Rockworth senior team
Lawrence Price
Managing Director
Rockworth’s founder and Managing Director, Lawrence has experience of more than 100 transactions across numerous different industries.
Lawrence has over 20 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.
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
Dominic Riley
Chairman, Partners Fund
Dominic’s long career has included senior marketing, business development and management roles at organisations including the BBC and Reed Elsevier.
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.
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Zuzana Valkovic
Director
Zuzana leads the pre-transaction preparation, financial analysis, financial modelling and due diligence process for many of our transactions.
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
Claire Wheeler
Director
Claire is responsible for company and market research, as well as financial analysis and information preparation associated with our lead advisory and transactional work.
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
Will Laws
Director
Will is responsible for various aspects of transaction management, including managing relationships with both vendors and acquirers. He also oversees Rockworth’s marketing and communications activities.
Will is responsible for various aspects of transaction management, including managing relationships with both vendors and acquirers. He also oversees Rockworth’s marketing and communications activities.
Will trained as a chartered accountant with PwC, before moving into business development and commercial management roles. He worked in a senior marketing and investor relations position for a venture capital firm, before becoming an independent consultant for alternative investment firms and for start-ups seeking funding.
ACA, ICAEW
BA (Hons) Philosophy, University of Durham
Ready to talk?
If you’re thinking of selling your business, or planning any other major transactions, please get in touch. We would love to talk about your plans and see how we can help you.