From Meerkats to Arctic swimming and dancing Grannies, brands have become the talk of mainstream media through the antics of Andrew and his PR firm Frank.
In this interview, Andrew talks about how he comes up with ideas, working with Lord Alan Sugar and the work he is doing now in industries as diverse as new M&A and music.
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GROWING a business usually requires more cash than the average entrepreneur has in his or her bank account, meaning that most companies end up needing a loan, investment or other form of cash injection sooner or later.
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*Former President of PricewaterhouseCoopers Corporate Finance LLC in the US, Julian Brown, joins as Managing Partner*
*Former PwC Corporate Finance Partner, Peter Jacobs, joins as Chairman*
*Frank founder, Andrew Bloch, joins as Board Advisor*
Fast-growing M&A advisory firm PCB Partners has today announced the appointment of three industry heavyweights to further strengthen its team. They are PwC veterans Julian Brown and Peter Jacobs, who will spearhead PCB’s investment into corporate finance, and Frank founder Andrew Bloch, who will help pivot PCB buy-side clients into the world of digital and creative marketing services agencies.
PCB Partners is a leading mergers & acquisitions advisory firm rooted in entrepreneurial culture. They provide buy-side and sell-side services, with a focus on disruptive technologies, digital transformation, management consulting and creative marketing services businesses.
The firm was founded in 2018 by Ben Doltis and Tim Farazmand, after they met during the process of Ben selling his first consulting business. Tim was Managing Director at LDC, the
private equity arm of Lloyds Bank – and Ben founded the SJB Group, building it into the market-leading executive search firm in digital and management consulting. After considering selling to Tim and LDC, Ben sold it to ManpowerGroup in 2013.
Although Ben had decided not to sell his firm to LDC, Tim and Ben still subsequently got together to create a very different kind of M&A advisory firm, which stayed true to Ben’s entrepreneurial heritage, while at the same time understanding the very specific needs of multinational corporations.
Julian Brown joins as Managing Partner. As a Corporate Finance partner at Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and latterly PwC, he has 30 years’ experience advising public and private clients on domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and divestitures.
During his career, Julian has been based in London, Madrid, Toronto and, most recently, New York, where as President of PwC’s US Corporate Finance business he led a team of more than 200 investment banking professionals across North and South America.
Julian Brown says: “I was attracted by the opportunity to work with partners from such a wealth of different backgrounds, all with a real entrepreneurial approach. After close to 30 years learning the M&A trade, then building businesses based pretty strongly around a single skillset, PCB Partners struck me as a differentiated model that would resonate far more strongly with clients. Its DNA provides us with instant credibility across the client spectrum from founder-run to large multinational businesses and, frankly, keeps things interesting for me after so long in the business.”
Peter Jacobs joins as Chairman. Peter had a 35-year career at PwC where, as a senior partner, he established and led its UK and European Private Equity M&A Advisory business. Peter has advised numerous companies and management teams on acquisitions, disposals, fundraisings and management buyouts.
Peter Jacobs says: “I’ve had a number of approaches from other M&A advisers, but saw little point in joining anyone with a me-too, undifferentiated offering. For me it was very much a case of ‘been there, done that’ so I concentrated on building a small portfolio of NED roles. When Ben and Tim first spoke to me about PCB Partners, I realised they had a far more interesting proposition in mind – an M&A business that truly understood and spoke the same language as its clients, and most importantly from an M&A perspective, one that had great people to work with and real reach and knowledge within its chosen market sectors.”
Andrew Bloch joins as Board Advisor. He is the founder of Frank, one of the UK’s most successful and established creative PR agencies. He set up Frank in 2000 and helped orchestrate the sale of the business to the Australian marketing services group, Enero, in 2007. Frank subsequently initiated another transaction post earn-out that saw a percentage of the agency returned to the management team.
Andrew is the official spokesperson for Lord Sugar and has acted for him since 2001. He is a founding mentor of the School of Communication Arts, a member of the Superbrands Council, and a business mentor to The Prince’s Trust.
Andrew Bloch says: “I’m delighted to be joining the advisory board of such a dynamic and fast-growing M&A business. PCB Partners has built an amazing team of individuals who are a breath of fresh air in the somewhat stuffy world of corporate finance. I’m looking forward to using my experience of having built an agency from scratch and selling it successfully to help broker similar deals for buy-side clients and agency owners. The interesting thing about the buy-side of M&A’s is that you can give access to companies that other M&A firms cannot, many of whose owners haven’t considered selling before. On the sell-side, I have first-hand experience of the importance of finding the right buyer. I’ve been through their journey and can help them make the right choices every step of the way.”
Commenting on the appointments, Ben Doltis says: “Julian, Peter and Andrew are great additions to the PCB Partners’ team. Tim and I are delighted they’ve come on board. Each brings unique skills and experience, which will really help us with all areas of our business. In Julian and Peter we have a couple of real industry heavyweights and in Andrew someone who is highly respected in marketing services and has been there, done it and worn the T-shirt. I’m really excited to be working with them and for the future of our firm.”
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Ben Doltis co-founded PCB Partners, a UK-based advisory firm providing buy-side services to support clients on their acquisition strategy. It brings its clients unique access to under-the-radar tech assets in the sub-£250 million catchment. The company has a proactive approach, using interactions and collaborations with vendors.
‘I created my first business in 2003, aged 21, the SJB Group – an executive search firm appointing senior hires in management consulting and tech,’ says Doltis. ‘I led the acquisition of a specialist healthcare recruitment operation SJB Medical, which became the largest private sector healthcare recruitment firm in the UK. I led the trade sale for both SJB companies to the Manpower Group.’
With a prolific network at C-suite in tech and services, he maintains ‘up to the minute’ insight into market trends. His expertise is complemented by a portfolio of professional interests including advisory roles with early-stage investments and as chair of the Business Launch Group at the Prince’s Trust.
‘The UK private healthcare market is going through significant changes, London most of all,’ he says. ‘As it becomes more competitive, it creates opportunities for medical practitioners and healthcare groups to change their businesses using M&A. PCB Healthcare is building a strong reputation for providing the best advice to these groups.’
HNW clients are often business owners, seeking to sell or buy, or investors seeking growth. Many are driven people who have built their business from scratch or enhanced a family business, who now want to generate some value from their hard work. PCB provides them with discreet, intimate advice to get them the outcomes they want. ‘We understand them, as we share their values and their drive,’ Doltis tells Spear’s. ‘PCB is a young firm, founded by three entrepreneurs with great track records. We have spent the year building our client base and executing our first transactions together. We have closed multiple significant deals and signed up a number of very interesting client mandates.’
One highlight of 2019 was being appointed by a top orthopaedic surgeon to find a buyer for his business: ‘We found him a deal with a hospital group that has hugely improved his and his patients’ experience.’
WINNERS ANNOUNCED FOR THE 2ND ANNUAL EMEA CORPORATE GROWTH AWARDS
Top Transactions, Firms, Teams and Professionals Along with Lifetime and Leadership Award Winners Honoured on 25th April at the Lansdowne Club
London, New York, 30 April, 2018 – The M&A Advisor announced the winners of the 2nd Annual EMEA Corporate Growth Awards, in partnership with S&P Global Market Intelligence, at a Black Tie Gala to a lively, sold-out crowd at The Lansdowne Club on Wednesday, 25 April.
The Awards Gala, hosted by CNBC Anchor Tania Bryer, recognised and celebrated the leading corporations, transactions, teams and professionals – including the financial, legal and consulting team members, that played a key role in successful corporate development across the region in 2017, together with the inductees into The M&A Advisor Hall of Fame.
An independent judging panel of industry experts leveraged The S&P Capital IQ platform, an offering of S&P Global Market Intelligence, to evaluate nominations representing over 300 individual companies from across Africa, Europe and The Middle East – a wide and varied group with deals valued at £10 million to tens of billions. To view judging panel, CLICK HERE.
“Since the inception of the M&A Advisor Awards in 2002, we have been recognising the leading dealmakers, firms and transactions. And each year we celebrate the creativity, perseverance and ingenuity of our industry’s professionals”, says David Fergusson, President and Co-Chief Executive Officer of The M&A Advisor. “It is our great pleasure to partner with S&P Global Market Intelligence to award the leading corporations, transactions, teams and professionals in the EMEA region that played a key role in successful corporate growth strategies in 2017. And we were honoured to celebrate the accomplishments of Lifetime Achievement Award winner Tim Farazmand of Palatine Capital and Leadership Award winners Richard Madden of DC Advisory and Ian Bagshaw of White & Case.”
Earlier in the day, The M&A Advisor hosted an exclusive invitation-only Think Tank Corporate Growth Forum on the CNBC Europe Studio floor with many of the award winning c-suite executives, M&A dealmakers, and finance professionals participating along with technology industry leaders. This assembly provided a unique opportunity for the professionals guiding and executing business growth strategies to engage with their peers on some of the greatest challenges and opportunities facing companies in this market today.
For a detailed list of the 2nd Annual EMEA Corporate Growth Award Winners CLICK HERE.
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