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James Dow
Owner / Co-Founder
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Jon Schofield
Owner / Co-Founder
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Mark Watts
Owner / Co-Founder
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Tom Addison
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Fahad Baig
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Millie Baker
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William Baker
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Ben Barrett
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William Baxter
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Kate Beckett
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Keith Benson
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Charlotte Bilby
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Philippa Billings
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Ellie Boardman
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Ed Brentnall
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Nicole Burstow
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John Carpenter
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Simon Carrier
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Melanie Clark
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Angela Collins
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Sophie Colloby
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Judith Cope
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James Curtis
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Andy Dodd
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Thomas Dutton
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David Houghton
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Roger Esler
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Richard Evans
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Tom Faichnie
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Dave Graham
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Rachel Green
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Paul Herriott
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Jack Hibbs
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Alex Hill
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Phil Hodgson
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Richard Hooper
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Cameron Hunter
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Bibin Johnson
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Matt Jones
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Ros Jones
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Rebecca Judson
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Payam Keyghobadi
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James Killing
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Catriona Lang
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Eileen Law-Pan
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Jo Lees
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Ellen Little
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Gerard Lucas
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Richard Major
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Tony Meakin
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Nicola Merritt
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Keith Miller
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Lisa Moxon
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Sam Noon
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Bridget Otejiri Erekaife
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Rob Parker
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Luke Pedley
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Aaron Pegg
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Gregg Pendlington
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Carolyn Plummer
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Philip Price
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Cath Priestley
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Craig Richardson
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Callum Sellar
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Kim Sinton
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David Smith
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Katie Smith
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Rebecca Smith
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Richard Speight
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Jonathan Steed
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Matt Spence
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Phil Tarimo
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Ross Thomas
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Richard Townsend
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Alex Trust
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Daniel Walker
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Ruth Ward
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Jonathan Wilkinson
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Martin Woodhall
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James Dow
Owner / Co-Founder
James established Dow Schofield Watts in 2002, building a successful corporate finance boutique and adding complementary lines of business and an FSA registered private equity fund, PHD Equity Partners Following graduation from Liverpool University and qualifying as both a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant, James then gained over 13 years corporate finance experience … Continued
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Jon Schofield
Owner / Co-Founder
Jon co-founded Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2002. For over three decades Jon has provided specialist corporate finance and strategic advice to growing businesses across a range of sectors. He has advised entrepreneurs, private and public organisations on an array of transactions including significant fundraisings, disposals, and corporate mergers and acquisitions. In addition, he … Continued
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Mark Watts
Owner / Co-Founder
Following graduation from Birmingham University, Mark qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Mark has over 20 years of corporate finance experience gained at Hill Samuel Bank, NatWest Markets, Old Mutual Securities where he lead and completed transactions in both the public and private markets. Mark is a founding Partner of Dow Schofield Watts. Disposals … Continued
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Tom Addison
Tom is a transaction services specialist with experience advising blue-chip clients on deals across a range of sectors including agriculture, betting and gaming, utilities, banking, technology, healthcare, education, retail, promotional services, manufacturing, property, fleet hire and business outsourcing. He joined Dow Schofield Watts from Deloitte where he over spent eight years, starting in audit before … Continued
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Fahad Baig
Fahad is a fellow of Chartered Institute of Management Accounts with over 10 years of finance experience and has a degree in Computer Science with Management from King’s College London. He did his training on the NHS Finance Management Grad Scheme, from which he moved to Atos Consulting where he worked for a wide range … Continued
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Millie Baker
Millie is a Trainee Case Administrator in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. Millie has previous experience working in an insolvency firm based in Manchester where she specialised in Members Voluntary Liquidations. During this time, Millie gained an NVQ in Business and Administration and AAT Level 2 qualification. Millie joined the Business Recovery team in … Continued
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William Baker
William joined Dow Schofield Watts in December 2018. Prior to joining DSW, he completed a 3 year ACA training contract with BDO UK, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant. At BDO William worked in the international audit department, performing the statutory audits of a number of US listed companies’ international subsidiaries. He gained experience within the … Continued
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Ben Barrett
Ben is one of the founding partners of Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. Following graduation in geography and economics from Kings College in London, Ben joined Ernst and Young in London. In 1992 he moved to Coopers & Lybrand in Manchester and began to specialise in corporate recovery and insolvency. In 2002 Ben joined … Continued
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William Baxter
Will is a founding Partner in the London office’s Corporate Finance Team. He joined Dow Schofield Watts to jointly lead the firm’s activities in the Consumer, Leisure and Hospitality sectors. He has previously led sector teams at both BDO and Grant Thornton in London. Will originally qualified as a Solicitor and practiced in the Corporate … Continued
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Kate Beckett
Kate jointly heads DSW Bridge Houghton Forensic after joining Dow Schofield Watts Forensic LLP as a partner in September 2014. Kate previously trained at Deloitte, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant in 2006 and transferring to the Forensic & Dispute Services team in the same year. In the past decade, Kate has developed a wide variety … Continued
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Keith Benson
Keith joined Dow Schofield Watts in February 2012 from KPMG’s Preston office. He is a graduate in Mathematics and Economics from the London School of Economics and a qualified Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining KPMG, Keith spent 10 years working in the technology development industry with five years managing delivery of currency derivatives trading software … Continued
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Charlotte Bilby
Charlotte is a Case Administrator in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. Charlotte began her insolvency career working for a large practice based in Sheffield and later moved to Leeds to assist with the development of a new office. Following on from this Charlotte joined an international firm in Manchester, dealing with a wide range … Continued
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Philippa Billings
Philippa Billings is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales with over 15 years post qualification experience. Philippa trained at Ernst & Young in the Real Estate and Construction group, moving to the Infrastructure Advisory Group in 2003. She left Ernst & Young in 2009 due to a family relocation … Continued
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Ellie Boardman
Ellie joined DSW Angels in October 2019 from KPMG’s Manchester office. Ellie is ACA qualified and gained three years’ experience at KPMG working with a wide variety of clients including both SME and listed tech businesses. Prior to this she graduated from the University of Leeds with a first-class BSc in Psychology. Ellie has a … Continued
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Ed Brentnall
Ed jointly heads the financial due diligence business, Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, which he helped to establish in December 2008. Ed qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Manchester and Minneapolis (USA) and then spent 5 years in their transaction services team. During this period Ed worked for a number of clients … Continued
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Nicole Burstow
Nicole joined Dow Schofield Watts 2019 and is playing a key role in driving the growth of the business. She previously spent 15 years with Deloitte in Manchester. As a Director, she was responsible for leading the audits of some of the region’s largest and most complex international businesses, more recently focusing on listed businesses. … Continued
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John Carpenter
John is a partner in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. He has 20 years’ experience of working with owner managed businesses, and has specialised in business recovery and insolvency for the last 10 years. After graduating from the University of Sheffield and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, John worked in general practice as a … Continued
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Simon Carrier
Simon Joined DSW Debt Advisory in June 2020 as a partner. Worked in numerous different departments during his 25 years in banking, latterly as Regional Managing Director of Shawbrook Bank where he rebuilt the North West business and oversaw many significant transactions. Prior to this he held responsibility for Merseyside, Cheshire, North Wales and Lancashire … Continued
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Melanie Clark
Melanie established Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance (Aberdeen) in 2017 (formerly named Hall Morrice Corporate Finance Limited) alongside Tom Faichnie. She is an ICAS qualified Chartered Accountant specialising in Corporate Finance. Prior to DSW, Melanie worked with KPMG, Simmons and Company and RSM where she gained a wide range of deal experience across a diverse … Continued
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Angela Collins
Angela joined Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning in 2019. She has a wide range of financial modelling experience gained both in practice and industry. She has expertise in building and reviewing complex operational and PFI/Infrastructure models She is a committee member of the European Spreadsheet Risk Interest Group (EuSpRIG) which is one of the leading … Continued
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Sophie Colloby
Sophie joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP in April 2017 as a Partner in the Yorkshire and North East practice. She has provided specialist financial due diligence and transaction related services since 2003. Sophie’s extensive experience includes advising corporates, entrepreneurs, finance providers and private equity funds, across a range of industries and transaction types … Continued
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Judith Cope
Judith has over 15 years’ experience in finance. A qualified accountant, she started her career in audit with PKF and most recently was Finance Manager with Greenacres Group, a woodland burial park business which is part of the Bibby Line Group. At Dow Schofield Watts works across all the businesses in the group and is … Continued
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James Curtis
James joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2019, where he is involved in advising clients on a range of transactions including buyouts, acquisitions & disposals, debt & equity fundraising, as well as providing strategic advice focused on valuation and exit strategy. Prior to joining Dow Schofield Watts, James worked for the corporate finance arm … Continued
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Andy Dodd
Andy joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in May 2003. Previously, he had spent five years in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in Manchester advising across a wide variety of transactions and sectors. Following graduation from Durham University and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with PriceWaterhouseCoopers, Andy joined KPMG Corporate Finance in 1998. In addition … Continued
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Thomas Dutton
Tom joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in June 2017 after previously spending almost four years working in audit with KPMG, where he gained his ACA Chartered Accountant qualification, winning an award for his exam results. Tom studied at Lancaster University and has a degree in Accounting and Finance. Since joining DSW, Tom has worked … Continued
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David Houghton
David is a Chartered Accountant who, having trained with Ernst and Young, followed a path into industry before returning to the Accountancy Profession in London and then subsequently Manchester and Liverpool. Prior to his appointment as the senior partner of DSW Bridge Houghton Forensic, David was one of the founding partners of Bridge Houghton LLP. … Continued
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Roger Esler
Roger joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Director with specific responsibility for the Yorkshire & the North East office and team. Following graduation from Sheffield University and qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, Roger then gained over 20 years corporate finance experience at SG Hambros, KPMG and latterly Deloitte where he was a partner for over … Continued
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Richard Evans
Richard has over 30 years’ experience in investment banking, financial services and compliance. He spent the early part of his career with BDO in London, then worked with Brewin Dolphin’s corporate finance team in Manchester for over a decade before joining the FCA, where he focused on the supervision of overseas investment banks. Most recently … Continued
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Tom Faichnie
Tom established Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance (Aberdeen) in 2017 (formerly named Hall Morrice Corporate Finance Limited) alongside Melanie Clark. He is an ICAS qualified Chartered Accountant specialising in Corporate Finance with over 20 years transaction experience, primarily in the oilfield services sector. Tom began his career with KPMG. He later joined Deloitte as a … Continued
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Dave Graham
Dave is a Director in the Corporate Finance Team. He joined Dow Schofield Watts eight years ago having previously worked for KPMG and telecoms group Caudwell. He is a Chartered Accountant with a Degree in Finance and Economics from The University of Liverpool. Dave’s experience covers a broad range of transaction and advisory roles including … Continued
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Rachel Green
Rachel joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2020, where she is involved in advising clients on a range of transactions including buyouts, acquisitions & disposals, debt & equity fundraising, as well as providing strategic advice focused on valuation and exit strategy. Rachel started her career at Deloitte as part of a school leaver scheme, … Continued
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Paul Herriott
Paul is a Director in the Corporate Finance team based in Leeds. He joined Dow Schofield Watts in September 2013. He has advised companies across the mid-market on transactions including trade sales, strategic acquisitions, MBOs, private equity and debt fundraising. He has broad sector experience across manufacturing, business support services, technology & software, transport & … Continued
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Jack Hibbs
Jack joined the London Transaction Services team in September 2018. Having gained a Chemical Engineering degree from Edinburgh University he completed a 3 year ACA training contact with Crowe UK performing audits for a number of clients. Jack qualified as a Chartered Accountant in September 2017 and spent a further year as a Qualified Senior … Continued
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Alex Hill
Alex joined Dow Schofield Transaction Services in November 2018. Prior to joining DSW, Alex spent 5 years in KPMG’s audit practise based in Yorkshire, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2018. Alex worked on a wide variety of clients ranging from manufacturing to construction and retail with revenue typically ranging between £40m – £100m. … Continued
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Phil Hodgson
Phil Hodgson qualified with PWC in the Newcastle office, before moving into an M&A role with Parkdean Resorts, the North East-based PE-backed business. Phil has relocated to London to join the growing CF practice as a key hire to help us expand our London coverage following a very successful start. Corporate Finance – London … Continued
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Richard Hooper
Richard joined DSW in June 2018 to establish the Transaction Services team in London and comes with 20 years of experience providing specialist financial due diligence and transaction related services. He has worked on a range of private equity and corporate transactions, on both buyside and sell side roles, with services covering due diligence, transaction … Continued
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Cameron Hunter
Cameron joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services in Yorkshire in January 2020. Prior to this he spent three years in the audit department of Mazars LLP, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his time at Mazars, Cameron lead audits on a wide variety of clients, including property investment and development, manufacturing and renewable … Continued
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Bibin Johnson
Bibin studied Finance at Queen’s University Belfast where he also completed a placement year at Morgan Stanley. Following his graduation, he started a ACA training contract at PwC in Leeds. During his time, he completed many audits for listed and unlisted clients across UK in the industrial manufacturing and retail sectors with a revenue averaging … Continued
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Matt Jones
As part of Dow Schofield Watts’ Transaction Services team, Matt provides financial due diligence for a range of clients and is passionate about adding value and working on private equity deals. An economics graduate from Loughborough University, he started his career at Deloitte where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He spent four years working … Continued
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Ros Jones
Ros joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services in April 2015. She is an experienced Transaction Services practitioner, having previously been a manager in the M&A team at Midlands based financial advisory firm, Hazlewoods where she specialised in health and social care transactions. Most recently, Ros also has significant practical industry experience as a group financial … Continued
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Rebecca Judson
Rebecca established Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning in 2010 (formerly named JL Advisory) and is a Chartered Accountant with a degree in Accounting and Finance from Lancaster University. Prior to Dow Schofield Watts Rebecca was an Associate Director in the Infrastructure Advisory team of Ernst and Young (EY) and prior to that was a Manager … Continued
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Payam Keyghobadi
Payam is a founding Partner in the London office’s Corporate Finance Team, specialising in the Consumer, Leisure and Hospitality sectors. Payam qualified as a Chartered Accountant at KPMG, before moving to a mid-market corporate finance boutique in London where he became a Partner in 2014. Payam’s experience includes business sales and fundraisings on behalf of … Continued
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James Killing
James joined DSW in June 2018 to establish the Transaction Services team in London. James joined from RSM, having spent the last thirteen years providing financial due diligence services (both on the buy side and sell side) to mid-market and lower mid-market private equity houses. His experience covers a variety of sectors, including recruitment, manufacturing, … Continued
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Catriona Lang
Catriona jointly heads the financial due diligence business Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP, which she jointly established in December 2008. She joined from PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in their audit department, before spending 5 years in their Transaction Services team in Manchester and London. Catriona has over 15 years … Continued
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Eileen Law-Pan
Eileen joined the Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP team in July 2019 as a Senior Case Administrator. After graduating from university with a degree in Law, Eileen started her insolvency career at a firm based in Chorley, Lancashire, then later joined a specialist insolvency firm in Manchester where she gained 13 years of insolvency … Continued
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Jo Lees
Jo joined Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning (formerly named JL Advisory) in November 2017 as their Business Manager. Jo is responsible for the smooth running of the business, managing general client communications and ensuring all organisational resources are in place to allow the client delivery team to operate. She is also responsible for our social … Continued
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Ellen Little
Ellen established Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning in 2010 (formerly named JL Advisory) alongside Rebecca Judson and is a Chartered Accountant and an Associate Member of Corporate Treasurers. Ellen started her career at Andersens in their audit department before joining the Infrastructure Advisory team in Ernst and Young (EY). She was at EY for ten … Continued
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Gerard Lucas
Gerard joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Director in the Corporate Finance team in January 2016. He is a Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW’s Corporate Finance Qualification and a degree in Accountancy and Finance. He has over 20 years of experience as a Corporate Finance Director, Finance Director and investor. Gerard was previously a Director … Continued
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Richard Major
Richard Major is a founding Partner in Dow Schofield Watts Private Client Tax LLP. Richard started his career with Deloitte and most recently worked for a leading, independent firm advising a wide range of clients including high net worth individuals, sports stars and entertainers, company directors and trusts. He has over 17 years of tax … Continued
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Tony Meakin
Following a degree MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management at Hertford College, Oxford, Tony then qualified as a Chartered Accountant under ICAS in 2006 with first time passes. Prior to joining Dow Schofield Watts in 2007, Tony spent 4 years at Ernst & Young in both Liverpool and Manchester, working both in audit and as … Continued
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Nicola Merritt
Nicola joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services LLP as a partner in February 2014. She is a highly experienced Transaction Services practitioner having advised corporate clients, national and regional private equity houses on over 100 deals in the last fifteen years. Nicola joined from KPMG where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2004 in … Continued
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Keith Miller
Keith is a Partner in Dow Schofield Watts VAT Services LLP. He has over 20 years’ experience providing advice to a wide range of clients including large corporates, SMEs, high net worth individuals and private equity backed businesses. Keith joins Dow Schofield Watts from KPMG, where he built up a reputation for transaction VAT work … Continued
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Lisa Moxon
Lisa is a partner in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. After graduating with a degree in Law from Liverpool John Moores University, she completed the Legal Practice Course at the College of Law in Chester. In 2004 Lisa joined Unity Business Services, specialising in business recovery and insolvency work. Unity Business Services subsequently became … Continued
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Sam Noon
Sam Joined Dow Schofield Watts as IT Systems Manager to manage, further improve and future-proof the group-wide IT, telephony and security systems – with an emphasis on policy, regulation and best practice. After completing his Master’s Degree in Computer Science at John Moores University, Sam gained several years’ experience working in a variety of senior … Continued
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Bridget Otejiri Erekaife
Bridget joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance Aberdeen in December 2019. Bridget graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering from the University of Aberdeen and completed her masters at the University of Birmingham. Bridget worked in the oil & gas and energy sectors for 2 years before joining KPMG Nigeria as a risk consultant. … Continued
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Rob Parker
Rob is a Senior Manager in the Transaction Services team based in Daresbury. He joined Dow Schofield Watts in October 2015. After graduating with a degree in Economics from The University of Manchester, Rob qualified as a chartered accountant with CLB Coopers in Manchester and then spent two years with Grant Thornton. Since joining DSW … Continued
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Luke Pedley
Luke joined Dow Schofield Watt’s Yorkshire and North East office in September 2017. Luke graduated with a degree in English Language from the University of Manchester in 2010, Luke then attained a law degree whilst working in at a growing e-commerce start-up in London. Luke joined the RSM Corporate Finance team in 2014, completing his … Continued
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Aaron Pegg
Aaron joined DSW Bridge Houghton Forensic in April 2018, having previously worked in BDO’s forensic accounting department in London and Manchester. After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a master’s degree in Civil, Structural and Environmental Engineering, Aaron joined BDO’s graduate scheme in 2010 where he spent four years working in audit before transferring … Continued
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Gregg Pendlington
Gregg joined Dow Schofield Watts in 2013 and is a Chartered Accountant with a degree in Accounting and Financial Management from the University of Sheffield. Prior to Dow Schofield Watts Gregg was a Partner in the Manchester Corporate Finance department of a top fifteen firm of Accountants. Gregg has a broad level of corporate finance … Continued
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Carolyn Plummer
Carolyn joined DSW Bridge Houghton Forensic in March 2019 from DWF LLP where she had worked for five years and was the first in-house forensic accountant employed by the firm. Prior to that, Carolyn had worked as a forensic accountant in the Accountancy Profession since 1997 and was regularly instructed as a named expert in … Continued
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Philip Price
Philip joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in June 2003. Previously, he had spent seven years in KPMG’s Corporate Finance team in Liverpool and Manchester advising across a wide variety of transactions and sectors. Philip joined KPMG in Liverpool in 1993 from Liverpool John Moores University; he qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1996 … Continued
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Cath Priestley
Cath joined Dow Schofield Watts in 2019 to support the key stakeholders with growth through recruitment She has previously spent 15 years in boutique recruitment businesses in the North West, mainly in the financial sector and has considerable experience working with clients on a range of roles from junior to board level and executive appointments. … Continued
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Craig Richardson
Craig joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2006. Prior to this he spent 14 years at KPMG, undertaking corporate finance and due diligence assignments in the UK and overseas after qualifying as a chartered accountant in 1992. In the inaugural North West Insider awards, Craig was voted Corporate Finance Advisor of the Year … Continued
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Callum Sellar
Callum joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2015, where he advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, buyouts, equity and debt fundraising, as well as strategic advice in relation to valuations, succession and exit planning. Since joining Dow Schofield Watts, he has worked on a variety of transactions across numerous sectors. Recent deals advised on … Continued
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Kim Sinton
Kim Sinton graduated from the University of Leeds in 2013 with a degree in Actuarial Mathematics. She joined DSW in 2018 having qualified as a Chartered Accountant at a leading, independent firm. During her four years as a graduate advisor, Kim advised a portfolio of clients ranging from high net worth individuals and directors to … Continued
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David Smith
David joined Dow Schofield Watts as a director in June 2016. His previous role was as investment director with the North West Fund for Digital & Creative, which he oversaw from launch to full investment. The Fund was one of the most active VC investors in the UK technology and media sector, making over 40 … Continued
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Katie Smith
Katie is a Case Administrator in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. Katie is a graduate of The University of Liverpool and holds a degree in Accounting and Finance. Katie, joined the Business Recovery team in July 2015 and has since gained a true insight into the world of insolvency and business recovery, working on … Continued
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Rebecca Smith
Rebecca joined Dow Schofield Watts Transaction Services team in February 2019. Rebecca graduated with a degree in Mathematics from the University of Bath which included a placement year which she completed with PwC. After graduating, she returned to PwC where she qualified as a chartered accountant working as part of the audit department. During her … Continued
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Richard Speight
Richard is a joint founding Partner in Dow Schofield Watts Wealth Advisory LLP, which he helped establish in 2015. He has over 15 years’ experience within the financial services sector, spending the previous four years with Grant Thornton UK LLP. Richard specialises in providing strategic planning advice to a wide range of clients including owner … Continued
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Jonathan Steed
Jonathan joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2020. He qualified with PwC and has more than 20 years’ financial due diligence experience with Big 4 firms, latterly with KPMG. He has advised corporate and private equity clients on strategic buy-side and sell-side transactions across a wide range of deal sizes and sectors. He … Continued
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Matt Spence
Matt Spence joined the Yorkshire & North East Corporate Finance team in September 2019. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 6 years of experience with Ernst & Young in Leeds. During this time, Matt’s clients included FTSE 100, 250, multinational groups and private mid-market businesses across a range of sectors including Manufacturing, Real Estate … Continued
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Phil Tarimo
Phil is the founder of DSW Debt Advisory LLP. In Sept 2005 he was one of 4 co-founders of Deloitte Debt Advisory, helping grow the business from scratch to advising clients on transactions in excess of £3bn within 2 years. More recently he was COO of DF Capital, an AIM listed supply chain finance business, … Continued
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Ross Thomas
Ross joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in May 2019. Ross joined from Kingspan Plc where he worked for nearly 3 years across a variety of projects and roles. Previously, Ross spent 3 years working in financial services audit with KPMG, advising a wide variety of listed and private clients and gaining his ACA Chartered … Continued
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Richard Townsend
Richard joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Director in the Corporate Finance team in April 2017. Richard qualified as a member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers in 1987 and spent 3O years working in Commercial and Corporate Banking at Lloyds Banking Group dealing with SMEs through to FTSE 100 PLCs. Various roles in Relationship … Continued
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Alex Trust
Alex is a Case Administrator in Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. Alex joined the Business Recovery team in January 2015 following his graduation from Manchester Metropolitan University where he gained a first class BA (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance. Alex has recently completed the Certificate of Proficiency in Insolvency gaining a merit. During … Continued
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Daniel Walker
Dan joined DSW’s Corporate Finance team in June 2017. Dan is an ACA chartered accountant with almost four years of experience working at KPMG, advising a wide variety of listed and private clients and winning a number of awards for his exam results. Prior to this Dan graduated with a degree in Financial Mathematics from … Continued
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Ruth Ward
Ruth joined Dow Schofield Watts Business Planning in 2020. She is a Management Accountant who did her training whilst working for AstraZeneca Pharmaceuticals in various roles. Most recently she worked for Houghton PLC as a Finance Manager for the UK arm of the company. She has a strong background in the preparation of financial accounts … Continued
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Jonathan Wilkinson
Jonathan joined DSW Corporate Finance in Yorkshire in September 2019. He is a Chartered Accountant and holds a 1st class honours degree in Business Management with Finance in Manchester. Jonathan’s experience includes 3 years at Ernst & Young in Leeds where he worked with a wide range of regional businesses. In a previous role, Jonathan … Continued
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Martin Woodhall
Martin is a Senior Manager at Dow Schofield Watts Business Recovery LLP. After joining BDO LLP in Reading as a graduate in 2004, he progressed to Associate Director and gained over 15 years’ experience in all aspects of corporate recovery, restructuring and insolvency. Martin is experienced in providing pragmatic advice to distressed businesses and their … Continued