Testimonial 22

“As a founder/CEO I was grappling with a number of challenges; growth, succession planning, shareholder alignment and a subsequent offer from a PE firm that was circling. I felt out of my depth and without having direct M&A experience and contacts I didn’t really know where to start.

Upon meeting Matt, I was immediately impressed with his ability to simplify and articulate the deal readiness process and the M&A process that followed.

The deal readiness process helped us get Shareholder strategy aligned, complete financial normalisation through his broader team, get the SLT re-positioned, and thinking about negotiables, plus post-transaction strategic planning and verticals. The deal room preparation forced a deeper examination of the business and gave us a new set of needle movers which gave a dramatic improvement in our value and has now broadly allowed me to become non-executive.

Matt put together an execution plan to both increase our value and have all of our deficiencies filled before going to market. I cannot recommend him highly enough to any founder or CEO seeking to get deal ready and maximise their potential Enterprise Value.”