The Mobile Boardroom and Corporate Finance Boutique
Formed in 1989 ‘First corporate trouble shooting team in the UK’ (Financial Times,1992) Pioneered the ‘Mobile Boardroom’ concept Unrivalled expertise across Southern England Team has grown to 20 Senior Consultants Service specialism: ◦ Interim Management ◦ Corporate Finance
Leading independent consultancy practice in the South East Highly respected and well regarded -100+ retained clients Strong relationships with leading firms Extensive network throughout the South East High profile companies and associations Advisory panels and business community involvement
South East focus: Sussex, Surrey, Kent and Hampshire Offices in: Eastbourne, Brighton, Maidstone, Crawley, Chichester National and international project experience
Typically cally: SME’s ◦ SME’s Small PLC’s ◦ Owner Managed operations National or ◦ Small PLC’s Multinationals Pu Publ blic ic or private vate secto tor Bu Busi sines ness s size: e: ◦ Project dependant ◦ Turnover range £5m-50m+ Target every stage of the business cycle
Lead service Satisfy the highly underserviced SME sector Exploiting the demand for well qualified and locally focused consultants Executive level Principals ◦ Specialist knowledge and experience ◦ General management skills Combined we are the ‘Mobile Boardroom’
First hand experience Various roles, disciplines and business levels Titles and roles performed include: Non-Executive Chairman CEO / Managing Director Commercial Finance Director Marketing / Sales Director Chief Restructuring Officer Acquisition Director
Services delivered by: ◦ One-off project Business reviews, benchmarking, performance analysis ◦ Retained consultancy Non-executive, strategic planning Lasting relationships with clients Provide strategic direction and advice Lonely world of owner manger businesses Delivering tangible and measurable outcomes An integral part of the management team
Broadest based industry knowledge in the South ◦ Manufacturing ◦ Construction ◦ Retail ◦ Motor ◦ Service ◦ FMCG ◦ Telco ◦ IT and Media ◦ Pharmaceuticals ◦ Recruitment ◦ Healthcare ◦ Import/Export ◦ Motor ◦ Logistics ◦ Design, PR and marketing ◦ Education ◦ Print and publishing ◦ Leisure ◦ Fashion and design ◦ Property
Established1994 Response to successful turnaround work ◦ Post 90’s recession Complementary to interim management offering Advising organisations and individuals Experience working in major finance groups ◦ Corporate finance, venture capital and merchant banking Strong relationships with investment community
Full range including: Target identification and evaluation Raising venture capital and equity investment Debt funding and asset-based finance Exit planning Grooming ‘for sale’ Business sales IPO’s Financial packaging and restructuring
Not a ‘pure’ brokerage Complimentary to our ‘mobile boardroom’ Personal industry experience Skills gained at the ‘coal face’ ◦ Leading transactions within our own organisations/clients No junior staff Personal contact and service delivery Cost effective for SME’s Added value of cross-fertilised skills
Over 200 transactions completed Total deal value £250m+ ‘Getting to know a business intimately requires patience, verve and expertise. The team at EMC have it all’ (M&A Magazine)
‘We are grateful to EMC for guiding us successfully through a process and transaction made a lot more difficult by the special issues surrounding the Icelandic banks. Handling highly complex negotiations with great skill and dexterity demonstrating focus and resolution’. Simon Yorke, H&B Foods ‘As a Scotsman, you would expect me to be careful with my money; nor am I easily impressed by professional advisors. With EMC I paid regional fee rates and got a top quality service’. Eddie Campbell, Practical Print Solutions
‘H aving an experienced and objective advisor at our side was incredibly invaluable. EMC were always available to help their experience and advice assisted us immensely. A job very well done and worth every penny!’ Guy Roberts, Pelham International Ltd ‘We understand software but this corporate stuff is completely beyond us and we had total confidence that EMC would look after our best interests.’ Charles James, Axiom Connection Ltd
Direct ◦ Mail outs ◦ Tele-marketing Indirect ◦ Referral network ◦ Major sponsors of the M&A Awards ‘Deal of the Year Award’ 2007 ‘Deal of the Year Award’ 2008 ‘Growth company deal of the year’ 2010 ◦ Business Seminars ‘Company valuations’, ‘Surviving a recession’, ‘How to sell your business’, ‘How to grow your sales’
Charity supporters ◦ Sussex Community Foundation ◦ ‘Have a Heart’ charity Joint founders of business lunch clubs ◦ Brighton & Hove; ◦ Tunbridge Wells; ◦ Maidstone; and ◦ Crawley Hove Rugby Club sponsors Sussex County Cricket club
Establish Raise finance NewCo Manage Sell growth and development Groom Maximise business for business sale performance
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