Top panel at Norwood M&A Network dinner
If you weren’t at the Le Meridien Hotel last night, there’s a good chance you’re behind on the latest City gossip.
The Piccadilly hotspot played host to the third annual M&A Network dinner, chaired by former Sunday Times business editor and FTI Consulting guru John Waples. Proceeds went to the charity Norwood.
The panel included Mark Florman, chief executive of BVCA; Richard Clarke, KPMG’s UK head of corporate finance; Michael Kalb, senior managing director at private equity firm Sun European Partners; and Claude Littner, chairman of Viglen and regular interviewer on The Apprentice.
The well-informed group debated the reputation of private equity and the state of the M&A market – what’s hot and what’s not.
Norwood, a favourite of celebs such as Simon Cowell and Richard Desmond, offers community support to people with learning disabilities and children and families in need.
Not too different, Norwood M&A Network member Marc Cohen tells The Capitalist, from the M&A world. “Everyone knows everyone – it has its own special community bond.”
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