders, senior professional corporate M&A practitioners, major research firms, M&A consulting firms, M&A academics and authors to help communicate that there is a better way to execute M&A. He is very active with M&A conferences, webinars, and newsletters.

Prior to co-founding eknow, Mr. Dell worked with blue-chip corporations such as, Procter & Gamble (P&G) and Dow Jones & Company/The Wall Street Journal in the US and abroad. During Mr. Dell’s 15 years at Dow Jones, he held senior management positions in several regional hubs, including Tokyo, Singapore, Hong Kong, and New York. He has also had wide exposure to the European market. Mr. Dell is a graduate of Northwestern University and completed an executive program at Columbia University Graduate School of Business.