Global Connections: Lyle Ganske, Jones Day
About the event
Global Connections is a business networking opportunity for our members and any career professionals in the Greater Houston area, who are interested in furthering their understanding of international events and issues as well as expanding their global connections.
Global Connections events are informal and emphasize discussion and dialogue in a community of like-minded career professionals. As a global city, Houston is the ideal location to develop international contacts and network with other professionals across the region.
About the speaker
Lyle Ganske is Partner-in-Charge of Jones Day’s Houston Office and serves as the Firm’s Chair of Boardroom Development and Strategic Transactions. He advises significant companies, focusing primarily on M&A, takeovers, takeover preparedness, corporate governance, executive compensation, and general corporate counseling. Lyle has been involved in over 50 transactions that each had a value in excess of $1 billion and over 50 proxy contests and battles for corporate control. He represents the boards of approximately 100 public companies on fiduciary duty-related matters. He has experience with M&A involving an array of businesses, including telecom, energy, manufacturing, retailing, and process industries.
Lyle speaks frequently and has coauthored many articles, on M&A and corporate governance issues. He is lead director of Altra Industrial Motions (Nasdaq); a member of the Ohio Business Roundtable; and serves on the boards of the Greater Cleveland Partnership, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and Flashes of Hope. Lyle is the former chair of Business Volunteers Unlimited and the Commission on Economic Inclusion.
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