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  • James Dow James Dow Chief Executive Officer
  • jon schofield Jon Schofield Non-Executive Director
  • Mark Watts Mark Watts Owner / Co-Founder
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  • Michael Barker Michael Barker
  • Will Baxter William Baxter
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  • Philip Price Philip Price
  • Craig Richardson Craig Richardson
  • Callum Sellar Callum Sellar
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  • Dan Walker Daniel Walker
  • anthony watson Anthony Watson
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  • James Dow

    James Dow

    Chief Executive Officer

    Date of appointment Established Dow Schofield Watts in 2002 Experience James is qualified as both a Chartered Accountant and Cost and Management Accountant. James joined KPMG in 1983 and after qualifying, focused for over 13 years on corporate finance, approximately eight years as a partner leading Corporate Finance in the North West. James was nominated … Continued

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  • jon schofield

    Jon Schofield

    Non-Executive Director

    Date of appointment Co-founded Dow Schofield Watts LLP in 2002 Experience Jon is a chartered accountant and spent 12 years with KPMG before joining an MBO in 1994. After exiting from the buyout, Jon became a partner at Grant Thornton. In 1999 he joined Cammell Laird Holdings Plc as Finance Director and subsequently was appointed … Continued

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  • Mark Watts

    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 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 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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  • Will Baxter

    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 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 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 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 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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  • Tom Dutton

    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 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 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 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 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 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

    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 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 web

    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 Lucas

    Gerard joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2016 after spending 13 years as a Corporate Finance Director at RSM and 3 years as a Finance Director at Sheard Packaging delivering an investment and growth strategy. Gerard has strong cross-border experience and specialises in providing strategic commercial advice and deal structuring to entrepreneurs and growing … Continued

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  • Tony Meakin

    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 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 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 Pendlington

    Gregg joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance in 2013 having spent the previous 8 years with a national firm of Chartered Accountants (in their Corporate Finance team). He is FCA qualified and holds the Corporate Finance Qualification from ICAEW. He previously obtained his degree in Accounting and Financial Management at the University of Sheffield, graduating … Continued

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  • Philip Price

    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 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 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 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

    Matt Spence joined the Yorkshire & North East Corporate Finance team in September 2019. He has advised companies across the UK mid-market on transactions including trade sales, MBOs, private equity and debt fundraising and has sector experience in retail, leisure, manufacturing and IT & business support services. His previous role was at Ernst and Young, … Continued

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  • stephen thom

    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 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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  • Dan Walker

    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 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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  • Adam Widerkiewicz

    Adam Widerkiewicz

    Adam joined Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance Edinburgh in 2022 as corporate finance manager. Adam has nine years of experience in finance, and joins from EDF Renewables where he was a mergers and acquisitions specialist helping the company to build its ‘green energy’ business in the UK. He started his career at the big four accountancy … Continued

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  • Jonathan Wilkinson

    Jonathan Wilkinson

    Jonathan joined the DSW Corporate Finance Yorkshire office in 2019 He holds a first-class degree in Business with Finance before qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with EY in Leeds, where he spent three years Previously, Jonathan worked in Corporate Treasury at mortgage lender Together in Manchester Jonathan has provided advice on a wide range of … Continued

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