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Merger's & Acquisition - RBC’s Acquisition of HSBC Canada

Merger's & Acquisition

RBC’s acquisition of HSBC Canada was a complex national integration. Ideas in Seeds aligned systems, operations, and people to deliver a stable transition.

PHASE 1: CONDUCTED RESEARCH, ANALYSIS & PROTOTYPING 
  • Digest Existing Research: such as Stakeholder, landscape, and best practices as the core culture of the organization

  • System Integration - Proof of Concept

  • Process Harmonization Trials

  • Asset inventory and rationalization

  • Regulatory and Compliance Review and Scope

  • Product material audit

  • Client Data Analysis

  • Communication channel assessment

  • Historical communication performance


PHASE 2: DEVELOPED STRATEGIES BASED ON RESEARCH, OBSERVATION AND MEDITATION
  • Developed client-centric integration pathways (impact assessment)

  • Segmented communication plans per client type, product holdings, and potential impact

  • Phased disclosure and delivery of materials to clients

  • Understanding different multi-channel delivery optimization  

  • Branding and messaging consistency

  • Worked with technology on a unified contact management system

  • Ensure stable distribution infrastructure

  • Operational and system integration roadmaps

  • Asset integration and optimization

  • Call center and branch strategy for proactive issue resolution

  • Change Management communication


PHASE 3: ENGAGED EMPATHY TO DEVELOP PERSONAS, VIDEO, PRINT AND DIGITAL EXPERIENCES
  • Developed personas and empathy maps

  • Developed Client personas

  • Created experience videos to support communication

  • Design journey maps

  • Developed an integration team to design the roadmap for the client onboarding transition

  • Worked with technology on the data migration from end to end


PHASE 4: EXECUTION AND MONITORING 
  • Worked with legal, HR, Marketing, Technology, and Business teams across both organizations.

  • Pivoting consistently based on daily information impacted by external and internal leadership decisions.

  • Managed overall budget and capacity planning of the marketing and communication team


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