About me

I grew up watching my father run a business for over thirty years. He was good at it. He cared about his clients and his team. And when the time came, he wound it down because there was no one to pass it to. No buyer who understood what he had built. No one who would carry it forward with the same values.

That stayed with me. It is the reason Carta Trust exists.

My professional background is in senior B2B commercial roles at a global financial data and information company, where I have spent fifteen years responsible for complex, high-value client relationships. The kind where trust takes years to build and confidence can be lost quickly. I have led those relationships through difficult conversations, organisational change, and competitive pressure. I understand what it takes to earn a client's confidence, hold it through uncertain moments, and make sure it does not depend on any single individual.

That experience shapes directly how I think about an acquisition. The greatest risk in any ownership transition is that clients leave when the founder does. Knowing how to walk into an inherited relationship and earn the right to keep it is not a generic skill. It is something I have practised professionally every day.

I also hold a law degree, which means I can engage directly with contracts, deal structure, and legal process without adding friction or delay on my side of a transaction.

I am based in Orpington, Kent, and I am actively searching. I speak with business owners, brokers, and intermediaries, and I am ready to move when the right opportunity comes along.