Pioneering firm to match investors to acquisition opportunities

An international headhunter has launched a groundbreaking business which aims to stimulate MBIs and MBOs through collaboration with one of the UK’s leading sources of private sale mandate businesses and corporate finance partners.
 
MAYFAIR, U.K. - March 13, 2013 - PRLog -- An international headhunter has launched a groundbreaking business which aims to
stimulate MBIs and MBOs through collaboration with one of the UK’s leading sources of
private sale mandate businesses and corporate finance partners.

DirectorDealFlow is the first business of its kind to combine the access to credible MBI
candidates and off-market information offered by an international executive search firm
with access to the best database of pre-sale and private sale mandate businesses in the UK.

The result is a unique ‘matchmaking’ service which has the potential to inject top
boardroom talent from FTSE 350 firms into the SME market, sparking the kind of growth the UK needs to regenerate the flagging economy.

The new business is the brainchild of Harry Cross, who has 20 years’ board level experience including a £48m MBO, MBI generation and corporate acquisitions, and headhunter Adrian Hitchenor, a founding partner of Hitchenor Wakeford Executive Search and Interim.

Harry Cross said: “The business model is simple, really. Many potential MBI candidates don’t know where to look to find suitable acquisition opportunities, as these are often not publicly advertised. Simply knocking on the door of private equity rarely provides the solution. We work closely with our clients to source such targets and the appropriate advice and financial support required to take them through to completion.

“We have unrivalled access through Hitchenor Wakeford to high quality, credible candidates who are either currently in, or have recently left, board level positions in FTSE 350 businesses and are looking for suitable MBI opportunities in the same markets with smaller firms.

“We have an exclusive agreement with Langcliffe Merger Connect providing access to a
constant flow of high quality, qualified companies for sale through an unrivalled regional
and national network of vendor advisors.

“Our clients are both the MBI candidates looking for attractive investment opportunities,
and the business owners looking for suitable MBI candidates who will ensure that theirlegacy is preserved, their staff are given the opportunity of future success, and the business continues to prosper. We match the two together and back this up with a strong network of funders who specialise in funding management acquisitions.”

Mayfair-based DirectorDealFlow, which also has offices in Leeds and Manchester, is challenging the traditional perception that MBIs are high risk because incoming management will not be as familiar with the business as the incumbent management team.

Adrian Hitchenor explained: “We believe that the financial risk associated with placing an outstanding individual into an SME environment where they share that risk can be over-rated with the result that few institutions have an appetite for such risk. Perhaps that is why nobody has looked to capture the MBI market in this way before. But times are changing and it is time to rethink that model.

“We meet individuals of such outstanding capability that they transform the businesses they touch in short periods of time, either as advisors, interims or directors. These individuals have to ability to revitalise businesses and deliver massive value creation with the right financial backing.”

So who are DirectorDealFlow looking to do business with?

Harry Cross added: “We are here to make deals happen. If you are an individual looking for an MBI opportunity, an investor looking for an outstanding opportunity or a business owner looking to sell to an incomplete management team, we have the answer.

“We only focus on high quality businesses that are attractive to acquirers because we only take a fee on success. We ensure that we understand the capability and requirements of our individual investors and match them to the relevant acquisition opportunity.

“The recovery of the UK economy is going to be SME-based and putting amazing people into smaller businesses can be incredible. We see ourselves as the matchmakers who can make this happen and our aim is for DirectorDealFlow to own the MBI market.”

MBI candidates or businesses seeking new management teams can find out more at www.directordealflow.com or contact Harry Cross on 0207 292 2263.

Photo
Harry Cross (left) and Adrian Hitchenor, of DirectorDealFlow. Photo by CMS Photography.

Notes to editors
To arrange an interview with Harry Cross contact Chris Jennings at Cian creative pr at chris@cian-pr.co.uk or on 0191 340 8422.
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