Biography

Jamie has worked in private equity and the private capital market for over 20 years. His initial career focused on derisking industrial and services companies from legacy pension scheme assets working for Rothesay which is now responsible for c.$100bn of assets. He later worked as a consultant for over 5 years for the controlling shareholders of Swire which has c.$50bn of assets and owns the Cathay Pacific airline, the rights to Coca Cola in China and 35m sq ft of property in Asia. In 2013 he joined a boutique private equity focused due diligence practice in London and within 2 years had become the Managing Director of the business and led an MBO and subsequent disposal of the company. Clients during this time included Advent, CVC and KKR. In late 2018 he joined Maine Pointe which was acquired by SGS in 2019 and today leads all private equity activity in the European market-place. Notable current clients include Bain, CD&R and Warburg Pincus. Jamie is recognized as an authority on supply chain, operations and procurement transformation particularly in a manufacturing and distribution context. His focus is on implementing significant change with material economic benefits linked to overall value creation.