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Following his studies of Political Science at the Inner Mongolia Normal University in Huhhot, China, Baoshan studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne in Germany.
In the course of his studies in Germany he completed internships at an international auditing firm and a global chemical corporation. In addition, he gained professional experience through the participation in various Chinese-German projects.
Baoshan joined Livingstone Germany in 2011 as a Consultant. He is responsible for the China Desk of Livingstone Partners. Baoshan has a profound knowledge in Chinese economic policies and Sino-German cultural management.

Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln

Richard is a Senior Consultant to Livingstone, with over 25 years experience in the City, at Kleinwort Benson and KPMG Corporate Finance. After graduating from Exeter University, Richard joined the Plessey Company, initially as a graduate trainee, and progressed via manufacturing to finance executive. Richard has extensive experience of AIM and Listed domestic and international complex corporate finance transactions, across a full range of sectors, and was both a UKLA “Suitably Experienced Employee” and AIM “Qualified Executive”. His experience includes flotations, rights issues and placings and a wide variety of “City Code”, restructuring and other M&A transactions.

Andy, who joined the firm in 2010, brings seven years of financial advisory experience to Livingstone, including M&A, financial restructuring and accounting. A CPA, he was previously a Tax Manager at KPMG where he spent over five years advising private equity firms, corporations, and other entities on tax issues related to U.S. and international equity and debt investments.

Education: MBA, University of Chicago / BBA and MS, University of Notre Dame

After graduating from the University of Poznan with a BA in International Law and Politics, Kasia joined data analytics provider, Dealogic, as an emerging market analyst. She then moved to the USA where she worked as an implementation consultant for a professional services firm. Upon her return to the UK, Kasia has gained considerable experience of the mid-market through analyst roles at HSBC, Deutsche Bank and a London-based investment banking boutique. At Livingstone, Kasia is focused on providing market research, insight and potential acquirer analysis across the Marketing Services and Media sectors.

Ryan joined Livingstone at its inception in 2007. He brings over five years of M&A, capital raising, and financial restructuring experience across a variety of sectors including consumer, healthcare, and industrial. Prior to Livingstone, Ryan worked for two years as an Analyst at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. in Chicago and in the workout group of Merrill Lynch Business Financial Services.

Education: BBA, University of Michigan

After studying for degree in Business Administration at the University of Valencia and a Maîtrise of Commerce from the European Studies Centre of Marseilles in France, Elena joined Ernst & Young in November 2002, specialising in internal audit of financial institutions. In June 2007 Elena began working for the M&A firm Avela Corporate Finance where she gained extensive experience in merger and acquisition processes, specialising in the Consumer sector. After a brief stay in Group Multiasistencia as corporate controller, Elena joined Livingstone Partners Spain in May 2011 as Executive and she is currently working on a wide range of sectors.

Licenciatura en Administración de Empresas y Maîtrise de Commerce

Graham joined Livingstone from KPMG in 2005. He graduated from Durham University and is a member of The Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments.

Graham principally works within the Industrial Products and Services sector, where he has specialist knowledge of several niche sectors including: Aerospace & Defence; Energy; Medical Technology and Engineered products.


University College, Durham

Mark is a research and financial analyst at Livingstone. Prior to joining the firm in 2010, he completed a private equity and real estate focused internship, where he supported the M&A team in performing due diligence activities for potential commercial real estate acquisitions.

Education: BS, DePaul University

After graduating from Durham University, Neil joined his family business, and was actively involved in the sale of that groups of companies in a cross-border deal. Neil has lived in Spain since 1985, and working in M&A since 1991. He was the founding partner of what is now Livingstone Spain. He has led deals in a variety of sectors, including construction products, industrial manufacturing, transport and logistics and food many of which have been international in nature. He has been responsible for a significant amount of leverage buy-outs. Neil currently heads the Retail and Leisure sector at Livingstone Spain. He speaks at several prestigious conferences in Spain and also teaches at the Instituto de Empresa, one of Europe's leading business schools.

Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Ernst & Young after joining the firm from the University of Nottingham where he studied Economics. During his time at Ernst & Young, Simon was part of the corporate finance rotation programme, spending time in the M&A, restructuring, commercial and financial due diligence teams. He gained experience across a broad spectrum of sectors, with a particular emphasis on retail and media. Simon joined Livingstone in April 2010, and works across a variety of sectors.

After graduating from Manchester University with a first class honors degree, Simon qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen in London.

Since joining Livingstone Partners in 1994, Simon has led over 75 deals across a variety of sectors, acting for owner managers, corporate and private equity houses.

Whilst Simon co-heads the Consumer sector team, he continues to be actively involved in the Human Capital, Healthcare, and Technology sectors.


BA ACA

Marta has a degree in Business Studies and a Masters in Finance and Stock Exchange. Upon graduating she worked in the management department of a private bank. Since 2002 Marta has worked as an M&A analyst for Livingstone partners. Marta's work is focused on sector analysis, company valuations and project management especially in the food and drink, packaging and consumer products sectors.

After graduating from Dublin City University and Universidad Pontificia Comillas (ICADE E-4) in Madrid where he earned a BA International Business Studies, Iñigo gained extensive experience in a private equity fund in Madrid working on deep oportunities analysis including financial and legal perspectives. After a 6 months training course in Livingstone Madrid, Iñigo joined the team in January 2012. He currently works across a variety of sectors.

Having completed his schooling in Australia, Daniel graduated from Oxford University in 2000. He then moved to the United States to join Tyco Electronics Corporation, the world's largest supplier of passive electronic components, where he worked as part of Tyco's in-house M&A team. Upon his return to the UK, Daniel joined Moore Stephens Corporate Finance, where he advised clients on a range of transaction types. He continued his education in his spare time, qualifying as a Chartered Accountant (ACA) in 2004.

Daniel devotes most of his time to working in Livingstone's Consumer sector team, with a specific focus on Consumer Brands.

MA (Oxon)

After graduating from the University of York, where he studied Economics & Finance, Roshan qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London. During his 4 years at Ernst & Young, he gained extensive experience of the financial services industry, working within the Assurance, Transaction Support and Business Modelling teams. Roshan has worked on buy-side, sell-side, carve-out, and model build assignments for a range of corporates and PE clients.

Roshan joined Livingstone in 2011, and works across a variety of sectors.

Philip studied Business Administration at the University of Düsseldorf before he started his career in the transaction services department of Ernst & Young in 2005.
Since 2007 he worked with Bank of Scotland in Frankfurt. First as a member of a multi-national leverage finance team and later as part of the local corporate finance team, he was involved in a wide range of financing transactions.

Philip joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 and is experienced in international transactions, with special knowledge in the automotive, manufacturing and IT-sector.


Diplom-Kaufmann, Heinrich-Heine-Universität Düsseldorf

Johannes studied Business Administration at the University of Cologne, the Helsinki School of Economics and the University of Oulu in Finland. In his studies he was focused on finance and corporate finance and graduated in 2009.

He completed various internships at investment banks and consultancies in Germany and abroad. He also gained practical insights on a project for a trade and services conglomerate.

Johannes joined Livingstone Germany in 2009 and has gained first transaction experiences over the years. Within the Livingstone sector teams Johannes is focused on automotive, engineered products, business services, healthcare and consumer products.

Due to his academic and professional record Johannes has a broad set of international experience.

Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln

Paul studied Law with French Law and Language at the University of East Anglia in Norwich and spent a year in France at l’Université Jean Moulin in Lyon. Upon graduating Paul joined James Cowper in Reading where he worked as an Auditor and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2003. The following year Paul transferred to the firm’s Corporate Finance department where he worked on a variety of transactions for unquoted companies across a range of sectors. Paul joined Livingstone in January 2007.

LLB ACA

After graduating in Economics from Manchester University, Richard qualified as a lawyer at Paisner & Co before joining Herbert Smith as a corporate lawyer. In 1999 Richard joined KPMG Corporate Finance where he was instrumental in the development of its media team until joining Livingstone in 2006.

Richard is jointly responsible for Livingstone’s media:tech team and is currently developing Livingstone’s global Healthcare team. Richard has led a wide range of private and public company transactions across numerous sectors.

Karl, who joined the firm in 2007, brings eight years of corporate finance, distressed M&A and restructuring experience to Livingstone, including both debtor and creditor representation. Prior to joining the firm, Karl worked as a Corporate Restructuring Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting and Corporate Recovery Senior Associate at KPMG.

Education: BBA, University of Michigan

Following graduation from Cambridge University and law school, Jeremy joined Clifford Chance, the international corporate law firm. Since qualifying as a lawyer in 1991 Jeremy has specialised in M&A in the public and private company arenas.

Jeremy joined Livingstone in 1993, he has led deals in a variety of sectors including defence and automotive engineering, printing and packaging, building products and consultancy.

Jeremy is primarily responsible for leading the firm's Business Services sector team but is also active in the Defence and Security sectors. Jeremy has played an active role in developing Livingstone's international M&A capability.

MA

Will joined Livingstone in 2011 as an Analyst, responsible for research, modeling and financial analysis. Prior to joining the firm, Will completed serveral research internships with the U.S. Congress, the Heartland Institute and the Yale Department of Political Science.

BS, Yale University

With a degree in Business Management and a Masters in Tax advice, Javier has worked in several national and multinational firms as Finance Director, in industries such as Advertising, Textile Manufacturing and Retail and Electronics. He joined the predecessor of Livingstone Spain in 1999, and he has completed numerous deals across a range of sectors, including manufacturing, software, and financial services. Drawing on his corporate experience, Javier primarily focuses on light manufacturing and services, and is responsible for the media and marketing services team.

Degree in Business Management and a Masters in Tax advice

Kristian joined BDO Stoy Hayward in 1998, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant, working with entrepreneurial and owner-managed businesses.

In 2004 he joined KPMG's mid-market Corporate Finance team, where he focused on private equity transactions with clients including Candover, Exponent, Trinity Mirror and National Accident Helpline.

He was a member of the Healthcare and Support Services teams at KPMG prior to joining Livingstone in 2007.

Kristian now focuses on the Business Services sector team.

Elena, earned a degree in Economic Sciences from Hasselt University (Belgium). She started her professional career as an M&A consultant in The Netherlands with Strategy & Finance, B.V. where she gained international experience. Elena joined Livingstone Madrid in 2001 as M&A executive and coordinator for the firm’s international projects. Elena is now responsible for the development of domestic and global transactions working closely with the Livingstone sector teams worldwide. She has over 10 years of experience in cross-border M&A projects in a wide range of sectors, although she has a specific focus on business services and industrial manufacturing sectors. Elena is fluent in English and speaks Dutch and French.

Christian began his career in the venture capital department of a large German bank. He then took over the position as Managing Director of a mid-cap tooling company serving the steel industry to restructure the business.

After a successful turnaround, he joined the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz in early 1997 where he was Managing Director and Partner from 2000 until the end of 2008. In this function he was in charge of the increasing internationalisation of the advisory services offered by InterFinanz and played a substantial role in founding a leading international partnership of independent M&A advisors where he was made sole Managing Director upon foundation.

Christian is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.

He has expert knowledge in the automotive, electrical engineering, information technology, mechanical engineering and tooling, food & beverages, textiles, construction materials and sanitary industries.


Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Köln

Joe leads Livingstone’s Special Situations practice. He brings over twelve years of restructuring, distressed M&A, and financial advisory experience to the firm. Joe has advised public and private companies both in and outside chapter 11, as well as DIP lenders, creditors’ committees, and private equity sponsors. He joined from William Blair, where he was one of three founding members of that firm’s Restructuring Group. Joe previously served as Vice President at Mesirow Financial Consulting. Joe is a CPA and a Certified Insolvency and Restructuring Advisor.

Education: MBA, Georgetown University / BBA, University of Wisconsin

Patrick qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte in Dublin. He then joined multinational fruit distributor The Fyffes Group in London as Special Projects Accountant where he gained extensive operational and corporate finance experience working in the UK, USA and Spain.

Patrick has led a significant number of management buy-outs/buy-ins, acquisition and disposal assignments since joining in 1994. He has extensive experience in the Food, Print & Packaging, Manufacturing and Home and Building Products sectors.
He heads up Livingstone's Private Equity practise and co-heads Livingstone's Consumer team.

BCOMM ACA

Ralph began his career in the international audit and transaction services departments of KPMG.

He then spent four years with a large German bank as a project manager and later as head of equity financing for mid-cap technology companies.

From 2002 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2006 as a Partner.

Ralph is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.

He has gained expert knowledge in cross-border transactions with strategic buyers as well as leveraged buy-outs with financial investors. He has specific transaction experience in automotive, metal and plastic processing, packaging, specialty chemicals, the aviation industry and industrial services.


Diplom-Volkswirt, Universität Bonn

Jochen began his career in the private equity division of a large German bank in 1992. For the first three years, he was in charge of venture capital financing of young technology companies, then for a further three years he worked as head in the equity financing division for mid-cap companies and specialised in IPOs.

From 1999 until the end of 2008 he worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz, from 2002 as a Director and from 2006 as a Partner.

Jochen is co-founder and shareholder of Livingstone Germany.

He has international transaction experience and specialist knowledge of technology industries including mechanical and plant engineering, automotive, electrical engineering, sanitary industry, technical wholesale, information technology & Internet, MedTech and travel & leisure.


Diplom-Ingenieur, RWTH Aachen

After graduating from the University of Cambridge with a degree in Engineering and Management Studies, Thomas joined PwC in London where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. During his time at PwC, Thomas worked in the firm’s Business Recovery Services department and gained experience in the financial services, retail and paper industries.

Thomas joined Livingstone in 2011 and works across a variety of sectors.

Andy leads Livingstone’s Industrials practice. He has 17 years experience advising middle market companies across a broad sector spectrum on M&A transactions, capital raises, and valuation related matters. Prior to joining Livingstone, Andy was Principal & Managing Director and led the Midwest Region at Deloitte Corporate Finance, where he completed more than two dozen transactions. Andy began his career as a financial analyst with NCR, then completed GE’s FMP program.

Education: MBA, University of Michigan / BSBA, Indiana University

During his Bachelor studies in International Financial Management at the European School of Finance Nürtingen, the California State University Fullerton in the US and the Ajou University in Korea, he gained expertise in financial markets and corporate finance. Whilst attending the University of Leeds, United Kingdom, for his Masters in Finance in 2008 and 2009, he specialised in Investments and International Business Finance.

He completed internships with an investment bank and an insurance company and gained practical experience in the field of international acquisitions.

His analysis of the influence of the international venture capital valuation guidelines on the valuation process was published in a renowned journal.

Philipp joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Consultant.


Master of Science, Universität Leeds

After graduating from Durham University, Alex qualified as a chartered accountant with KPMG in London. During his time at KPMG, Alex gained experience of M&A tax, due diligence and valuation assignments, with a particular focus on property and construction companies.

Since joining Livingstone in January 2007, Alex has advised on and led a number of transactions, including disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate and private equity clients and owner managers. Previous clients include EIC, Hamworthy, Brandon Hire, Hallmark Industries, Exploration Logistics and Reed & Mackay.

Alex has worked across a number of sectors but has built considerable experience within the Industrial and Business Services sectors. Particular areas of expertise include HVAC/building products, engineered products and automation/controls.

BSc, CA

After graduating from Durham University in 1999, Christopher qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young in London. During his five years at Ernst & Young, he gained extensive experience of the financial services industry, spending the last two years working in Mergers & Acquisitions.

Christopher joined Livingstone in 2005, and has since advised on numerous company disposals, acquisitions and private equity backed management buy-outs in the Consumer and Business Services sectors. Christopher is a member of the Consumer team and within that he leads the firm’s Retail sector team. Christopher also has expertise in the Consultancy and Human Capital sectors.

After graduating from the University of Durham, where he studied Economics, Anant joined Ernst & Young, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. He also holds an MSc (Distinction) in Accounting and Finance from Cass Business School. During his time at Ernst & Young, Anant was part of the firm’s Financial Services team, initially within their audit practice and subsequently within their M&A team. Having worked on a number of buy-side, sell- side and fund-raising assignments for PE houses, owner managers and corporates, Anant has extensive experience of managing M&A processes, detailed company analysis, financial modelling and valuation. Anant works across a variety of Livingstone’s sectors.

Patrick joined Livingstone in 2011 as an Associate, supporting the firm’s M&A and capital raising activities across multiple sectors. He most recently was an associate at Lakeshore Food Advisors, a boutique investment banking firm. Patrick previously earned four years of professional experience in strategy consulting and insurance underwriting.

Education: MBA, University of Chicago / BA, University of Illinois

Tom joined Livingstone in 2011 as Vice President specializing in Debt Capital Markets. He brings nearly ten years of commercial finance and middle market expertise to the firm. Tom most recently was a Vice President of Commercial Banking for BMO Harris Bank and Bank of America/LaSalle Bank. He began his career at GE, working in its Corporate Financial Services and Fleet Services divisions.

MBA, University of Chicago / BA, Denison University

James joined Livingstone in 1999, having qualified as a lawyer at international law firm Cameron McKenna.

James has led in excess of 50 transactions comprising a range of disposals, acquisitions and MBOs for corporate, private equity and entrepreneurial clients, predominantly within the Business Services and Consumer sectors.

He is a member of Livingstone's Business Services and Consumer sector teams

LLB

Steven graduated from the Universtiy of Southern California in Los Angeles (USA) with a business degree and qualified as a Certified Public Accountant with Arthur Andersen in San Francisco and Brussels. He earned an MBA from the London Business School. He has over 20 years experience as a finance director in the oilfield services, logistics and media sectors, where he was involved in a variety of strategic M&A transactions. Since he joined Livingstone in 2005, Steven has been involved in cross border deals involving the United States, England, Belgium and Germany. He has closed transactions in the business services sector and he has many contacts within the Spanish industrial sector.

Tim joined Livingstone in 1989 with experience of buying and selling companies as a principal.

Having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Ernst & Young, he moved into a corporate development role with a number of international groups.

Tim has advised on over 100 deals at Livingstone with deal values of up to £200m ($400m). He has worked with owner-managers, listed and international groups, private equity houses and management teams on buying and selling businesses in sectors such as media:tech, Recruitment, Food and Financial Services. Tim is jointly responsible for Livingstone's media:tech team.

ACA

After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant at regional accountancy firm BKL, Harry worked for a subsidiary of UK leisure group Rank Group plc. Returning to BKL, he assisted in the eventual sale of the firm to Tenon Group plc. Harry was part of the Tenon team that acquired Livingstone in October 2001 and, when it concluded its buy-out from Tenon in 2003, he joined the Livingstone team. He plays an active role in assisting and supporting clients and transactions, in addition to advising Livingstone on all partnership financial matters.

Phillip joined Livingstone in 2006, having previously led Deloitte's Industrial Products team globally and having led transactions for corporate and private equity clients in Europe, the United States, the Middle East and Australasia.

He has extensive experience of the Industrials sector, with specific experience of Packaging & Print and Automotive. Phillip co-leads the Industrial team.

Steve leads Livingstone’s Industrial and Environmental practices. He has 15 years of experience advising middle market companies on M&A transactions, financial restructurings, and debt and equity raises. Before co-founding Livingstone USA, Steve was a Managing Director at both Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and Goldsmith Agio Helms & Co. (Lazard Middle Market). He previously worked with middle market companies in a variety of advisory capacities at Bank of America and Morgan Keegan, and via principal activities at Harbour Group and Foundation Partners.

Education: MBA, Washington University / BS, University of Missouri

Jim heads Livingstone’s Healthcare practice. He has over a decade of experience working with entrepreneurial and large companies on financial and strategic projects, including mergers and acquisitions, private placements, debt issuances, financial statement audits, and consulting engagements. Most recently, Jim served as Director at Goldsmith Agio Helms (Lazard Middle Market) and as an associate with Lehman Brothers. He began his career at Arthur Andersen.

Education: MBA, University of Chicago / BS, University of Illinois College of Commerce

Ralf started his career in the finance department of Thyssen and then moved into the industrial participations group of a large German bank. From 1999 until 2004 he worked as team leader and Senior Manager for Industrial Products with Ernst & Young Corporate Finance and formed part of the Ernst & Young international M&A group. For the following 5 years Ralf was Director Corporate Development EMEA for a large industrial US firm. Ralf joined Livingstone Germany in 2010 as a Partner.


In the last 18 years, Ralf has gained extensive experience in M&A advisory, finance, controlling and integration management. He has led more than 50 cross-border transactions.


Ralf has deep sector knowledge in industrial products, chemicals, packaging, logistics, industrial services and health care.


Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität zu Köln

After graduating from the University of Birmingham with a degree in Modern Languages, Jo gained commercial experience working for a number of companies prior to joining Livingstone in 1998 as a Research Assistant. Jo has extensive knowledge of the Business Services sector, including Consultancies, Facilities Management, Support Services and Logistics sectors.

BA

After graduating from University College, London with a degree in history in 1995, Tom joined the Financial Times Group, where he worked as a sector analyst. Since he joined Livingstone in 1998, Tom has led a number of transactions in a variety of different sectors and has developed considerable experience in the Consumer, Technology and Business Services sectors. Much of Tom's current role is focused on developing Livingstone's Food & Beverage, Human Capital and Technology sectors, leading transactions and generating deal opportunities.

Eva earned a degree in Business Administration (Administración y Dirección de Empresas) from Universidad de Valencia, and she has a Master in Quantitative Finance. Eva started her career in a family company before she joined Bancaja working in the structuring of capital market financing transactions. In June 2006 she started working in the financial department of an important real estate group structuring the financing of transactions. Since she joined Livingstone Partners in October 2007, Eva has been working in a wide variety of sectors, focusing on the industrial sector. She was named Director in 2010 after she actively participated in the completion of a debt restructuring transaction.

After graduating from the University of London with an MSc in Finance and Investment Elena completed a PhD in Finance at Saratov State Socio-Economic University in Russia.

Before joining Livingstone, Elena worked in project and corporate financing in Russia and has extensive experience of project valuation, company analysis and financial modelling.

Elena joined Livingstone to work as an analyst focused on the Technology and Healthcare sectors.

After his Ph.D. studies at the University of Mannheim, André started his career in an international law firm and continued from 2005 to 2007 in the Transaction Tax team of Ernst & Young Frankfurt as a certified Tax Advisor.

From 2007-2009 André worked with Investkredit Bank AG, Frankfurt, where he established the business in France within the leverage finance team. He evaluated and was involved in a wide range of financing transactions and gained thorough restructuring experience. Besides, he held a teaching assignment in International Finance at the University of Applied Science, Frankfurt.

André joined Livingstone Germany in 2010.
André has international transaction experience and special knowledge within the automotive sector, chemical distribution and packaging as well as retail and turnkey industry projects.

Diplom-Kaufmann, Universität Mannheim; Diplômé de l'ESSEC, ESSEC

Ryan joined Livingstone in 2010 as a research and financial analyst. Prior to joining the firm, Ryan was a data analyst at Morningstar, where he completed a Management Development Program and worked on the company’s global equity database. He previously completed internships at Coastal Community Capital and Merrill Lynch.

Education: BBA, University of Notre Dame

With over 20 years' publishing experience gained at Caspian Publishing, EMAP, Haymarket and Reed Business Publishing, Andrea first looked after Livingstone’s marketing efforts while at Caspian in 2000. Andrea subsequently joined Livingstone in early 2007 as Marketing Director.

Andrea is responsible for developing and implementing Livingstone’s marketing and PR strategy, organising Livingstone's Conferences and Events and overseeing the production of all marketing collateral.

David leads Livingstone’s Private Equity practice and directs client engagements, specializing in the Consumer sector. With ten years experience in investment banking, he has extensive cross-border and financial buyer expertise. Prior to co-founding Livingstone USA, he was a Managing Director at Brown Gibbons Lang & Co. and spent four years at William Blair & Co. Previously, he was General Counsel to the Illinois Development Finance Authority and an advisor to Illinois Governor Jim Edgar.

Education: JD, University of Illinois College of Law / BS. BA, University of Illinois College of Commerce

Bill has over 20 years’ experience of investing, leveraged funding and advising in the banking and private equity sector, as well as having led corporate acquisition and disposals. With Royal Bank of Scotland’s Leveraged Finance group he set up the Scotland team, led their expansion into Europe and was Managing Director of its large deals joint venture: Caledonian Capital. He was then Managing Director of Royal Bank Ventures before founding Capital Advisors Limited, providing debt advisory and strategic corporate advice to investment and management teams. As a result he has extensive financing experience across a range of sectors and industries. Prior to joining RBS Bill qualified as a CA with KPMG and was Deputy Head of M&A at The Morgan Crucible Company.

Oliver qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte after joining the firm from the University of Warwick where he obtained an Economics degree. During his time at Deloitte, Oliver worked across audit and transaction services for a broad base of clients within the Energy, Infrastructure and Utilities' sectors.

After finishing his studies, Ximo began working in the Fundación de Estudios Bursátiles y Financieros (Foundation of Market and Financial Studies), a part of the Valencia Stock Exchange, as a member of the team that developed the Mercado de Futuros de Cítricos (Futures Market for Citrus Products). In 1997 he joined what is now Livingstone, where he began working on M&A activities with Neil Collen. In 2004 he was promoted to Director of the firm and in 2007 he became a partner of the firm alongside Neil Collen. Ximo has had many years experience with private equity in Spain, and has closed deals in facilities management, IT and light manufacturing. Ximo currently heads our IT sector team.

Licenciatura en Ciencias Económicas. Universidad de Valencia

Greg attended Manchester Metropolitan University where he gained a BA (Hons) in Business Administration. He is an experienced researcher with over eight years experience gained from positions at PwC, NM Rothschild & Sons and Reuters. Greg joined Livingstone in 2004 where he works across many sectors, with a particular focus on the Industrials sector.

BA (Hons)

Harsha graduated from the University of Surrey with a Bsc (Hons) in Retail Management and an MSc in International Business.

He has over five years’ experience as an Analyst through previous roles at retail consultancy Verdict and Datamonitor, and has acquired commercial experience working for a number of firms in the food manufacturing and retail supply chain sectors.

Harsha joined Livingstone in 2007, focusing on the Consumer sector and has extensive knowledge of Food Manufacturing, Travel and Retail.

After graduating from Lancaster University with a BA in philosophy, Eleanor joined KPMG in London where she qualified as a chartered accountant.

Eleanor transferred to the Corporate Finance arm of KPMG in 2004 where she completed a significant number of transactions focusing mainly on financial services businesses and private equity exits. She joined Livingstone in 2007 and works across a variety of sectors.

BA ACA

Agnes studied Business Administration and Translation at the University of Pécs in Hungary and at the University Jean Moulin Lyon3 in France. She gained her Master of Science in 2004.

In the course of her studies, she completed a number of traineeships with international organisations, in the media as well as in an international FMCG company. After graduation she gathered international management consulting experience.

From 2006 until 2008, Agnes worked for the M&A consultancy firm InterFinanz as a consultant and was part of the founding team of Livingstone Germany in 2009.

She is experienced in international transactions, research and knowledge management and has thorough knowledge of the packaging, industrial and financial services, HVAC and consumer goods sectors.


Master of Science, Universität Pécs/Ungarn

Nigel started his initial career at Price Waterhouse after joining the firm from Liverpool University with an upper second degree in Biotechnology.



In 1993, he joined Invex, a specialist firm of corporate finance advisers, where he acquired substantial experience of closing deals, many of them involving owner managers and the venture capital community. Immediately prior to joining Livingstone in 2001, Nigel gained significant experience at Deloitte's Corporate Finance where he was responsible for originating, leading and completing a variety of transactions, with an emphasis on Technology deals.



In February 2009, aged 40, Nigel lost his short, but brave, fight against throat cancer. Nigel made a valuable and lasting contribution to Livingstone during his time with the firm. He was always a positive and extremely popular member of the team, liked by clients and colleagues alike. Both professionally and personally, Nigel is greatly missed.