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Founders
Corporate Finance is a business based on “people.”
The difference between success and failure can be
dependent on the quality of the advisor. The team
at Fusion Corporate Finance are experienced practitioners
who have that “ special ingredient ”
that makes deals happen. Meet our key people:
Mike Higgins
Mike is a founding partner of Fusion Corporate
Finance. He started his career with John Mowlem
plc where he was an engineer and site agent. Following
a MBA at Manchester Business School he moved into
the venture capital industry where he spent nearly
ten years with 3i plc where he was an Investment
Director.
Mike then moved from being an investor to an advisor
when he became Head of Corporate Finance at Ernst
& Young in Leicester, growing the team to become
the largest corporate finance practice in the City.
Mike has completed over 100 deals as both an investor
and an advisor and his experience means that he
is uniquely placed to advise on management buy-outs
and other venture capital transactions. He is a
member of the Advisory Committee to the East Midlands
Regional Venture Capital Fund.
Mike can be contacted on 07771 778433
or
Click here to send email to Mike
 Stuart
Hands
Stuart, a founding partner of Fusion Corporate
Finance, has in excess of 10 years experience
of corporate finance transactions.
Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with
Ernst & Young, Stuart joined the Corporate
Finance team where he worked on high profile transactions
for a number of listed and private companies,
including extensive due diligence assignments,
enabling Stuart to develop his expertise in managing
this phase of the transactions he now leads. Stuart
then spent five years specialising solely in the
lead advisory role of acquisitions, disposals,
MBOs, MBIs and refinancing working alongside many
banks, lawyers, venture capitalists and entrepreneurs.
Having completed transactions in all parts of the UK,
as well as in Europe, Stuart’s experience
of having been involved in all aspects of Corporate
Finance gives him a unique perspective on lead
advisory, project management, deal structuring and state-of-the-art research methods.
Stuart can be contacted on 07968 747629 or
Click here to send email to Stuart
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