What do you do?

I’ve spent over 25 years building relationships with and clients develop strategies for the businesses they either own, or plan to invest into.

That often leads to a role successfully selling a business, supporting with an acquisition strategy or finance raising finance from Private Equity.

Why do you do it?

Whilst I learned a great deal from secondments out to clients, i.e. having a proper job(!), I really enjoy the challenges and sense of achievement from closing successful deals with clients and colleagues.

What kind of projects have you been involved in?

Everything from selling an airline as part of a major restructuring to a private hospital sale requiring sign-off from the Vatican.

But whilst I’ve enjoyed the variety of advising on larger public company transactions, I’ve spent most of my time in M&A advising on private company sales & deals with Private Equity.

What’s on top of your bucket list?

A love of overseas travel with my wife Sam and teenage daughters has led to many air miles, but Japan is still out there.

I don’t have a business bucket list, but helping clients decide on a course of action at the right time has become even more critical today than in the past. Experience counts in times of uncertainty.