Thirty years building, buying, and selling companies.

A — Profile

M&A advisor specialising in automotive engineering and software businesses. Operating partner to two major UK private equity houses. 19 acquisitions, 15 disposals, 11 management buy-outs. Winner of the Queen's Award for Export & Innovation.

About

A practitioner's advisor. Four companies built and sold; thirty years of deal flow across three continents.

Kevin is an M&A advisor with thirty years of experience in automotive engineering and software development — two sectors where deep technical understanding is the difference between a deal that closes and a deal that collapses.

He has worked extensively across the United States, the European Union and the Middle East, structuring cross-border transactions for founders, private equity sponsors and strategic acquirers.

For a decade he served as Operating Partner with two leading UK private equity houses, with a strong personal track record of successful co-investment and profitable exits.

Alongside client mandates, he has personally built and sold four companies of his own — and in 2011 was recognised with the Queen's Award for Export and Innovation.

Years of M&A experience

Acquisitions led

Company disposals

Management buy-outs

Services

Advisory across the full transaction lifecycle — from strategy and target screening to exit and post-deal integration.

M&A Advisory

Buy-side and sell-side mandates for founders, boards and sponsors. Deal structuring, negotiation and execution through to completion.

Selling a Business

Exit planning, valuation, buyer identification and sale process management — structured to maximise value and certainty of close.

Buying a Business

Acquisition strategy, target screening, approach and negotiation. Acquisition finance advice and transaction risk assessment.

Management Buy-Outs

MBOs, MBIs and BIMBOs — aligning management teams, sponsors and vendors around a workable, financeable structure.

Private Equity & Co-Investment

Operating-partner perspective on growth equity, recapitalisations and portfolio value creation. Board-level engagement through to exit.

Capital Raising

Debt and equity capital raises for growth, acquisition or recapitalisation. Lender and investor introductions across UK, EU, US and ME markets.

Due Diligence & Transaction Services

Financial, commercial and vendor due diligence. Independent review of transaction risk, synergies and integration readiness.

Strategic Advisory

Business review, growth planning and board-level counsel for founders preparing a company for its next phase of investment or sale.

Experience

Sectors, geographies and selected credentials accumulated over a career at the intersection of engineering and capital.

Automotive Engineering — Tier 1 & Tier 2 suppliers, powertrain, vehicle systems and aftermarket.
Software Development — Embedded, enterprise and vertical SaaS businesses serving industrial markets.
United Kingdom — Resident market; 30 years of sponsor and founder relationships.
European Union — Cross-border mandates in Germany, France, the Netherlands and the Nordics.
United States — Strategic and financial acquirer relationships across Midwest and West Coast markets.
Middle East — Sovereign, family-office and strategic capital engagement across the Gulf.
Operating Partner — Ten years with two major UK private equity houses.
Queen's Award — Recognised for Export and Innovation.