The Team
Ian Menzies
Ian Is a qualified chartered accountant with more than 30 years of international corporate finance experience. Ian has advised on and successfully completed transactions on behalf of owner managers, corporate clients and private equity. Ian was a partner with Grant Thornton prior to founding Barnes Menzies French in 1986, which was subsequently sold to a top twelve accountancy practice in 2004. Following an agreed short consultancy period, lan formed M33 Corporate Finance in 2005. lan's specialisms include food manufacturing, printing & packaging and construction. He has had a number of non-executive directorships including the Womens Professional Golfers’ European Tour. Contact Ian - Email ibm@m33cf.co.uk • Mobile: 07738 756799Charles Hill
Charles' early career was as an international banker in the City of London initially in back office functions before moving onto front office lending and corporate finance activities. Charles specialised in loan syndications and project financing, especially energy projects (e.g. North Sea, Australian Cooper Basin and Northwest Shelf oil/gas field projects; uranium mining in South Texas; geothermal projects in California). He has acted as UK and international representative of a US public oil and gas company and was instrumental in getting their shares listed on the London Stock Exchange as well as raising equity and drilling fund monies. Charles has worked in partnership with others in the fields of corporate finance, venture capital investments and technology transfers. Charles has extensive experience of M&A transaction excellence acting as corporate finance lead advisor on many business sales for owner managers and corporate clients, in addition Charles has handled numerous corporate acquisitions and fund raising in the SME sector both domestically and internationally. Specialisms include technology, energy (in particular, alternative energy sources), transport and logistics, franchising and services provision/outsourcing. He has held a number of non-executive and ‘hands-on’ director roles. Contact Charles - Email ch@m33cf.co.uk • Mobile: 07802 949781
Equity Finance
Business Sales
Debt Finance
Selected Transactions
