M&A people due diligence

We check whether the team you are buying can deliver the deal — before you sign.

For private equity funds, corporate buyers and advisory firms.

Discuss a deal
Track record
19+
years in M&A, as adviser and as investor
100+
transactions at Saudi Aramco and Aon
US$5bn+
deal value supported at Saudi Aramco
45+
people due diligence reviews in 15+ markets

Including Unilever Tea, Dow–DuPont, PIF–Baosteel, Esmax Chile and GO Pakistan

Service

M&A People Due Diligence

Before you sign, we test whether the target’s people and organisation can deliver the plan. We look at five things.

  1. LeadershipCapability and fit for the investment plan
  2. OrganisationStructure, operating model, decision rights
  3. Rewards & labour costPay, benefits, incentives and the real cost after the deal
  4. Culture & retentionAlignment, key people, flight risk
  5. Integration & separationDay One, standalone costs, synergies

You receive: risks priced in money, what to change in the deal terms, and a plan for the first 100 days.

Our name
Ensam

means “together” in Creole.

In every deal, two companies and two teams become one. When the people fit, they are stronger together than either was alone. We make sure they will be, before you sign and through the first 100 days.

Together, stronger.

Portrait of Shakeel Banydeen
Founder

Shakeel Banydeen

19 years in M&A on both sides of the table. At Saudi Aramco he led people due diligence on acquisitions, divestitures and joint ventures. Before that he led a global benefits M&A practice at Aon in London.

Saudi Aramco2023–2026 · M&A, Integration & Transformation
Aon2007–2023 · Global Benefits M&A Leader

MSc Actuarial Management · Chartered Fellow, CIPD