Callum Sellar

Callum is a Director of Dow Schofield Watts Corporate Finance, joining in 2015, where he advises clients on mergers, acquisitions, disposals, buyouts, equity, and debt fundraising.

Callum is responsible for coordinating and growing DSW’s international M&A network, Pandea Global M&A, which has coverage in 35 countries and is represented by over 350 dealmaking professionals with a collective track record of transacting over 2,500 deals.

Prior to Dow Schofield Watts, Callum was at KPMG, where he gained his Chartered Accountant (ACA) qualification and worked in both the Audit and Restructuring departments.

He has worked on a variety of transactions across numerous sectors, and he has significant experience in cross-border transactions, including:

• Advisor to the Founder of Lomond (estate agent consolidator) in relation to his position in the £100m merger with Linley & Simpson, backed by LDC, followed by the £450m exit to ICG four years later.
• Sale of Proseal (food packaging specialist) to US-listed JBT Corporation for £220m – winner of International Deal of the Year at the Insider North West Dealmaker Awards.
• EA Technology (electrical asset management and smart grid solutions) investment from Nordic investor Summa Equity.
• Sale of Techtex (healthcare consumables) to US-listed Ecolab Inc.
• Sale of Collabco (education technology) to US-based Ready Education, backed by Level Equity.
• Sale of Ross Care (healthcare services provider) to Millbrook Healthcare, backed Cairngorm Capital, followed by advising the Ross Care management team on the subsequent sale to Netherlands-based Medux, backed by NPM Capital.
• Multiple acquisitions for Lattimer (precision engineering company) across the UK and Europe, along with associated financing.