Finance.
Stephen studied English Literature at Reading University before joining Pannell
Kerr Forster in 1978. In 1983, two years after qualifying as a chartered
accountant, he transferred to the corporate finance department, becoming a
partner in 1988. He subsequently became National Director of Corporate Finance
before leaving to join BDO Stoy Hayward in 1997. He was appointed lead
corporate finance partner in 1998 and sits on BDO's national and international
corporate finance committees.
Stephen has advised a wide range of public and private companies on over 200
UK and international acquisitions over the last 16 years. While at PKF he
developed a comprehensive corporate finance manual and is the author of BDO's
internal investigations guideline. Stephen is a regular conference speaker on the
subject of financial due diligence.
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance
BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance is a rapidly growing adviser to
entrepreneurial public and private companies. With around 50 corporate finance
staff at the Central London office, additional specialists in a number of offices in
the Home Counties and corporate finance departments in major regional centres,
BDO advises on all aspects of corporate transactions, including the following:
- acquiring public and private companies;
- selling businesses;
- raising private equity;
- strategic reviews;
- investigating investment targets;
- reporting on flotations, rights issues and material acquisitions by PLCs.