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Five deep lines, two selective, everything else referred

Sector depth is where advice earns its fee. Ours is refreshed by live mandates and sitting boards — not by career histories. Where a sector sits outside our lines, we decline or refer, and the register of current lines is shown before any engagement.

Financial services infrastructure

Payments, market data, wealth platforms and the B2B infrastructure beneath UK finance.

Strategy and market entry for infrastructure providers; governance for boards navigating FCA-scoped change. We advise the plumbing, not the regulated products.

Industrials & manufacturing

Advanced manufacturing, industrial distribution and engineering groups — the UK mid-market's backbone.

The deepest line on the panel: DACH and Benelux entry, distributor economics, family succession and the operational due diligence PE buyers now expect.

Technology & software

B2B software and technology-enabled services from £5m to £100m ARR.

Pricing architecture, US entry via partner-first routes, board builds ahead of secondaries, and the AI adoption decisions arriving on every agenda.

Consumer & retail

Consumer brands with retail or wholesale exposure, from heritage manufacturers to DTC challengers.

Channel economics, international wholesale entry, and the governance transition from founder-led to family-next-generation.

Energy transition services

Services and technology providers to the energy transition — the sector the mid-market is being pushed into.

Selective engagements where market entry or governance dominates: grid services, retrofit platforms and the supply chain forming around them.

Healthcare services

Private healthcare, care groups and health-adjacent technology providers.

Selective engagements where governance or consolidation strategy dominates. Regulatory product advice is referred to authorised specialists — always.

How our sector lines stay honest

A sector claim is only as current as the last mandate that tested it. Each panel member's lines are refreshed by live engagements or active non-executive seats within the last three years. Lines that lapse are marked as lapsed — the client sees the register before engagement, and the register does not flatter.

Outside our lines we decline or refer. The honest alternative to sector expertise is not enthusiasm; it is a firm that has it, and after fifteen years in this market we know who those firms are for the sectors we do not cover. Pointing you there costs us a fee and earns us the next conversation.

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