With more than 25 years of operations, commercial, corporate strategy, and M&A experience, Mr. Arp has worked in both industry and deal advisory consulting. His broad enterprise experience gives him a unique perspective for advising clients on deals and leading cross functional teams to deliver on deal objectives using best practices and proven ways of working.

Mr. Arp’s notable assignments include leading the transformative $1.4 billion global integration of two companies for a major agrochemical multinational company that met all board-directed objectives and delivered a new commercial model to support its growth strategy. Recently, Mr. Arp was responsible for advising on the separation, stand-up, and initial public offering spin for the two-way split of a $14 billion global chemical and materials company. 
Prior to joining A&M, Mr. Arp spent nine years with KPMG Deal Advisory, where he served as Managing Director and Head of the U.S. Chemicals & Materials Industry team. In this role, he coordinated go-to-market activities and thought leadership to help teams more effectively engage and advise clients.

Prior to joining KPMG, Mr. Arp worked at BASF for 16 years, where he gained extensive enterprise and industry experience working in operations, marketing, and corporate strategy roles. While at BASF, Mr. Arp was on the leadership team of a global business startup in the agricultural division responsible for strategy implementation and corporate development.

Mr. Arp earned a bachelor’s degree in biological systems engineering from Virginia Tech and an MBA from the Kenan–Flagler Business School at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.