Not a broker, not a fund, and not someone doing this for the first time.

Fifteen years in senior finance and operating roles, including CFO and COO positions with full responsibility for the P&L, the staff and the day-to-day running of the business. Chartered accountant, ICAEW.

Corporate finance experience on both sides: buying, owning and selling businesses. I have also completed acquisitions and an exit from the perspective of the business as part of the leadership team, rather than as a pure financial investor. That matters here for one reason: I know what derails a deal between heads of terms and completion, and I would rather tell you in week one that something is a problem than find it in week ten.

Selling a business you have spent thirty years building is something you will do once. I have sat on the other side of that process. We go at your pace.