The M&A Leadership Council is an educational consortium of global professional service firms, experts, and corporate practitioners in mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, and joint ventures. The M&A Leadership Council has trained over 7,000 executives, representing over 800 best-in-class companies. We support corporate M&A practitioners through proprietary research initiatives and publications, online and onsite training programs, best practices; and, an industry-first certification for corporate M&A practitioners, the Certified M&A Specialist (CMAS®).