Directorbank congratulates Lyceum Capital, along with their management team, on the recent sale of Access Technology Group – the business management software company – to TA Associates in a deal valued at more than £225m. We are proud to have played a part in this market-busting success by placing the Chairman of Access in 2011, at the time of investment.

Lyceum Capital approached Directorbank to source a strong Chairman to guide the Access team through a bold acquisition and integration strategy. We placed Gareth Denley in the role and, since then, Access has more than doubled revenues to over £65m, tripled EBITDA and made 18 strategic add-on acquisitions to expand its product offering and grow its customer base.

This placement demonstrates our strong expertise in the PE market and our ability to place highly successful candidates on behalf of our clients. To view our TMT track record click here.

For more information of our executive search and pre-deal recruitment services, please contact James Searby on 020 7255 7940 or at j.searby@directorbank.com

Directorbank congratulates ECI Partners on the recent sale of Wireless Logic to CVC Capital Partners for a stellar 6.1x return on investment.

We are proud to have played a part in this success by placing the Chairman of Wireless Logic back in 2011, at the time of ECI’s investment.

ECI Partners approached Directorbank to source a proven Chairman to steer the leading M2M business through an ambitious expansion phase. We successfully placed John Hawkins in the role. During John’s tenure, Wireless Logic expanded internationally opening offices in France, Germany and Spain. Its underlying subscriber base tripled to around 1.5m with profit and revenue growth in excess of 25% per annum.

This placement demonstrates our strong expertise in the Tech sector and our ability to deliver highly successful outcomes for our private equity clients. To view our TMT track record click here.

For more information of our executive search and pre-deal recruitment services, please contact James Searby on 020 7255 7940 or at j.searby@directorbank.com.

2014 was a busy and successful year for Directorbank. We saw a significant increase in the number of PE portfolio search assignments for executive and non-executive directors, and we continued to play a key role in pre-deal situations by placing numerous chairmen across the year on behalf of our PE clients.

Our networking events were a huge success with over 500 investment guests and senior directors joining us, and we also saw an increase in the number of retained search assignments from both privately-owned and Aim-listed businesses looking for entrepreneurial candidates for their boards.

We had some pivotal moments too. A successful refinancing exercise enabled the management team to take a major stake in the business, and in support of our increased placement activity we made further investment in our research capabilities and the continued growth of our team of search consultants. Additionally, following an insightful feedback exercise, we transformed our private equity events programme to ensure relevance, quality and continued value for our guests.

We have also been busy reviewing our brand to ensure it appropriately reflects the evolution of our business, people and markets. As part of this, we have launched a fresh and more dynamic website and branding. We hope you like it.

If you would like to discuss any aspect of our service offering or expertise, please do get in touch. Contact details for our team members can be found on this website.