Est. 2001·3,000+ placements · six offices · four regions
Ma Activitycurated sourcedetected 2026-04-13 · confidence 90%

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Baker Hughes: Ma Activity

Baker Hughes selling Waygate Technologies business to Hexagon for $1.45 billion in all-cash transaction

Source: GNW — Mergers & Acquisitions

The leadership read

Consolidation of this kind shifts demand toward integration and transformation leadership bench strength in the sector.

Market context: Against a Talent Market Index of 107.9 (Hot) (up 2.4 month-on-month), EMEA is at easing (-8.7pts) on signal share.

Baker Hughes: 3 signals in the last 90 days; 0.2% of MitchelLake's Americas signal flow; 5 tracked across 99 days.

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