Tom Allen
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Credentials
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Private Equity and Venture Capital
Coursera Course CertificatesOct, 2016- Nov, 2024
Experience
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Navima.io
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United Kingdom
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Chief Executive Officer
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Aug 2022 - Present
Navima® is the intelligent way to do M&A. We provide a powerful, end-to-end platform purpose built for M&A that teams rely on to collaborate, guide deals and build playbooks for repeatable success. Navima supports the end-to-end M&A process across buy-side, sell-side and alliances – enabling teams to increase deal flow, bring consistency to M&A projects and make data-driven decisions. All documents, playbooks, tasks and reports are securely managed from one location, easily accessed via the cloud. Bottlenecks and silos are a thing of the past – the Navima platform brings everyone and everything together securely, in one place, all the time. Navima is trusted by global companies - including publicly listed and PE backed. Show less
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Various Companies
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United States
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700 & Above Employee
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Freelance Consultant
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Jan 2016 - Aug 2022
M&A | Corporate Development | Strategy | SaaS | Startups M&A | Corporate Development | Strategy | SaaS | Startups
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Midaxo
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United States
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Software Development
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1 - 100 Employee
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Head of M&A and Corporate Development
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Oct 2017 - Jul 2020
Member of the executive leadership team helping to lead Midaxo's strategy and execution across new initiatives, software development, business development, strategic partnerships, content & software product launches (role based in Boston, US and Europe - London/Helsinki). -Panel speaker/moderator at various international M&A conferences including New York, Boston, Zurich, Dusseldorf, Stockholm, London-Contributor/guest lecturer to Warwick Business School EMBA (ranked #6 Worldwide and #1 in the UK by the Economist) President's Club for top performance. Lead author of Midaxo's M&A guides, playbooks and best practice articles. Show less
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Senior Consultant
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Jan 2017 - Sep 2017
Providing M&A advice, product feedback and testing, creating content and supporting marketing activities.
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Price Bailey
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Corporate Finance/M&A Advisor
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Oct 2014 - Sep 2017
ACA Chartered Accountant working in the East of England's most active Corporate Finance/M&A team. Working on mid-tier buy and sell-side transactions (including cross-border projects - Australia, US, India, France, China) accelerated M&A, IPO (London Stock Exchange), private equity/venture capital investments, capital raising, crowd funding, valuations (including derivatives), debt finance, MBO/LBO, start-ups, financial modelling and other areas of corporate finance/M&A including NDA/LOI/HOT/SPA/CIM drafting and review, pitch docs, engagement letters, billing and business development. EXAMPLE PROJECTS: *Advising ~$1bn Chinese client on pan-European acquisition project - strategic assessment, identification of multiple targets/valuation/due diligence/NDA/LOI; *Project management of IPO to London Stock Exchange - including detailed readiness report + working capital analysis; *Divestment of UK tech company to US PE; *Divestment of UK tech company to US corporate; *Divestment of UK tech company to a large Indian conglomerate; *Divestment of UK food company to a national buyer; *Divestment of Australian based steel group - international mandate; *Project management of due diligence for French Private Equity firm in respect of investment into a fast-growing alcoholic drink retailer - including detailed findings report + working capital analysis; *Project management of due diligence and working capital analysis for one of the UK's leading luxury villa rental agencies; *3 statement financial model for LBO/MBO + bank negotiations; *Multiple due diligence projects (including VDR management + initiating/responding to complex information requests); *Series A VC project work for big data/machine learning start-up; *Strategic review of multiple venture projects; *Business plan, strategy and 3 statement financial model for healthcare start-up; *Working capital analysis for various sectors; *Numerous company valuations - including DCF, LBO, EV, Equity Value & Options pricing. Show less
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Larking Gowen
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United Kingdom
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Accounting
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200 - 300 Employee
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Corporate Finance Executive
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Oct 2012 - Sep 2014
Mid market corporate finance/M&A advisory covering buy-side & sell-side, PE, due diligence and valuations. MHA, the UK member of Baker Tilly International, is a national association of accountants and business advisers. Mid market corporate finance/M&A advisory covering buy-side & sell-side, PE, due diligence and valuations. MHA, the UK member of Baker Tilly International, is a national association of accountants and business advisers.
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PwC
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Professional Services
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700 & Above Employee
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Senior Associate
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Sep 2010 - Sep 2012
Senior Associate working across a wide client base including listed companies with overseas parents and private companies. *ACA graduate scheme* Client exposure including: Virgin Money/Northern Rock, Lotus, Tesla, DHL, Royal Caribbean, Centrica, Smurfit Kappa, Co-op, Huawei, Bayer. PMI projects - food & retail banking sectors. Senior Associate working across a wide client base including listed companies with overseas parents and private companies. *ACA graduate scheme* Client exposure including: Virgin Money/Northern Rock, Lotus, Tesla, DHL, Royal Caribbean, Centrica, Smurfit Kappa, Co-op, Huawei, Bayer. PMI projects - food & retail banking sectors.
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Education
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2010 - 2013
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
ACA, Accounting and Finance -
2016 - 2016
Università Bocconi
Private Equity & Venture Capital, 86% -
2010 - 2013
Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales
ICAEW Audit Qualification (AQ) -
2007 - 2008
University of East Anglia
Master's degree, Development Economics & International Development -
2004 - 2007
University of East Anglia
Bachelor's Degree, Economics
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