M&A and the Need for Proper Governance Processes in the Defence/Homeland Security Verticals and the Grave Security Threat to Sovereign Nations - The Most Petrifying Area of National and International Security:

Kishore Vaangal, PhD, Strategic Entrepreneur, Governance Professional and Ethicist, Ram Ram, India

The Surreptitious Use of Dual Technology and the need to scrutinise Global merger and Acquisition activity in the Defence, Aerospace, Space and High-Technology verticals’ – this Article elementally examines the strategic initiatives required to perspicaciously effectuate mergers and acquisitions in the aforementioned verticals, and it is in effect geared to address corollary issues of a grave nature – it is centric to critically examining the plausible surreptitious use of dual technology whilst these mergers and acquisitions are effectuated across geographies and jurisdictions. This is an area of crucial and vital international importance and the Article elementally questions certain fundamental methods in vogue presently even as it is suggestive of ways wherein the respective boards in cohorts with state agencies would have to play a pivotal role in ensuring global peace.

Dr. Kishore Vaangal is an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, management evangelist and ethicist and has several advanced accreditations to his credit from some of the most prestigious global academic institutions. In addition, he is a Fellow Member of the Institute of Professional Accountants (Australia), the Chartered Management Institute (UK) and the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors even whilst being an academic member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. His exposure as a strategic entrepreneur, business analyst and governance professional spans more than two decades, and over the years, he has astutely advised entities globally in the areas of private equity funding, the dynamics of emerging markets and in evolving perspicacious methods of risk-management. The industry verticals that he specializes in are that of infrastructure, oil and gas, high-technology, sunrise-industries and investment banking. A recent publishing initiative in a highly complex area of corporate governance law titled “Effectuating Acquisition Initiatives” has received worldwide adulation and the work is considered to be a seminal piece of literature in so far as mergers and acquisitions in the global oil and gas industry is concerned. Furthermore, he has numerous articles in refereed academic journals to his credit and he is considered to be one of the leading specialists in the area of corporate governance in the world today. Dr. Vaangal can be contacted at a.global.thought.leader@gmail.com