Connecting Investors, Investee Companies and Executive Talent

Overview

Hill Coates Associates finds:
- Capital for funds and growing businesses
- Acqusitions for a range of investors
- Chairs, NEDs and executive team members for the companies it supports

We find businesses for our clients to acquire through diligent search work based on their stated criteria
Alternatively we work with sector specialist Pathfinder Executives who, with our support, identify and collaborate on an acquisition, often later becoming the Chairman or Chief Executive
This can be though corporate carve-outs which can become buy & build platforms, stand-alone or add-on companies
We constantly look for and are pleased to hear from executives who truly have “Pathfinder” capabilities
We find investors both for early-stage companies and MBO/MBI teams
We work with owner-operated or other businesses from which an exit is desired
We “head-hunt” NEDs and Executive Team members for investee companies, often during the transaction to acquire them.

We understand how to find things through targeted research, whether we are looking for capital, companies or competence
We realise that people and commercial opportunities are very closely entwined and leverage techniques from our background in executive search
We understand that there are pools of capital keen to be deployed just as much as there are firms who seek this and our job is often to bring the two together, sometimes bringing in additional talent as well
All our activities require understanding a brief, detailed research, communication and ability to understand the needs of all concerned
We look for people who want to leverage their hard-won experience and market knowledge to create value for themselves and their investors
We are trying to create value in our own business too and have chosen to operate within a small, service-conscious company rather than a larger, less personal entity.