Mark Arian Global Change Practice Leader Towers Perrin Mark Arian is the Global Change Management Leader and Leader of the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructuring Group at Towers Perrin. He has over 20 years experience in change management consulting. Mark has created unique, outcome-based frameworks, diagnostics and tools that address critical people issues in business transformations. His long-term partnering relationships with clients accelerate the development of committed, productive workforces that are capable of achieving growth and synergy targets following business transformations. Mark is an attorney and a member of the Bar of the State of New York and the District of Columbia. He has a B.A. from Duke University, summa cum laude, and a J.D. from the Columbia University School of Law, where he was twice awarded the Moe Berg Scholarship and won the Thomas E. Dewey prize. He is also a graduate of the Columbia University Graduate School of Business Executive Education Program. Mark is a frequent speaker on merger integration topics. He recently led a plenary session at the Economist CEO Forum in New York, co-presenting with Microsoft. He is a frequent contribution to CNBC.