Armstrong
Ifan Dafydd is a Director and Engagement Manager at Armstrong, where responsibilities include focusing on IT services and B2B software within the Technology practice. Since July 2019, Ifan has contributed to providing commercial due diligence, strategy, and value creation for mid-market private equity investors and management teams. Prior to this role, Ifan served at Imperial College London from October 2015 to July 2019, holding positions as a Senior Consultant, Consultant, and Graduate Teaching Assistant, where contributions included lecturing on Non-Destructive Evaluation for MSc students and supporting their research projects. Ifan completed a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Aeronautics at Imperial College London and holds a Master of Engineering (MEng) degree in Aerospace Engineering from Swansea University.
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Armstrong
We tell you where your business is now, what it could be in the future and we’ll help you get there. We help management teams and mid-market investors make successful investments. You get clear, strategic and practical operational recommendations. An independent firm, Armstrong has worked with companies from early-stage to AIM listed businesses, as well as UK PE mid-market investors, debt providers and corporate investors: • Voice of the customer: we talk to customers of mid-market companies to help them better meet their needs • Value creation: we help mid-market companies improve their performance, accelerate profit growth and increase the business valuation • Exit preparation: we help investment teams prepare for a smooth and profitable exit • Vendor due diligence: we give mid-market management teams and their advisors more control over the investment process, price and plan • Commercial due diligence: we bring insight to investments and make practical, strategic and operational recommendations to add value Sectors: Built environment Business services Consumer Financial services Human capital Industrials Media and events Technology Travel & leisure What to expect: Armstrong do: ✅ Clearly & unequivocally state our insights & conclusions ✅ Quantify the impact of these insights on the business plan & valuation ✅ Build close relationships with all parties – clients, management teams & other advisors – to give advice that’s useful beyond the transaction ✅ Identify the available exit options & make operational recommendations to maximise returns ✅ Let you work with a senior director, always Armstrong don't: ❌ Draw unclear conclusions & shroud them in caveats or pages of disclaimers ❌ Provide partial vendor due diligence – commercial challenge & impartiality is retained whomever the client ❌ Push-sell clients follow on consulting services ❌ Worry about conflicting agendas with our corporate finance, accounting or strategy divisions – we don't have any