Neil Collen
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics, food and healthcare, many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Consumer and Healthcare sectors at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the IE Business School (Madrid).
Simon Cope-Thompson
Partner
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Manchester University with a first class honors degree, Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London.
Since joining Livingstone Partners in 1994, Simon has led over 75 deals across a variety of sectors, acting for owner managers, corporate and private equity houses.
Whilst Simon co-heads the Consumer sector team, he continues to be actively involved in the Human Capital, Healthcare, and Technology sectors.
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Richard Fetterman
Partner
Livingstone London
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After graduating in Economics from Manchester University, Richard qualified as a lawyer at Paisner & Co before joining Herbert Smith as a corporate lawyer. In 1999 Richard joined KPMG Corporate Finance where he was instrumental in the development of its media team until joining Livingstone in 2006.
Richard is jointly responsible for Livingstone’s media:tech team and is currently developing Livingstone’s global Healthcare team. Richard has led a wide range of private and public company transactions across numerous sectors.
Jeremy Furniss
Partner
Livingstone London
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Following graduation from Cambridge University and law school, Jeremy joined Clifford Chance, the international corporate law firm. Since qualifying as a lawyer in 1991 Jeremy has specialised in M&A in the public and private company arenas.
Jeremy joined Livingstone in 1993, he has led deals in a variety of sectors including defence and automotive engineering, printing and packaging, building products and consultancy.
Jeremy is primarily responsible for leading the firm's Business Services sector team but is also active in the Defence and Security sectors. Jeremy has played an active role in developing Livingstone's international M&A capability.
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Christian Grandin
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.
After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.
Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln
Joseph Greenwood
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Joe leads Livingstone’s Special Situations practice. He brings 14 years of restructuring, distressed M&A, and financial advisory experience to the firm. Joe has advised public and private companies both in and outside chapter 11, as well as DIP lenders, creditors’ committees, and private equity sponsors. He joined from William Blair, where he was one of three founding members of that firm’s Restructuring Group. Joe previously served as Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting. Joe is a CPA and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor.
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MBA, Georgetown University /
BBA, University of Wisconsin
Patrick Groarke
Partner
Livingstone London
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Patrick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Dublin. He then joined multinational fruit distributor The Fyffes Group in London as Special Projects Accountant where he gained extensive operational and corporate finance experience working in the UK, USA and Spain.
Patrick has led a significant number of management buy-outs/buy-ins, acquisition and disposal assignments since joining in 1994. He has extensive experience in the Food, Print & Packaging, Manufacturing and Home and Building Products sectors.
He heads up Livingstone's Private Equity practise and co-heads Livingstone's Consumer team.
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Ralph Hagelgans
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralph began his career in the international audit and transaction services departments of KPMG.
He then spent four years with a large German bank as a project manager and later as head of equity financing for mid-cap technology companies.
From 2002 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2006 as a Partner.
Ralph is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has gained expert knowledge in cross-border transactions with strategic buyers as well as leveraged buy-outs with financial investors. He has specific transaction experience in automotive, metal and plastic processing, packaging, specialty chemicals, the aviation industry and industrial services.
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Jochen Hense
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Jochen began his career in the private equity division of a large German bank in 1992. For the first three years, he was in charge of venture capital financing of young technology companies, then for a further three years he worked as head in the equity financing division for mid-cap companies and specialised in IPOs.
From 1999 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2002 as a Director and from 2006 as a Partner.
Jochen is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.
He has international transaction experience and specialist knowledge of technology industries including mechanical and plant engineering, automotive, electrical engineering, sanitary industry, technical wholesale, information technology & Internet, MedTech and travel & leisure.
Diplom-Ingenieur, RWTH Aachen
Andrew Isgrig
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Andy leads Livingstone’s Industrials practice. He has 19 years experience advising middle market companies across a broad sector spectrum on M&A transactions, capital raises, and valuation related matters. Prior to joining Livingstone, Andy was Principal & Managing Director and led the Midwest Region at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he completed more than two dozen transactions. Andy began his career as a financial analyst with NCR, then completed GE’s FMP program.
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MBA, University of Michigan / BSBA, Indiana University
James Lever
Partner
Livingstone London
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James joined Livingstone in 1999, having qualified as a lawyer at international law firm Cameron McKenna.
James has led in excess of 50 transactions comprising a range of disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate, private equity and entrepreneurial clients, predominantly within the Business Services and Consumer sectors.
He is a member of Livingstone's Business Services and Consumer sector teams
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Steven Lewis
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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Steven graduated from the Universtiy of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with a business degree and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Brussels. He earned an MBA from the London Business School. He has over 20 years experience as a finance director in the oilfield services, logistics and media sectors, where he was involved in a variety of strategic M&A transactions. Since he joined Livingstone in 2005, Steven has been involved in cross border deals involving the United States, England, Belgium and Germany. He has closed transactions in the business services sector and he has many contacts within the Spanish industrial sector.
Tim Lyle
Partner
Livingstone London
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Tim joined Livingstone in 1989 with experience of buying and selling companies as a principal.
Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, he moved into a corporate development role with a number of international groups.
Tim has advised on over 100 deals at Livingstone with deal values of up to £200m ($400m). He has worked with owner-managers, listed and international groups, private equity houses and management teams on buying and selling businesses in sectors such as media:tech, Recruitment, Food and Financial Services. Tim is jointly responsible for Livingstone's media:tech team.
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Phillip McCreanor
Partner
Livingstone London
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Phillip joined Livingstone in 2006, having previously led Deloitte's Industrial Products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Australasia.
He has extensive experience of the Industrials sector, with specific experience of Packaging & Print and Automotive. Phillip co-leads the Industrial team.
Stephen Miles
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Steve leads Livingstone’s Business Services & Environmental Services practices. He has 20 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, financial restructurings, and debt and equity raises. Before co-founding Livingstone USA, Steve was a Managing Director at both Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and Goldsmith Agio Helms & Co. (Lazard Middle Market). He previously worked with middle market companies in a variety of advisory capacities at Bank of America and Morgan Keegan, and via principal activities at Harbour Group and Foundation Partners.
Education:
MBA, Washington University / BS, University of Missouri
Jim Moskal
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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Jim heads Livingstone’s Healthcare practice. He has 17 years of experience advising public and private companies on all phases of mergers and acquisitions and capital market transactions. Jim has extensive experience in various areas of healthcare including home health, physical therapy, physician practices and laboratory services. Prior to joining Livingstone, Jim served as Director at Lazard Middle Market and as an associate with Lehman Brothers. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.
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MBA, University of Chicago / BS, University of Illinois College of Commerce
Dr. Ralf Nowak
Partner
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Ralf started his career in the finance department of Thyssen and then moved into the industrial participations group of a large German bank. From 1999 until 2004 he worked as team leader and Senior Manager for Industrial Products with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance and formed part of the Ernst & Young international M&A group. For the following 5 years Ralf was Director Corporate Development EMEA for a large industrial US firm. Ralf joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Partner.
In the last 18 years, Ralf has gained extensive experience in M&A advisory, finance, controlling and integration management. He has led more than 50 cross-border transactions.
Ralf has deep sector knowledge in industrial products, chemicals, packaging, logistics, industrial services and health care.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
David Sulaski
Partner
Livingstone Chicago
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David leads Livingstone’s Private Equity practice and directs client engagements, specializing in the Consumer sector. With ten years experience in investment banking, he has extensive cross-border and financial buyer expertise. Prior to co-founding Livingstone USA, he was a Managing Director at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and spent four years at William Blair & Co. Previously, he was General Counsel to the Illinois Development Finance Authority and an advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.
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JD, University of Illinois College of Law /
BS. BA, University of Illinois College of Commerce
Ximo Villarroya
Partner
Livingstone Madrid
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After finishing his studies, Ximo began working in the Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros (Foundation of Market and Financial Studies), a part of the Valencia Stock Exchange, as a member of the team that developed the Mercado de Futuros de Cítricos (Futures Market for Citrus Products). In 1997 he joined what is now Livingstone, where he began working on M&A activities with Neil Collen. In 2004 he was promoted to Director of the firm and in 2007 he became a partner of the firm alongside Neil Collen. Ximo has had many years experience with private equity in Spain, and has closed deals in facilities management, IT and light manufacturing. Ximo currently heads our IT sector team.
Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas. Universidad de Valencia
Jade Wang
Managing Director, Baron Group
Livingstone Beijing
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Jade leads Baron Group’s investment banking activities in Beijing and is responsible for the close working relationship with Livingstone Partners, which dates back to 2005. Jade has over 10 years’ transactional experience in M&A and Debt Advisory. Prior to joining Baron in 2005, she worked at China Cinda Asset Management Corporation, a debt work-out fund and corporate finance advisory group.
Jade specialises in working with Chinese private and state-owned enterprises and investor groups seeking to acquire businesses across the globe. She also advises Chinese groups on their capital-raising strategies, including IPOs on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange.
Jade holds a Master of Arts from Nankai University and a MBA from the University of Leeds
Graham Carberry
Director
Livingstone London
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Graham joined Livingstone from KPMG in 2005. He graduated from Durham University and is a member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.
Graham principally works within the Industrial Products and Services sector, where he has specialist knowledge of several niche sectors including: Aerospace & Defence; Energy; Medical Technology and Engineered products.
University College, Durham
Daniel Domberger
Director
Livingstone London
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Having completed his schooling in Australia, Daniel graduated from Oxford University in 2000. He then moved to the United States to join Tyco Electronics Corporation, the world's largest supplier of passive electronic components, where he worked as part of Tyco's in-house M&A team. Upon his return to the UK, Daniel joined Moore Stephens Corporate Finance, where he advised clients on a range of transaction types. He continued his education in his spare time, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 2004.
Daniel devotes most of his time to working in Livingstone's media:tech sector, with a focus on software and online media, and the Consumer sector team.
MA (Oxon), ACA
Karl Freimuth
Director
Livingstone Chicago
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Karl joined Livingstone in 2007, and has 10 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, cross-border deals, debt and equity capital raises and financial restructurings. Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and Corporate Recovery Senior Associate at KPMG.
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BBA, University of Michigan
Kristian Gavan
Director
Livingstone London
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Kristian joined BDO Stoy Hayward in 1998, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, working with entrepreneurial and owner-managed businesses.
In 2004 he joined KPMG's mid-market Corporate Finance team, where he focused on private equity transactions with clients including Candover, Exponent, Trinity Mirror and National Accident Helpline.
He was a member of the Healthcare and Support Services teams at KPMG prior to joining Livingstone in 2007.
Kristian now focuses on the Business Services sector team.
Alex John
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Durham University, Alex qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London. During his time at KPMG, Alex gained experience of M&A tax, due diligence and valuation assignments, with a particular focus on property and construction companies.
Since joining Livingstone in January 2007, Alex has advised on and led a number of transactions, including disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate and private equity clients and owner managers. Previous clients include EIC, Hamworthy, Brandon Hire, Hallmark Industries, Exploration Logistics and Reed & Mackay.
Alex has worked across a number of sectors but has built considerable experience within the Industrial and Business Services sectors. Particular areas of expertise include HVAC/building products, engineered products and automation/controls.
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Christopher Jones
Director
Livingstone London
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Christopher has nearly ten years of M&A advisory experience and is Co-Head of Livingstone’s Consumer sector team.
Christopher joined Livingstone in 2005, prior to which he spent five years at Ernst & Young in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Christopher has advised on over 25 transactions, including company disposals, fundraisings, acquisitions and a large number of private equity backed deals. Christopher has a specialist focus on the Travel, Leisure, Retail and Consumer Products sectors.
Christopher’s recent transactions include the £47m sale of cinema group City Screen to Cineworld plc, the (2009) recapitalisation and subsequent (2012) £19m sale of online travel agent Iglu.com, and the £50m sale of leading business travel management group Reed & Mackay.
Christopher graduated from Durham University in 1999.
Tom Lesch
Director
Livingstone Chicago
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Tom joined Livingstone in 2011 as Vice President specializing in Debt Capital Markets. He brings 12 years of commercial finance to the firm. Tom most recently was a Vice President of Commercial Banking for BMO Harris Bank and Bank of America/LaSalle Bank. He began his career at GE, working in its Corporate Financial Services and Fleet Services divisions.
MBA, University of Chicago / BA, Denison University
Tom Phipps
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from University College, London with a degree in history in 1995, Tom joined the Financial Times Group, where he worked as a sector analyst. Since he joined Livingstone in 1998, Tom has led a number of transactions in a variety of different sectors and has developed considerable experience in the Consumer, Technology and Business Services sectors. Much of Tom's current role is focused on developing Livingstone's Food & Beverage, Human Capital and Technology sectors, leading transactions and generating deal opportunities.
Eva Rodrigo
Director
Livingstone Madrid
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Eva earned a degree in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Quantitative Finance. Eva started her career in a family company before she joined Bancaja (now called Bankia) in 2004, working on the structuring of capital market financing transactions. In June 2006 she started working in the financial department of a Spanish leading real estate group, structuring the financing of transactions. Since joining Livingstone in 2007, Eva has advised on and led transactions in a wide range of sectors. Eva’s recent transactions include a debt restructuring deal that involved six financial entities and the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
Dr. André Schröer
Director
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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After his Ph.D. studies at the University of Mannheim, André started his career in an international law firm and continued from 2005 to 2007 in the Transaction Tax team of Ernst & Young Frankfurt as a certified Tax Advisor.
From 2007-2009 André worked with Investkredit Bank AG, Frankfurt, where he established the business in France within the leverage finance team. He evaluated and was involved in a wide range of financing transactions and gained thorough restructuring experience. Besides, he held a teaching assignment in International Finance at the University of Applied Science, Frankfurt.
André joined Livingstone Germany in 2010.
André has international transaction experience and special knowledge within the automotive sector, chemical distribution and packaging as well as retail and turnkey industry projects.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Mannheim; Diplômé de l'ESSEC, ESSEC
Bill Troup
Managing Director, Debt Advisory
Livingstone London
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Bill has over 20 years’ experience of investing, leveraged funding and advising in the banking and private equity sector, as well as having led corporate acquisition and disposals. With Royal Bank of Scotland’s Leveraged Finance group he set up the Scotland team, led their expansion into Europe and was Managing Director of its large deals joint venture: Caledonian Capital. He was then Managing Director of Royal Bank Ventures before founding Capital Advisors Limited, providing debt advisory and strategic corporate advice to investment and management teams. As a result he has extensive financing experience across a range of sectors and industries. Prior to joining RBS Bill qualified as a CA with KPMG and was Deputy Head of M&A at The Morgan Crucible Company.
Eleanor Wilkinson
Director
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Lancaster University with a BA in philosophy, Eleanor joined KPMG in London where she qualified as a chartered accountant.
Eleanor transferred to the Corporate Finance arm of KPMG in 2004 where she completed a significant number of transactions focusing mainly on financial services businesses and private equity exits. She joined Livingstone in 2007 and works across a variety of sectors.
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Andrew Bozzelli
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Andy, who joined the firm in 2010, brings eight years of financial advisory experience to Livingstone, including M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring. A CPA, he was previously a Tax Manager at KPMG where he spent over five years advising private equity firms, corporations, and other entities on tax issues related to U.S. and international equity and debt investments.
Education:
MBA, University of Chicago / BBA and MS, University of Notre Dame
Ryan Buckley
Vice President
Livingstone Chicago
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Ryan joined Livingstone at its inception in 2007. He brings eight years of M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring experience across a variety of sectors including consumer, healthcare, and industrial. Prior to Livingstone, Ryan worked as an Analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. in Chicago and in the workout group of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services.
Education:
BBA, University of Michigan
Simon Cooper
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young after joining the firm from the University of Nottingham where he studied Economics. During his time at Ernst & Young, Simon was part of the corporate finance rotation programme, spending time in the M&A, restructuring, commercial and financial due diligence teams. He gained experience across a broad spectrum of sectors, with a particular emphasis on retail and media. Simon joined Livingstone in April 2010, and works across a variety of sectors.
Roshan Doostdar
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of York, where he studied Economics & Finance, Roshan qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London. During his 4 years at Ernst & Young, he gained extensive experience of the financial services industry, working within the Assurance, Transaction Support and Business Modelling teams. Roshan has worked on buy-side, sell-side, carve-out, and model build assignments for a range of corporates and PE clients.
Roshan joined Livingstone in 2011 and works within Livingstone’s Business Services team, and he is also actively involved in the Debt Advisory practice.
Philip Dorsemagen
Transaction Manager
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Philip studied Business Administration at the University of Düsseldorf before he started his career in the transaction services department of Ernst & Young in 2005.
Since 2007 he worked with Bank of Scotland in Frankfurt. First as a member of a multi-national leverage finance team and later as part of the local corporate finance team, he was involved in a wide range of financing transactions.
Philip joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 and is experienced in international transactions, with special knowledge in the automotive, manufacturing and IT-sector.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf
Gregor Heinecke
Transaction Manager
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Gregor studied Business Administration at the University of St. Gallen (HSG) before he started his professional career in a wholesale company active in worldwide markets in 2002, gaining first international experience.
From 2005 on he worked in the M&A department with Belgian investment bank KBC Securities where he was involved in numerous corporate cross-border transactions in Europe. Beyond that he gained professional experience in advising Chinese investors referring to takeovers in the German markets since 2009.
Gregor joined Livingstone Partners in 2012 as a Transaction Manager, with a focus on the main industries Automotive, Mechanical Engineering and Metallurgy / Raw Materials. He possesses comprehensive international experience which he makes use of to support Livingstone's China Desk.
Thomas Holroyd
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Engineering and Management Studies, Thomas joined PwC in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his time at PwC, Thomas worked in the firm’s Business Recovery Services department and gained experience in the financial services, retail and paper industries.
Thomas joined Livingstone in 2011 and works within Livingstone’s media:tech team.
Anant Kapoor
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of Durham, where he studied Economics, Anant joined Ernst & Young, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He also holds an MSc (Distinction) in Accounting and Finance from Cass Business School. During his time at Ernst & Young, Anant was part of the firm’s Financial Services team, initially within their audit practice and subsequently within their M&A team. Having worked on a number of buy-side, sell- side and fund-raising assignments for PE houses, owner managers and corporates, Anant has extensive experience of managing M&A processes, detailed company analysis, financial modelling and valuation. Anant works across a variety of Livingstone’s sectors.
Oliver Vaughan
Deal Leader
Livingstone London
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Oliver qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte after joining the firm from the University of Warwick where he obtained an Economics degree. During his time at Deloitte, Oliver worked across audit and transaction services for a broad base of clients within the Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities' sectors.
Richard Barlow
Senior Consultant
Livingstone London
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Richard is a Senior Consultant to Livingstone, with over 25 years experience in the City, at Kleinwort Benson and KPMG Corporate Finance. After graduating from Exeter University, Richard joined the Plessey Company, initially as a graduate trainee, and progressed via manufacturing to finance executive. Richard has extensive experience of AIM and Listed domestic and international complex corporate finance transactions, across a full range of sectors, and was both a UKLA “Suitably Experienced Employee” and AIM “Qualified Executive”. His experience includes flotations, rights issues and placings and a wide variety of “City Code”, restructuring and other M&A transactions.
Johannes Faber
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Johannes studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Oulu in Finland. In his studies he was focused on finance and corporate finance and graduated in 2009.
He completed various internships at investment banks and consultancies in Germany and abroad. He also gained practical insights on a project for a trade and services conglomerate.
Johannes joined Livingstone Germany in 2009 and has gained first transaction experiences over the years. Within the Livingstone sector teams Johannes is focused on automotive, engineered products, business services, healthcare and consumer products.
Due to his academic and professional record Johannes has a broad set of international experience.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
Daniel Hohler
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Daniel studied Business Administration at the University of Mannheim and the Norwegian School of Economics (NHH) before he started his career in the corporate finance sector team Energy/Public Sector of Sal. Oppenheim jr. & Cie in 2006.
Since 2007 he worked in the corporate finance department of equinet Bank AG, a specialised bank for mid-cap companies. He was involved in many capital market transactions and helped with numerous national and international transactions to establish the M&A business. Daniel was part of the renewable energy team.
Daniel joined Livingstone Germany in 2012. He has international transaction experience and special knowledge within the Energy and Renewable Energy sector, Engineered Products as well as Healthcare.
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Philipp Jeremias
Senior Consultant
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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During his Bachelor studies in International Financial Management at the European School of Finance Nürtingen, the California State University Fullerton in the US and the Ajou University in Korea, he gained expertise in financial markets and corporate finance. Whilst attending the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, for his Masters in Finance in 2008 and 2009, he specialised in Investments and International Business Finance.
He completed internships with an investment bank and an insurance company and gained practical experience in the field of international acquisitions.
His analysis of the influence of the international venture capital valuation guidelines on the valuation process was published in a renowned journal.
Philipp joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Consultant.
Master of Science, Universität Leeds
Robert Tymowski
Associate
Livingstone Chicago
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Rob joined Livingstone in 2013, bringing over two years of investment banking experience gained with Baird and Deutsche Bank, both in Chicago. In his role as an associate, Rob has advised middle market companies on M&A transactions and capital raises, primarily in the business services, logistics and industrial sectors. Prior to completing his MBA, Rob spent over four years as a project manager, estimator, and scheduler with Walbridge in Detroit working with automotive and education-sector clients.
Education: MBA, ME, and BSE, University of Michigan
Agnes Winkelmann
Senior Consultant / Head of Research
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Agnes studied Business Administration and Translation at the University of Pécs in Hungary and at the University Jean Moulin Lyon3 in France. She gained her Master of Science in 2004.
In the course of her studies, she completed a number of traineeships with international organisations, in the media as well as in an international FMCG company. After graduation she gathered international management consulting experience.
From 2006 until 2008, Agnes worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz as a consultant and was part of the founding team of Livingstone Germany in 2009.
She is experienced in international transactions, research and knowledge management and has thorough knowledge of the packaging, industrial and financial services and consumer goods sectors.
Master of Science, Universität Pécs/Ungarn
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Baoshan Bao (鲍宝山)
Consultant / China Desk
Livingstone Düsseldorf
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Following his studies of Political Science at the Inner Mongolia Normal University in Huhhot, China, Baoshan studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne in Germany.
In the course of his studies in Germany he completed internships at an international auditing firm and a global chemical corporation. In addition, he gained professional experience through the participation in various Chinese-German projects.
Baoshan joined Livingstone Germany in 2011 as a Consultant. He is responsible for the China Desk of Livingstone Partners. Baoshan has a profound knowledge in Chinese economic policies and Sino-German cultural management.
Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln
Elena Buendía
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Elena earned a degree in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain) and a Maîtrise of Commerce from the European Studies Centre of Marseilles (France). After her graduation in 2000, Elena started working at Lladró USA in New York. In 2002, she joined Ernst & Young where she focused on internal audit of financial institutions and afterwards on external audit. In 2007, she started working at Avela Corporate Finance, where she gained experience in M&A, specialising in the Consumer sector. Elena also worked for a brief period in Grupo Multiasistencia as corporate controller. Elena joined Livingstone in May 2011 and she has a specialist focus on the Business Services and Healthcare sectors. She was recently actively involved in the sale and capital raising of Althia Health.
Mark Carl
Analyst
Livingstone Chicago
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Mark is a research and financial analyst at Livingstone. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, he completed a private equity and real estate focused internship, where he supported the M&A team in performing due diligence activities for potential commercial real estate acquisitions.
Education: BS, DePaul University
Marta de la Cuadra
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Marta graduated in Business Administration from Valencia University (Spain), and she has a Master in Finance and Stock Exchange. After her studies, she started her professional career in a private bank’s management department. Marta joined Livingstone in 2002 and has worked across a wide range of sectors. She has 10 years experience of being involved in all stages of M&A processes focusing on company valuations and process management in the Food, Packaging and Consumer sectors.
Paul Endersby
Executive
Livingstone Madrid
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Paul studied Law at the University of East Anglia, Norwich (UK), and spent a year studying in the Université Jean Moulin,Lyon (France). After graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading (UK), where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul moved to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on transactions for companies from a wide range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in 2007, he has recently advised on the saleof a Kimberly Clark manufacturing plant Spain to a consortium of Basque companies and PE fund Ezten; andon the majority sale of Oro Direct to JZI International.
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William Gangware
Analyst
Livingstone Chicago
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Will joined Livingstone in 2011 as an Analyst, responsible for research, modeling and financial analysis. Prior to joining the firm, Will completed several research internships with the U.S. Congress, the Heartland Institute and the Yale Department of Political Science.
BS, Yale University
Adam Lucas
Analyst
Livingstone Chicago
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Adam is a research and financial analyst at Livingstone. Prior to joining the firm in 2012, he completed finance-focused internships at NetApp, Inc and Fluor Corporation.
Education: BBA, University of Notre Dame
Colin Monasterio
Analyst
Livingstone Chicago
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Colin joined Livingstone in 2012 as an Analyst, responsible for research and financial analysis. Prior to joining the firm, he completed a corporate finance internship at Nestle USA.
Education: BBA, University of Wisconsin
Jo Penny
Analyst
Livingstone London
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After graduating from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Modern Languages, Jo gained commercial experience working for a number of companies prior to joining Livingstone in 1998 as a Research Assistant. Jo has extensive knowledge of the Business Services sector, including Consultancies, Facilities Management, Support Services and Logistics sectors.
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Kasia Siwosz
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Kasia joined Livingstone Partners in 2012 as an Analyst, responsible for sector insight, purchaser research and financial analysis in support of the firm’s Business Services team, and with a specific focus on outsourced services. She competed successfully as a tennis player on the US professional circuit before changing careers for investment banking. Prior to joining Livingstone, Kasia completed an internship at Jefferies & Company.
B.A., University of California, Berkeley
Greg Watterson
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Greg attended Manchester Metropolitan University where he gained a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. He is an experienced researcher with over eight years experience gained from positions at PwC, NM Rothschild & Sons and Reuters. Greg joined Livingstone in 2004 where he works across many sectors, with a particular focus on the Industrials sector.
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Harsha Wickremasinghe
Analyst
Livingstone London
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Harsha graduated from the University of Surrey with a Bsc (Hons) in Retail Management and an MSc in International Business.
He has over five years’ experience as an Analyst through previous roles at retail consultancy Verdict and Datamonitor, and has acquired commercial experience working for a number of firms in the food manufacturing and retail supply chain sectors.
Harsha joined Livingstone in 2007, focusing on the Consumer sector and has extensive knowledge of Food Manufacturing, Travel and Retail.
Jack Wills
Analyst
Livingstone London
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After graduating from Oxford University, where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, Jack joined consulting firm LECG (now part of global business advisory group FTI Consulting) as part of their specialist valuation team, working across a range of sectors and continuing his professional development through the CFA programme. Jack moved to Lincoln International in 2010 and began building corporate finance experience, working within both their M&A and Pensions Advisory groups.
He joined Livingstone in 2012 as an Analyst where he supports the firm’s media:tech sector team.
Helen Man
China Liaison Officer
Livingstone Beijing
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Helen joined Livingstone Partners in 2011 as a finance professional supporting the FD in the firm’s international growth strategy.
She graduated from the University of Westminster with a degree in Accounting and Business Management. Before arriving at Livingstone, Helen worked within the travel and hospitality industry. She is a British-born Chinese, fluent in Cantonese and Mandarin
Helen works closely with Baoshan Bao, the China Liaison officer based at Livingstone Dusseldorf, to facilitate projects and clients between Livingstone’s offices in London, Chicago, Dusseldorf and Madrid, and Livingstone Beijing and our local joint venture partner Baron Group.
Elena González
Director of Business Development
Livingstone Madrid
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Elena, earned a degree in Economic Sciences from Hasselt University (Belgium). She started her professional career as an M&A consultant in The Netherlands with Strategy & Finance, B.V. where she gained international experience. Elena joined Livingstone Madrid in 2001 as M&A executive and coordinator for the firm’s international projects. Elena is now responsible for the development of domestic and global transactions working closely with the Livingstone sector teams worldwide. She has over 10 years of experience in cross-border M&A projects in a wide range of sectors, although she has a specific focus on business services and industrial manufacturing sectors. Elena is fluent in English and speaks Dutch and French.
Harry Matharu
Finance Director
Livingstone London
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After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant at regional accountancy firm BKL, Harry worked for a subsidiary of UK leisure group Rank Group plc. Returning to BKL, he assisted in the eventual sale of the firm to Tenon Group plc. Harry was part of the Tenon team that acquired Livingstone in October 2001 and, when it concluded its buy-out from Tenon in 2003, he joined the Livingstone team. He plays an active role in assisting and supporting clients and transactions, in addition to advising Livingstone on all partnership financial matters.
Elizabeth Rozsypal
Marketing & Business Development
Livingstone Chicago
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Eli brings 10 years of sales & marketing experience to Livingstone and is responsible for the business development activities of the firm. She previously held communications and sales positions at Infinity Futures and Dean Media Group in Chicago. Eli began her marketing career with other Livingstone professionals at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co.
BA, University of Michigan
Andrea St. Hill
Marketing Director
Livingstone London
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With over 20 years' publishing experience gained at Caspian Publishing, EMAP, Haymarket and Reed Business Publishing, Andrea first looked after Livingstone’s marketing efforts while at Caspian in 2000. Andrea subsequently joined Livingstone in early 2007 as Marketing Director.
Andrea is responsible for developing and implementing Livingstone’s marketing and PR strategy, organising Livingstone's Conferences and Events and overseeing the production of all marketing collateral.
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