David Fubini

Senior Lecturer at Harvard Business School; Founder of McKinsey's Worldwide Merger Integration Practice; Author of "Post-Merger Integration and Hidden Truths"

Brookline, MA, USA
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Author, Business, Business Growth, Business Leadership, Change Management, Crisis Management, Finance, Future of Work, Futurism, Leadership, Strategic Leadership
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David Fubini Biography

David G. Fubini is a Senior Lecturer in the Organizational Behavior Unit and leader of the Leading Professional Services Firm and Mergers & Acquisitions Programs for Harvard Business School’s Executive Education. His MBA teaching has concentrated on teaching the Organizational Behavior, Marketing, Leadership & Corporate Accountability, and Ethics required courses. For second year students, he has launched the Elective Curriculum course entitled Leadership Execution and Action Planning. Most recently, he has originated and taught the first of its kind Elective Curriculum course Mastering Consulting and Advisory Skills (MCAS). Previously, he was a Senior Director of McKinsey & Company where he worked for over 34 years. He was McKinsey's Managing Director of the Boston Office, and the past leader of the North American Organization Practice as well as the founder and leader of the Firm’s Worldwide Merger Integration Practice. During his tenure, Fubini led, and/or had been a member of, every Firm Personnel Committee, as well as a participant in a wide cross-section of McKinsey’s governance forums and committees.

Fubini's client work largely focused on helping clients architect and execute major transformational programs that accompany large acquisitions and mergers. He led McKinsey’s efforts for several dozen of the world's largest transactions and has experience with a wide array of mergers and acquisitions over the last decade. In addition to supporting many major M&A transactions, Fubini has led some of McKinsey’s largest organizational turnaround efforts for clients across the globe.

Fubini is a member or has been a member of several prominent Boston civic organizations. He has been appointed as a Trustee of the University of Massachusetts and was named by the Massachusetts State Legislature as a member of the Massachusetts Court Management Advisory Board. He has been an Executive Committee member of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, as well as the Boston Municipal Research Board, and the Inner City Scholarship Fund. David is a co-chair of the Board of Overseers of the Boston YMCA and was previously on the Board of Directors of WBUR (Boston’s local NPR station). In addition, Fubini is a past member of Harvard Business School's Dean’s Advisory Council, and remains a member of the UMass Amherst Foundation, and the UMass Eisenberg School of Business Dean’s Committee. He is the past Chair of the Board of the Park School and a former member of the Dana Hall School and Beaver Country Day School Boards. He was a member of the Boston Mayor’s Blue Ribbon Committee on Sustainability, and was an active contributor to the Catholic Schools “2010 School Reform” Committee. Fubini is also a Board member of the Weston Vermont Playhouse.

Fubini is on the Board of Directors of Leidos (formerly SAIC), as well as MITRE and J. M. Huber (family owned company), and a Bain Capital BDC Board. He was formerly on the Board of Compuware, and a member of the Shareholder Committee of ZS Associates Consulting.

Prior to joining McKinsey, Fubini was an initial member of a small group that became the McNeil Consumer Products Company of Johnson and Johnson and helped launch the Tylenol family of products into the over-the-counter consumer marketplace. He graduated with a BBA from University of Massachusetts, Amherst with high honors, and an MBA from Harvard Business School, with distinction.

Fubini is the author of four books: "Mergers, Leadership Performance, & Corporate Health"; "Let Me Explain," a biography of his father Eugene Fubini’s life; "Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear But Are Rarely Told"; and most recently, "Post-Merger Integration: Building the Mindset, Skills, and Discipline Needed for Deal Success."

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David Fubini Speaking Topics

  • Bridge the Divide Between the Board Room and the C-Suite

    Considering the unique relationship between CEOs and Boards, how can organizations ensure an atmosphere of productive, open communication, particularly during times of uncertainty? According to senior Harvard Business School lecturer David Fubini, Boards have an enormous ability to be helpful to CEOs and both have a responsibility to build an effective, mutually beneficial partnership. In this enlightening presentation, Fubini shares lessons from his extensive change management experience and role as a top leadership advisor to companies like Merck, American Airlines, Raytheon, IBM, Rio Tinto, and Keurig Dr Pepper. Drawing on his own Board of Directors’ experience and his book "Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but Are Rarely Told," Fubini provides audiences with practical tools for building bridges of openness, honesty and effective communication between the board room and the C-suite.

  • M&A Strategy: What It Takes to Succeed and How to Avert Failure

    Leading mergers and acquisitions transactions is a huge undertaking for any CEO. The risk of failure looms large as you try to satisfy all stakeholders. Having spent nearly 35 years helping leaders navigate such transactions, Harvard Business School executive educator and former McKinsey senior partner David Fubini – a global authority on leadership, organizational behavior and mergers and acquisitions – shares strategies for successfully executing transactions, from the most nuanced to the somewhat straightforward.

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David Fubini Videos

David Fubini - "FinFactor"

David Fubini - "FinFactor"

Hidden Dangers in M&A: How CFOs Secure Value After the Deal Closes

David Fubini - "The Innovation Show with Aiden McCullen"

David Fubini - "The Innovation Show with Aiden McCullen"

Getting on Board with your Board

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Post-Merger Integration: Building the Mindset, Skills, and Discipline Needed for Deal Success
Post-Merger Integration: Building the Mindset, Skills, and Discipline Needed for Deal Success
Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but are Rarely Told
Hidden Truths: What Leaders Need to Hear but are Rarely Told
Let me explain: Eugene G. Fubini's life in defense of America
Let me explain: Eugene G. Fubini's life in defense of America
Mergers: leadership, performance and corporate health
Mergers: leadership, performance and corporate health

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David Fubini is a keynote speaker and industry expert who speaks on a wide range of topics such as Bridge the Divide Between the Board Room and the C-Suite, M&A Strategy: What It Takes to Succeed and How to Avert Failure, Successfully Leading a Professional Services Firm, The Seismic Transformation AI Will Have on Consulting and Advisory Firms and What to Expect and How to Successfully Navigate The Daily Challenges of Today’s CEO. The estimated speaking fee range to book David Fubini for your event is available upon request. David Fubini generally travels from Brookline, MA, USA and can be booked for (private) corporate events, personal appearances, keynote speeches, or other performances. Similar motivational celebrity speakers are Nitin Nohria, Mark DeVolder, Libby Gill, Todd Buchholz and Ben Gilbert & David Rosenthal. Contact All American Speakers for ratings, reviews, videos and information on scheduling David Fubini for an upcoming live or virtual event.

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