Domenica Estrella
Sr. Project, Change & Comms Manager for Mergers & Acquisitions Roche
Domenica Estrella is a self-motivated strategic leader with 10 years of experience in corporate communications and change management across global and regional transformations. She has spent nearly six years at Roche, progressing from Change & Communications Lead for the Americas through several roles of increasing scope, including managing HR communications for the $3.1bn Carmot Therapeutics acquisition, to her current role managing the People & Culture workstream across 10+ acquisitions spanning North America, the UK, EMEA, and APAC. Before Roche, she led communications and engagement for Western Union and the Global Mining Guidelines Group. She is also an Ambassador for One Young World and Co-Founder & Director of Communications and Marketing at Cacique Costa Rica.
Seminars
- How can acquired biotechs and their new parent company protect innovation, engagement and critical talent through the highest risk period of integration?
- Learn how Roche’s M&A team manages the full arc of a deal, from due diligence through integration, with a particular focus on employee experience as the factor that determines whether an acquisition ultimately succeeds
- Discover the practical tools used to keep teams engaged and productive through cultural and structural change, including how Roche balances global consistency with the realities of function and site level culture
This interactive Q&A explores how to protect engagement and critical talent through M&A integration and function wind-downs alike.
- Managing a deal’s full arc, from due diligence through post-merger integration, with employee experience as the deciding factor
- Knowing when to shift resources from one function to another as priorities change
- Using full transparency about an organization’s likely trajectory to retain talent through uncertainty
