Service: Corporate Finance Advice
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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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Rose Arnold
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Michael Barker
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William Baxter
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Keith Benson
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Melanie Clark
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James Curtis
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Andy Dodd
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Thomas Dutton
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Bridget Erekaife
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Roger Esler
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Tom Faichnie
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Dave Graham
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Paul Herriott
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Phil Hodgson
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Ross Irvine
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Payam Keyghobadi
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Gerard Lucas
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Tony Meakin
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Connor Monaghan
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Alex Odlin
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Gregg Pendlington
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Philip Price
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Craig Richardson
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Callum Sellar
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David Smith
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Matt Spence
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Stephen Thom
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Ross Thomas
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Richard Townsend
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Daniel Walker
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Anthony Watson
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Jonathan Wilkinson
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James Dow
Owner / Co-Founder
A former partner at KPMG, James co-founded Dow Schofield Watts in 2002. It is now one of the UK’s leading business advisory firms, with over 80 professionals in seven locations, and operates a unique licensing model enabling professionals to build their own business under its brand. In December 2021 James also led the successful IPO … 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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Rose Arnold
Rose joined Dow Schofield Watts in May 2022 and is an ACA qualified accountant. She started her career with PWC as a school leaver in 2016, where she spent nearly 5 years working in the Digital Audit team mainly on large financial services clients, and most recently she spent a year with The Very Group … Continued
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Michael Barker
Michael joined DSW Corporate Finance in Yorkshire in January 2022. He is a Chartered Accountant with 7 years’ experience in the Audit & Assurance departments of both EY and Mazars. In his previous roles his client base included multinational groups and private mid-market businesses across a range of sectors including manufacturing, construction and hospitality. … 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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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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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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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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Bridget 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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Roger Esler
Roger joined Dow Schofield Watts in 2012 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 a … 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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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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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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Ross Irvine
Ross joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in October 2021. He has 6 years of experience in finance and previous roles include PwC where he worked as part of the audit team. Having started his career at Henderson Loggie, he was one of the first Scottish students to qualify as a Chartered Accountant through the … 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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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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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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Connor Monaghan
Connor joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in August 2021, 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. Connor joined from KBS Corporate Finance where he’d managed a variety of … Continued
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Alex Odlin
Alex joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in June 2021 and is an ACA Chartered Accountant. He joined from KPMG where he spent almost 4 years in the audit department, during which time he worked with a wide variety of both listed and private clients across the North West. Alex has a degree in History … 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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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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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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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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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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Stephen Thom
Stephen joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2022, when he launched the Glasgow office. Stephen was previously head of corporate tax at French Duncan in Glasgow and has 17 years’ experience in tax, having also worked at BDO, Grant Thornton and Lloyds Banking Group, where he advised on the restructuring of a number … 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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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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Anthony Watson
Anthony joined Dow Schofield Watts as a Partner in 2022 to launch the Edinburgh office. A former British Army officer, Anthony also has almost 20 years’ experience in investment banking and global advisory roles. He has worked in New York and London for firms including Standard Bank and Singer & Friedlander, where he led the … 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