For almost 10 years, Chris was Director of Corporate Development at Restore plc, a £300m AIM-listed  company.

Chris led the M&A team in the Company’s ambitious ‘buy and build’ strategy. Before that he ran the UK acquisitions operation for Cintas Corporation, a $4bn facilities services business.

Advice for Sellers: “Choosing a partner to help sell your business may be the most important financial decision you ever make. Ensure that you have established complete mutual trust and a good personal chemistry with your advisor because you will need to rely on their judgement at critical moments in the process.”

Chris’s specialist markets include, Saas Software,  Document Management, Digital Transformation, Software Services, Hardware Distribution, ITAD & IT Recycling.

Since 2001, he has been instrumental in managing around 100 acquisitions in these markets, with deal values ranging from £200,000 to £80m+,  totalling in excess of £300m deployed.  The 100 deal completions include more than 20 of Chris’s own transactions.

In addition, in 2010, Chris sold his own digital imaging, data capture and document storage business, Preview Services,  in a multi-million-pound deal.