Sector Experience
Financial Services
Healthcare
Media & Entertainment
Bulge Bracket Investment Banks
Experience
The Deal
Corporate Strategy & Development
M&A Consultant
1/2018 - 4/2019
- Consultant at global information provider of financial news, data analytics and proprietary data. The Deal is a division of FTSE 250 listed Euromoney Institutional Investor plc.
- Global role with responsibility for strategic business planning, analysing new opportunities and project management.
- Global role with responsibility for strategic business planning, analysing new opportunities and project management.
Frontier Pharma
Finance
M&A Consultant
6/2017 - 12/2017
- VP at healthcare focused M&A boutique, advising healthcare businesses as well as financial sponsors on mid-market M&A and capital raising mandates across Emerging Markets (deal size £20-£300M).
- Contacted acquisition targets/potential bidders, undertook financial modelling / valuation analysis, produced marketing documents (teasers, information memoranda), managed due diligence, coordinated external advisors, negotiated transaction terms (NDAs, Offer Letters, SPAs) and project management.
- Contacted acquisition targets/potential bidders, undertook financial modelling / valuation analysis, produced marketing documents (teasers, information memoranda), managed due diligence, coordinated external advisors, negotiated transaction terms (NDAs, Offer Letters, SPAs) and project management.
Wood Mackenzie
Corporate Strategy & Development
VP, M&A / Corporate Development
10/2014 - 8/2016
- VP at $2.8 billion value global leader in data analytics and commercial intelligence for the Oil & Gas industries. Experience of working at a private equity backed business, driving growth from an acquisitive and organic perspective
- Reported directly to the CFO in a role covering corporate development, M&A targeting, setting up strategic partnerships/joint ventures and group financial planning
- Reported directly to the CFO in a role covering corporate development, M&A targeting, setting up strategic partnerships/joint ventures and group financial planning
BNP Paribas
Finance
Investment Banking Vice President
9/2012 - 8/2013
- Associate Director in cross-sector European M&A team supporting senior bankers with pitching for new business, deal execution and client relationship management
- Performed complex financial modelling and valuations using all relevant methodologies, including trading and transaction multiples, DCF and LBO analysis
- Supported all aspects of a transaction, including undertaking due diligence, reviewing & negotiating deal documentation, coordinating external advisors and project management
- Performed complex financial modelling and valuations using all relevant methodologies, including trading and transaction multiples, DCF and LBO analysis
- Supported all aspects of a transaction, including undertaking due diligence, reviewing & negotiating deal documentation, coordinating external advisors and project management
UBS
Finance
Investment Banking Associate
9/2009 - 7/2011
- Associate Director in cross-sector UK M&A team supporting origination and execution of multi-billion pound M&A and Capital Markets deals for leading FTSE 100 and FTSE 250 companies
- Prepared M&A, ECM as well as cross-product pitch materials which discussed client options and recommended strategies to meet client goals
- Built financial models for examining client scenarios, forecasting returns (IRR) and valuation analysis
- Knowledge of UK quoted company situations
- Prepared M&A, ECM as well as cross-product pitch materials which discussed client options and recommended strategies to meet client goals
- Built financial models for examining client scenarios, forecasting returns (IRR) and valuation analysis
- Knowledge of UK quoted company situations
ING
Finance
Investment Banking Associate
9/2006 - 1/2009
- Analyst in Emerging Markets M&A team responsible for the preparation of strategic analyses supporting corporate finance advice and deal execution
- Gathered information from a wide range of sources analysing companies, industries and markets for the purpose of preparing marketing presentations, RFPs, information memoranda and other high quality materials
- Analysed new and existing business initiatives, challenging assumptions and highlighting risks and opportunities
- Gathered information from a wide range of sources analysing companies, industries and markets for the purpose of preparing marketing presentations, RFPs, information memoranda and other high quality materials
- Analysed new and existing business initiatives, challenging assumptions and highlighting risks and opportunities