Simon Peacock's work experience includes:
- Serving as an Investment Director at LDC, the UK's leading mid-market private equity house, where they support management teams in achieving their growth strategies.
- Working as a Partner at Alantra, a global investment banking and asset management firm, where they provided M&A, equity capital markets, and debt advisory services to business owners, management teams, and investors.
- Holding the position of Director, Head of Food and Drink at Catalyst Corporate Finance, the UK arm of Alantra, where they specialized in company sales, acquisitions, and management buy-outs.
- Acting as a Finance Manager at United Biscuits, where they were responsible for financial decision support and analysis, budgeting, and acquisition integration.
Simon Peacock's education history includes the following:
From 1986 to 1994, they attended St Aidans RC Comprehensive in Sunderland, although no specific degree or field of study is mentioned for this period.
From 1994 to 1998, they pursued a degree in Chemical Engineering at the University of Cambridge, earning a BA and MEng (Cantab).
In 1999, they started studying at CIMA (Chartered Institute of Management Accountants) and completed their studies in 2001, obtaining an ACMA (Chartered Management Accountant) qualification.
In 2008, they attended ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales) and earned a Corporate Finance Certificate, specializing in Banking, Corporate, Finance, and Securities Law.
Note: No additional assumptions were made outside of the information provided.
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For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. Part of Lloyds Banking Group, our experience, scale, and relationship-based approach have helped hundreds of management teams across the UK to grow their businesses, their way. Since 2012, the businesses we’ve supported have grown four times more than the national average, increasing in value by a cumulative £7bn. We offer strategic support, challenge when necessary and provide flexible growth capital as either minority or majority shareholders. This means we can help management teams to deliver a range of different growth strategies – including making acquisitions, investing in operations or sales and marketing, broadening products and services, or expanding overseas. With a national network of 10 offices, our teams live and work right across the UK. By combining local relationships with national scale, we’re able to build trusted relationships from day one. Our experience has seen us invest in companies across more than 50 sub-sectors, supporting the whole of the UK economy, through good times and bad.
