In the early 1980s business brokerage was just emerging into a full-blown profession. Although we recall professional organizations coming along by the mid ’80s, we didn’t hear the term “mergers and acquisitions.” After the recession of the early ’90s, however, “M&A” came into wider use.
The following mergers and acquisitions experts, members of Business Broker Services’ Advisory Board, were very young then (probably busy with after-school activities and deciding on colleges and majors).
Elena Rosman is vice president of Investor Relations for Aptiv. Aptiv is a global technology company that develops safer, greener and more connected solutions enabling the future of mobility. Ms. Rosman has global responsibility for all initiatives related to communicating the company’s strategy, growth prospects and financial performance to the investment community.
Prior to joining Aptiv (formerly Delphi Automotive) in January 2016 Ms. Rosman was Managing Partner of Corbin Perception Group, a strategic investor relations advisory firm.
Prior to that, she led Honeywell’s investor relations efforts from 2009 to 2014, and was recognized for her commitment to excellence in Investor Relations. She also served as
director, corporate development and M & A where she provided oversight and execution of acquisition, divestiture and joint venture activities across the company, including target identification, strategic fit assessment, valuation, due diligence, negotiations and integration strategy.
Jonathan Rosman is a results-oriented business leader with an A.B. degree from Tulane University’s Freeman School of Business, Mr. Rosman is experienced in advising corporate and private equity firms on acquisitions, divestitures, joint ventures, strategic alliances, and restructurings throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, China, India, and Russia. He also is a Certified Public Accountant.
Mr. Rosman’s areas of expertise include sales, strategy, marketing, M & A., and corporate finance. He has industry experience in the following sectors: security, general industrial, electronics manufacturing, consumer products, distribution, aerospace and defense, technology, media and entertainment, and specialty chemical.
Steven Nickolas is CEO/President of Raintree Media Group, Inc. for the past several years.
Previously he spent more than 36 years in the beverage and bottled water industries.
Mr. Nickolas developed bottled water companies both in the U.S. and nationally. He graduated from Claremont Men’s College (now Claremont McKenna) in 1977 with B.S. in Economics and Political Philosophy.
Mr. Nickolas’s post graduate studies included psychology at Cal Poly Pomona and government studies at Claremont Graduate School.
Among other companies, Mr. Nickolas founded Apani Bottled Water in 1990, which he grew to $35 million in sales in less than five years. (It was the first bottled water company licensed by major sports leagues in the U.S. includi8ng MLB, the NBA, NFL, and NHL). He has served in a variety of management positions for major beverage companies, including Nestle, Whitlock Packaging, P & G, and Suntory.