Darren
Vice President (VP), Corporate Development at TELUS
Toronto, Canada
Experienced Corporate Finance Executive | Mergers, Acquisitions, and Divestitures | Investment Governance | Strategic Finance | Corporate Development | Team Building | Technology | Telecommunications | M&A Brand Building
Domain experience
Relevant Total Experience: 30 years
Seniority Level: Senior
Sector Experience:
Communication Services Consumer Discretionary Consumer Staples Energy Financials FinTech Health Care Industrials Information Technology Materials Real Estate UtilitiesSkills
Skilled in: Corporate Development, Due Diligence, Legal, Portfolio Services & Add-on M&A, Private Equity & Growth Capital, Sell-side M&A
Languages: English
Work Experience
TELUS
Vice President (VP), Corporate Development
●1/9/2018
- 30/4/2024
Reporting to the SVP-Treasurer of TELUS, responsible for leading the 30-person Corporate Development Centre of Excellence that executes on inorganic growth projects and corporate finance special initiatives, including divisional spin-outs and private equity investing, partnering with TELUS Ventures on large strategic investments and managing governance for the TELUS CFO, Executive Leadership Team and CEO on acquisitions and integrations. Over six years led the completion of about 100 transactions that created four multi-billion dollar lines of business across digital health, digital client experience, vertical SaaS for agriculture and food sectors and connected smart home services.
TELUS
Director, Corporate Development
●1/1/2009
- 30/9/2018
Led a M&A team of 5 staff on inorganic growth projects, including identifying appropriate strategic programs and targets, leading negotiations, developing acquisition business plans and coordinating cross-functional due diligence, and was the M&A prime on the Corporate Development Senior Leadership Team and the lead relationship director for all external advisory firms, including investment banks, strategy consultants and diligence consultants. Led the multi-year program of acquisition and capitalization (investment partnership with Baring Private Equity in 2016) for TELUS International which grew from a multi-site customer experience outsourcing firm to a multi-hundred million dollar digital client experience organization in partnership between TELUS Corp. and Baring Private Equity.
TELUS
Director, Mergers and Acquisitions
●1/11/2004
- 31/1/2009
Directed various international customer experience company acquisitions for TELUS International, which brought it new markets and capabilities and doubled its size and annual growth rates. Led the cross-functional deal teams on the acquisition of Emergis, a $750M public company takeover, which was the foundational acquisition establishing TELUS Health by providing the leadership team, intellectual property and customers.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Senior Associate / Assistant Vice President (AVP) / Vice President (VP)
●1/9/1997
- 30/11/2004
Led engagement teams completing mergers & acquisition transactions and private company financings within PwC Corporate Finance Advisory Services.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
Audit and Accounting Associate
●1/9/1995
- 30/9/1997
Education
University of Western Ontario
York University
Licenses / Certificates
Stanford University Graduate School of Business
TELUS Senior Leadership Forum C2
CFA Institute
Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA)
CPA Ontario
Chartered Professional Accountant (CPA, CA)
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