Oct 9, 2023
This week Ivy Slater, host of Her Success Story, chats with her guest, Sherry Orel. The two talk about the unexpected path she took into the M&A space, and what she does to create meaningful relationships that foster professional growth, and her advice for women leaders in leaving an impactful legacy and maximizing personal potential.
In this episode, we discuss:
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How she took an unexpected path into the mergers and acquisitions space
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What important mentors she found along the way, and what she learned from them
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Why creativity, collaboration, and trust is imperative to sales
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What support she has found in YPO, and the value she has found in a powerful network
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What challenges she has met in her journey, and her inspiring perspective on overcoming, evolution, and failure
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The value of creating meaningful relationships that foster professional growth
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What advice she has for women leaders in leaving an impactful legacy and maximizing personal potential
With 30 years of experience, Sherry Orel is a
seasoned business leader and CEO. She blends innovation
and strategy with a focus on empowering business leaders to realize
their maximum potential.
She has worked with Fortune 500 clients like Proctor & Gamble,
Unilever, Nestle, Walmart, and Target. Her focus has been creating
and implementing strategies — driving long-term growth, innovation,
investment, re-positioning and reorganizing — while guiding and
supporting CEOs through the exit process to achieve maximum value.
She has built organizations through organic growth, strategic
partnerships, and M&A, overseeing businesses delivering over
$1.5B in cumulative revenue. Throughout her roles with Brand
Connections, News Corporation, and Havas Worldwide, Sherry has
secured or supported over 25 add-on acquisitions and equity
partnerships as an executive committee member resulting in
transactions over $1B.
Following a successful career leading public and private
organizations, and leading multiple exits, Sherry founded and is
the acting CEO of Next Level Catapult. Next Level supports
businesses by helping leaders evolve their processes and refine
their management operations efficiently and prepare for significant
business changes like an exit, a change in leadership, or a shift
in strategy.
Sherry supports entrepreneurs as an advisor and angel investor of
emerging companies like SolvWellness, TripKicks, Inkwell, and EBY,
and has served on the Board of Directors for Childhood Domestic
Violence Organization, as Chairman of the Brand Activation,
ANA-Association of National Advertisers Council and as an Advisor
for the digital commerce and product sampling company BrandShare
(acquired by Advantage Solutions).
She has been a YPO US Atlantic 13 Chapter member since 2015 and the
New Jersey Integrated Chapter since 2021. She has served as
moderator for chapter and network forums, co-championed the 4th
annual International Conference for Women, and championed the
Mother Son Getaway from 2020-2022. She served as Communications
Officer, Assistant and Learning Officer, Engagement Officer, Gold
Chapter Chair, Athena Champion, and on the NE Regional Board as
Gold D&I Officer.
Sherry attended Purdue University, Roosevelt University, and the
LeCordon Bleu Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago (CHIC).
Sherry lives in Short Hills, New Jersey, with her husband, and
together have five children.
Website:
https://stscapital.com/sherry-orel/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sherry-orel-73491a4/