Denzil Rankine

Denzil Rankine is founder and chief executive of AMR International. His experience spans 25 years of advising companies on strategic development and acquisition throughout the world.

His early career was in the US assisting British companies to enter North American markets. This work took him to 49 States. In 1987 he joined the Seer Group and became increasingly involved in acquisition programs as well as strategic development. He then founded AMR International in 1991; over the past 18 years he has grown the company and it now has offices in New York, London and Frankfurt.

Denzil and has been working consistently with exhibition organisers since 1991.  Through hundreds of strategic research assignments AMR International has assisted organisers to develop organically and through acquisition. He has been involved in some of the major deals in the exhibition sector as well as dozens of smaller transactions.  AMR International’s work has given acquirers the confidence to proceed by validating the quality of the assets and their market position.  Organic development assignments have led to the turn-around of failing major events through to successful launches. 

Denzil is the author of five M&A related books: A Practical Guide To Acquisitions (Wiley), Commercial Due Diligence - A guide to reducing risk in acquisitions (Financial Times), Why Acquisitions Fail (FT Prentice Hall), Due diligence – definitive steps to successful business combinations (FT Prentice Hall) and Acquisition Essentials (FT Prentice Hall).