Impact of Mergers, Acquisitions & Financial Partnership Models in the Environmental & Sustainability Consulting Sector

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  Tristan Craddock Global M&A Director @ Anthesis

  Tristan joined Anthesis as Global M&A Director in July 2023, following two years as a Non-Executive Director for the organisation through his role as Partner at Palatine, an investor in Anthesis. Prior to Anthesis, Tristan has more than 15 years’ experience in private equity investing across many businesses and sectors and supporting businesses with their investment and growth strategies. Most recently at Palatine’s Impact fund Tristan focussed on identifying and supporting businesses that made a positive social or environmental impact and helping them to quickly scale both their business and their positive impact. Tristan also spent five years at EY where he qualified and worked in the M&A and Performance Improvement teams.

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  Stephen Grant Director @ Equiteq

  Stephen is a Director based in Boston and supports and advises clients through the full M&A process. By leveraging his strong background and expertise, Stephen maximises shareholder value to our clients by leading transaction strategy and execution: - Identifying key operational metrics that are important to buyers - Ability to guide clients through the M&A process - Experienced negotiator having led numerous M&A transactions - Strong commercial acumen

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  Robert Kloepfer Global Strategy Management Officer @ SWCA

  An environmental executive with over 35 years' experience in government, industry and consulting, Bob has worked with many of the world’s leading corporations, often at the executive and Board level, on the design, development and implementation of systems to maximize effective EHS regulatory compliance, risk control, sustainability and ESG. Bob's areas of expertise include EHS and sustainability program management, performance assurance, organizational review and optimization, EHS and corporate sustainability reporting, supply chain risk management and community and regulatory interface. In 2023, Bob led SWCA’s acquisition of the sustainability management consultancy ALO Advisors and directs SWCA’s global growth initiatives.

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  Ross Griffiths Managing Director @ Environment Analyst
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  Rupert Brown Impact Fund Senior Investment Director @ Palatine Private Equity LLP

  Rupert has a breadth of experience across a range of sectors with a particular interest in Healthcare & Life Sciences businesses. He joined Palatine in January 2016 from NBGI Private Equity where he spent over four years working on a number of platforms and add-on acquisitions whilst holding several board positions. Rupert started his career at PwC, where he worked on a variety of private equity transactions and financial restructurings. He is a qualified chartered accountant with a degree in politics from Edinburgh University.