Project Management

AR CONSULTING helps clients through the processes of due diligence, negotiation, close, and post-merger integration. 

Make sure that there’s enough experience to handle your needs.

You will be working directly and with Rick Richter, founder and Managing Director of AR CONSULTING. The company has 30 years of experience in projects ranging from $50 million to $8 billion. From acquisition of private/public companies, asset deals, and share deals, to carving out divestiture, you can expect an unparalleled understanding of HR’s contribution in M&A. Rick’s trailblazing work with M&A playbooks, pragmatic approaches to cultural integration and structured HR integration, and experience with companies of all sizes, will be a valuable asset to your mandate. 

Get the guidance and power you need.

Make sure that your executive team can leverage the human capital acquired in deals. Maximizing the human capital value from an acquisition builds collaboration and cooperation. We gain great satisfaction from enabling new colleagues to be successful.

This happens in all of AR CONSULTING’s projects, but for more focus on this with your team, consider coaching as well. 

Choose a company with global reach.

Past mandates in Canada, the US, the Czech Republic, South Africa, Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Taiwan offer local and international experience. The company’s headquarters are in Montréal, Canada. 

At the price point that works for your M&A mandate.

We offer pragmatic and budget conscious plans to maximize business case objectives. We can tailor our M&A services, and our strong HR elements bridge all aspects of the process in an organic way. 

 

Past Mandates

Draslovka Mining Solutions

  • Rick assumed the role of Interim CHRO following the $680 million acquisition of Chemours Mining. Rick was tasked to drive the process to close and build a global HR organization.

  • Managed the HR elements of a South African carve out.

  • Established global HRIS with focus on benefits and comp model.

Oaklins ECA 

  • Developed technology market in Montréal. 

  • Established contacts with Venture Capital and Investment Bankers.

  • Worked on both buy-side and sell-side of transactions. 

SAP AG 

  • As a full-time employee -Built the Global HR M&A practice.

  • Directly led HR teams in major acquisitions of Calidus Cloud , Success Factors, Ariba, Concur in multi-geographies.

  • Managed multi-disciplinary teams in more than 60 other projects.

 

Management Consultant Imagina Technology Solutions

  • Rick assumed the role of Director of Recruiting and Staffing to create and implement recruiting strategies based on business requirements.

  • Maximized use of current candidate sources and developed new sources.

  • Developed and implemented Key Performance Indicators (KPIs), Recruiting Metrics, and Operational objectives. 

 Aldo Group

  • Rick assumed the role of Management Consultant to provide consulting services enabling the company in its preparation for European and Asian/Oceanic expansion.

  • Conducted an organizational review of global structure.

  • Developed staffing process, procedures and tools to reduce employee turnover, hire staff, strategically recruit, and maximize the use of current staff.

AXA Canada 

  • Assumed the role of Manager, eCommerce to deliver the company’s first Canadian corporate site and secured B2B site.

  • Developed synergy between 5 distinct and autonomous operating companies.

  • Designed metrics based on CRM and ROI to select initiatives to be developed.

  • Expanded function of existing call centre, bringing major cost savings.

 

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