Primary Job Title Director Primary Organization TW Group
Location London, England, United Kingdom Regions Europe, Middle East, and Africa (EMEA) Gender Male
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Ian Findlay joined Ariadne Capital in September 2008, further strengthening the deal team's capabilities and bringing with him a wealth of international experience in the TMT sector.
A highly experienced business professional, Ian has spent over 20 years working in strategy formulation and M&A initiation and execution. His track record
speaks for itself: in his previous position with Emap plc, he was responsible for 47 completed transactions with a total value of £4.5 billion - 32 acquisitions and 15 disposals.
Ian spent 16 years with Emap, during the last six of which he was Director of Corporate Development and latterly a member of the Executive Board. This position saw him execute a major reshaping of the Group, including disposing of some sectors of the business, acquiring strategically advantageous companies and redirecting spend to faster growing, more profitable sectors.
He also worked closely with the Executive Chairman and the CFO on the break-up of Emap, selling consumer activities to Bauer and B2B to Apax/GMG. In difficult markets, the successful execution of this process, which saw value creation for shareholders and a premium of 58% achieved on the remaining sale of plc/B2B, was widely applauded in the financial community.
Prior to joining Emap in 1992, Ian was Business Development Director of RBPG, a division of Reed Elsevier.
Ian is MBA and degree qualified, and has worked in the USA, France, Germany, Netherlands, Spain, Italy and the Middle East.
