As Managing Director of MarshBerry’s UK office, John brings a wealth of corporate finance experience in financial services and, in particular, UK insurance.
John has extensive advisory experience and has advised on multiple transactions covering both public and private M&A as well as IPOs. He particularly specialises in the insurance and has completed multiple deals in the UK, as well as several other European markets. He has extensive experience acting for carriers, including RSA, MS Amlin and Hiscox. In recent years he has focused mainly on insurance distribution, advising the sellers of a wide range of broking businesses and MGAs. He is the author of the IMAS (now MarshBerry) annual UK Insurance Distribution M&A Annual Review.
Prior to joining MarshBerry, John was a Partner at IMAS Corporate Finance LLP. In addition, he spent more than ten years at N M Rothschild & Sons in its London-based financial services group. John began his career at Ernst & Young and is a Chartered Accountant.
John has an MA in History from the University of Glasgow and a MSc in Finance from the University of Aberdeen.
