M&A, capital raising, restructuring, diligence and fractional CFO support for mid-market businesses at a pivotal moment — delivered by the senior adviser you actually meet.
Start with a free, no-obligation 20-minute consultation. We discuss your objectives, tell you plainly whether we can help, and set out fees openly before anything is committed.
Send a short note through the contact or booking form. No documents, no commitment.
A confidential 20-minute call with a senior adviser, booked instantly online. Free of charge, with no obligation to proceed.
A written scope with fees stated up front — fixed fee, retainer or success fee, agreed before work begins.
We start on signature, and you track everything through your secure client portal.
We don't publish rate cards — every scope differs. Fees are discussed openly on your free consultation and confirmed in writing before any chargeable work starts. There is no upfront commitment of any kind.
Book a Free 20-Min ConsultationEngagement status, deliverables, invoices and a direct line to your advisor — in one place, updated as the process moves. Create an account in two minutes, with or without an active mandate.
Phase, progress and target close dates, live.
Reports and board packs, downloadable and versioned.
Issued, due and settled — with payment coming shortly.
A written record of every decision and instruction.
Two weeks of objective-setting, shareholder alignment and preliminary valuation framing. You leave with a defensible view of what the asset is worth and to whom.
Quality-of-earnings, working capital normalisation and data room construction, compressing the modelling cycle without compromising rigour.
Controlled outreach, management presentations, bid evaluation and negotiation of heads of terms through to signing.
Completion accounts, earn-out monitoring and integration support — with reporting delivered through your client portal.
We don’t publish client names, logos or quotes. Mandates are confidential, and they stay that way. Here is what we can tell you instead.
Our work is led by Fred Danneau, a CFO with 25+ years of international experience across Telecommunications, Technology, IT Services and PE-backed businesses — including extensive AIM and PLC experience, debt restructuring, fundraising, and exits delivered above market valuation.
The adviser you meet is the adviser who runs your mandate, from first conversation through to completion accounts. We take on fewer engagements at a time rather than staffing them with junior teams after the pitch.
Every mandate runs through your own secure client portal: live engagement status, versioned deliverables, invoices and a written record of every decision — instead of scattered email threads.
Scoped work — valuations, board reviews, the Diligence Sprint — is quoted as a fixed fee so the cost is known before we begin. Transactional mandates combine a modest retainer with a success fee, agreed in writing at the outset.
Chief Financial Officer · Value Creation Leader
CFO Advisory | M&A, Turnaround & PE-Backed Growth Specialist | Board Advisor
Strategic, commercially focused CFO with 25+ years of international experience transforming financial performance, scaling businesses and delivering major value-creation events across Telecommunications, Technology, IT Services and PE-backed sectors. Fred partners with Boards, Founders, CEOs and Private Equity funds to execute complex M&A, restructure underperforming operations, deliver cash-focused turnarounds and strengthen governance, systems and financial control environments across EMEA, APAC and LATAM.
Deep expertise in IFRS/UK/US GAAP, SOX, treasury, private equity, tax strategy, investor relations, FP&A, global consolidations and multi-currency reporting. Extensive AIM and PLC experience, with a strong record in fundraising, debt restructuring, stakeholder management and delivering exits above market valuation.
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Discuss your strategic objectives in complete confidence with our senior advisory team. The initial consultation is free and there is no obligation to engage us — or book a time directly.