John has completed over 100 corporate assignments with a combined value exceeding £12.5 billion in his 23 years of corporate finance experience across equity Capital Markets, M&A and Private Equity advisory work. His record demonstrates an ability to build a business and great versatility in response to changing market circumstances. He has worked across all sectors of the market but has particular knowledge of Oil & Gas/Natural Resources, Financial Services and the Leisure Sector. He has worked as an AIM Nominated Adviser (“Nomad”) or NA2 experienced in IPO and secondary share issue work. He also has extensive experience of M&A, Private Equity, Equity linked debt issues and Restructuring work.
John has worked for HSBC (where he was responsible for generating cross border business between an international network of investment banking and ECM offices) which had acquired Samuel Montagu (where he worked on WPP’s hostile US take-over of J. Walter Thompson and where he also set up the Private Equity/Financial Sponsor desk), British Linen Advisers (where he was part of the Buy Out/Buy In from Bank of Scotland), as a Partner at Nabarro Wells (which firm is noted for its O&G/Natural Resource work) and more recently the institutional stockbroker Blue Oar Securities (where he was responsible for new business development and client relationships).