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Rockworth Team

Abi Amor

Business Development & Marketing

Abi is responsible for Rockworth’s business development, marketing, events and public relations.  

She has over fifteen years’ experience managing brands and teams through digital change at companies including Sainsbury’s, HarperCollins and Amazon. Abi set up The SME Growth Agency supporting SMEs on marketing strategy and programmes to drive growth and she is a non-executive director of The Frisby Stereotest, a company producing a medical diagnostic test for binocular vision.

BA (Hons.) European Business Administration, Middlesex University & Diplôme d’Etudes Supérieures, International Affairs, NEOMA Business School, Reims, France

Google Squared Digital Marketing & Leadership

E: abi.amor@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7973 295 616

 

Claire Wheeler 

Manager 

Claire is responsible for company and market research, as well as financial analysis and information preparation associated with our lead advisory and transactional work. 

Before joining Rockworth, Claire qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Deloitte in London and then worked at Fast Track, the leading research and events company, where she researched the fastest-growing private companies in the UK and wrote articles for publication in The Sunday Times.

ACA, ICAEW
BSc (Geography), Durham University

E: claire.wheeler@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7825 777 104

 

 

Dominic Riley 

Chairman, Partner Fund 

Following an MBA at London Business School, Dominic spent a long corporate career in senior marketing, business development and management roles including the BBC and Reed Elsevier.

As Head of Marketing at the BBC he launched bbc.co.uk onto the internet in 1997 and he founded handbag.com, one of the UK’s leading content websites and one of the first to reach over 1 million certificated monthly users. As CEO he sold Hawksmere to the Washington Post in 2008 and since then has acted as Chairman and non-exec Director at over a dozen businesses, helping owners to grow their businesses and prepare them for sale.

See more on the Partners Fund.

To get in touch with Dominic, please use the main Rockworth number on  +44 (0)1865 784 896

 

Debbie Naude

Associate Director

Debbie has over 17 years’ management consultancy and Investment Banking experience across multiple sectors. Her previous experience includes Andersen Consulting (now Accenture) in South Africa and London, and UBS Warburg, London.

MBA (Finance), Imperial College, London
BCom Marketing, (Hons), University of Pretoria

E: debbie.naude@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896

 

John Buckley

Manager

John is responsible for financial analysis, valuation and due diligence aspects associated with Rockworth’s transactional work.

Previously John worked for Dublin-based hedge fund administrators State Street Alternative Investment Solutions and HedgeServ, dealing with clients with AUMs ranging from £25m to over £1billion and responsible for calculating NAVs for dealing date valuations and analysis. He went on to work in Business Transformation, where he was involved in the analysis, deployment and adoption of business information systems.

BBus (Hons) Accounting, Cork Institute of Technology
FACCA, Association of Chartered Certified Accountants

E: john.buckley@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7824 645 234

 

Lawrence Price 

Managing Director 

Lawrence has over 18 years lead advisory corporate finance experience working with privately owned companies. Lawrence’s work includes sales, acquisitions, MBO/MBI and fund-raising, with completed transactions ranging from £1m to £100m in value.

With experience of over 100 transactions, Lawrence was lead advisor on the sale of Morgan Motor Company Limited to Investindustrial, Rubicon Drinks to AG Barr, Kittiwake Developments to Parker Hannifin Inc and Core Design to Omnicom Inc.

At Rockworth, Lawrence has launched Value-Vault, an online resource tool designed to help businesses highlight areas for potential growth, improve commercial management, and to prepare for a successful change of ownership.

Prior to founding Rockworth Management Partners, Lawrence headed up the Thames Valley office of a London-based corporate finance firm, worked in TMT corporate finance with Longacre Partners, now part of Jefferies, and was Operations Business Manager for the British American Racing Formula One team.

Lawrence sits on the financial services panel of Said Business School Oxford, and is non-executive director to two private businesses.

MBA (Finance & Entrepreneurship), Imperial College Business School, London
Advanced Corporate Finance, London Business School
MEng (Aeronautical Engineering), Imperial College, London

E: lawrence.price@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7900 212 669

 

William Aylward

Director

William is responsible for managing transactions within a range of sectors including industrial manufacturing, leisure, marketing, publishing and business services.

Recent deals include the sale of welding, cutting and fume-extraction equipment Weldability Sif to Indutrade AB, the sale of laser cutting and engraving machinery manufacturer Cadcam Technology to Summa BV, the sale of hotel and spa facilities provider Clarice Leisure to Bannatyne Fitness, the sale of digital marketing business Pinnacle Marketing to Next Fifteen PLC, and the sale of industrial fastenings wholesaler Young Black to Indutrade.

William also led the market-mapping consultation for the French specialist engineering company Segula Technologies to help them explore options for their UK M&A strategy in the automotive sector.

Prior to Rockworth, William worked for Alchemy Partners, the London based Private Equity fund.

BASc (Engineering Physics/Applied Physics), University of Bath
MEng (Civil and Environmental Engineering), Imperial College, London

E: william.aylward@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7795 123 144

 

Zuzana Valkovic

Director

Zuzana leads the pre-transaction preparation, financial analysis, financial modelling and due diligence process for many of our transactions.

Prior to Rockworth, Zuzana worked in the transaction advisory services team of KPMG in Vienna.  Her transaction experience includes work across a range of industries including telecommunications, manufacturing, packaging, banking, postal services and logistics, conducting buy and sell side financial due diligence on deals valued from £1m to £100m.

MSc International Management / CEMS, Vienna University of Economics and Business
BSc Business Administration, Vienna University of Economics and Business

E: zuzana.valkovic@rockworth.co.uk
T: +44 (0)1865 784 896
M: +44 (0)7982 752 380

 

Associates and Advisory Panel

Whilst Rockworth works across various sectors, team members tend to be sector specialists. We also work with individuals currently in senior roles in industry (Chairman, CEO etc) to provide additional insight into particular projects.

 

What our Clients say

  • Immense thanks to you both, Lawrence and Zuzana,for all of your hard work and trustworthy advice on this deal; your focus and patience have been incredible. I've been hugely impressed at all stages on how you've guided me through this process; and how you've kept cool heads when it must sometimes have been very challenging to do so. I'm really positive about the next stages. Extremely happy to recommend Rockworth.
    Andy Crysell
    Founder & CEO, Crowd DNA
  • Having been involved with the company for several years prior to the transaction, it was a very natural step for Lawrence and his team at Rockworth to lead the transaction with Investindustrial on behalf of the family shareholders. The key factors in the decision were to maintain absolute confidentiality so as to avoid disruption to the company that had been owned by the founding family for 110 years. Rockworth managed the sale process effectively, coordinating at times a very large number of advisors and negotiating all aspects of the deal alongside management and the shareholders. Rockworth also managed to keep to a tight timetable, agreeing the deal at Christmas and signing 2 months later in order to be able to announce the transaction at the Geneva motor show. The resulting transaction was as good as anyone could have hoped for and all involved are excited about Morgan’s prospects going forward.
    Dominic Riley
    Chairman, Morgan Motor Company
  • The Directors of GBCC were advised thoughout by Rockworth Management Partners whose market expertise enabled them to identify a number of potentially interested parties, of which Swan Mill Holdings became the purchaser.
    Chris Davies
    Finance Director, Great British Card Company
  • .. Thank you everyone at Rockworth for their guidance, advice and pragmatism during what has been a very quick turnaround. It has been a pleasure.
    Andy Whittard
    Managing Director, Cherwell Laboratories Limited
  • The Rockworth approach ensured that we were looking at companies we could be confident had a genuine interest in the transaction without revealing exactly who was looking.
    Jim O’Connor
    CEO, i2N
  • Rockworth provided the support, experience and the technical knowledge that we needed to secure a successful sale.  Lawrence and his colleagues are all high calibre individuals, and I would certainly recommend them.
    Alice Watson
    Founder, Porge Research
  • During the whole process the team at Rockworth were always available to answer questions, no matter how banal, and held our hand through the whole procedure... I can honestly say that without the Rockworth calm hand on the tiller I am not sure we would have got through it in such an easy manner.  
    David Bilton
    Director, CadCam Technologies Limited
  • Kittiwake Developments chose to work with Rockworth on the basis of their approach, networks and reputation.  Lawrence and his team provided excellent support throughout the entire sale process and enabled the company to achieve an outstanding result with the sale to Parker Hannifin. Whilst there was a great deal of complexity at times, it was managed with great care and my colleagues and I enjoyed working together with the Rockworth team throughout. I would have no hesitation in using Rockworth for future transactions and would recommend them very highly to others.
    Martin Lucas
    MD, Kittiwake Developments Ltd
  • Rockworth’s advice and guidance played a key role in the acquisition process at every step of the way – from creating the initial datasheet to the conclusion of final negotiations. In particular, the team’s exceptional support during due diligence was fundamental to meeting a very tight timeline that was just six weeks from formal offer to completion.
    Simon Flatt
    Founder, Pinnacle Marketing Ltd
  • I would like to thank you and the team for the major contribution you made in the sale of Cromptons Healthcare. It turned out to be a very complicated deal and I have to say I was staggered by the commitment and effort that was required from us all. I was impressed by both the professionalism and the support that Rockworth provided, which proved to be absolutely essential to me. I had not fully appreciated beforehand just how necessary that support would be.
    Martin Calhoun
    Owner, Cromptons Healthcare Ltd
  • Lawrence, many thanks to you and the members of the Rockworth team for achieving such a great result for us with the sale of Young Black to Indutrade. It is the best possible result we could have achieved, both for ourselves as shareholders, and for our staff, ensuring not just the continuation of the company, but positioning it for further growth through the development of our Max and Montana brands. We were very pleasantly surprised at the range of potential acquirers that William managed to introduce us to, and had no idea initially of the types of acquirer that you would manage to find from outside our direct industry. Yours and Zuzana’s thorough approach to Due Diligence was enormously helpful, and as I said before – a really impressive team effort from all involved.
    David Black
    Managing Director, Young Black IS Ltd
  • Rockworth was the ideal guide and partner in our search for a buyer for our company. Their process, insight and people skills were the perfect antidote for our inexperience and were a major factor in achieving the smooth path to our desired outcome. From the start their approach suited our needs as a privately owned company with limited resources to run the business and undertake a transaction. Particular features of their work included: the confidential, targeted development of contacts to generate a shortlist of worthwhile interested parties; the professional way they managed all phases of the process; their support for the development of presentation materials and answers to due diligence questions; and their communication and negotiation skills. They were invaluable in helping us understand what was needed and what we might reasonably expect. I cannot recommend them highly enough.
    Tim Champion
    Managing Director, H.Squared Electronics Limited
  • Thanks for the efforts of the Rockworth team in concluding what we hope will be a happy outcome and in particular we should thank you for being so persuasive regarding what a great investment KDL would be to external parties! No doubt we’ll continue to remain in touch particularly if we are chasing after local acquisitions.
    Andre Blackburn
    Owner, Kenure Developments Limited
  • I would like to thank Rockworth for their efforts in managing the deal process of our recent transaction: from initial preparatory work and advice through the deal process and to final completion, we found your work to be invaluable. I was particularly impressed with the careful and thorough management of the due-diligence process carried out by yourself and the team: the consistency and detail-oriented manner in which this work was carried out was much appreciated and ensured that the deal completed smoothly, even accounting for the different languages and countries that formed part of this transaction.
    Fabio Antoniazzi
    Founder, La Credenza Ltd
  • As a family owned business it was extremely important to us that we had an advisor who took real care and attention to the detail of our business which is in a niche market. Lawrence Price and his team demonstrated real commitment to the deal, both in researching appropriate potential acquirers and following this through in a diligent and extremely supportive manner. I know that without Lawrence and his team we wouldn’t have achieved the successful outcome that we did.
    Rachel Bush
    Owner, Bush & Company Rehabilitation Ltd

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