Sobre Graham
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Graham Elton is chairman of our EMEA Private Equity business, based in London. He is also a core member of our Media practice and leads our pro bono social impact work in the UK, with a particular focus on projects in the education sector.
Graham has extensive commercial due diligence experience for private equity and corporate clients across numerous industries and geographies, and merger integration and business carve-out experience in media, retail, consumer and business services. His experience also includes corporate strategy, performance improvement programs, turnaround situations, business transformation and customer and channel strategies.
In addition to his work with us, Graham serves as chairman of Lane Clark & Peacock, Pageant Media, Capital Economics and SLR Consulting. He is also a board member of Now Teach and National Youth Theatre, as well as a founding trustee of the National Tutoring Foundation.
Prior to joining us in 2001, he was a partner at Evolution Global Partners, where he evaluated deals in media, financial services, consumer and technology sectors; chief executive officer at Miller Freeman UK (now part of Informa) where he integrated three businesses; managing director at FT Business; and strategy director at Pearson.
Graham holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an M.A. from Oxford University.
He was awarded an MBE for services to the economy in the Queen's 2020 Birthday Honours List.
Recent Insights
- “Global and European Private Equity Market Update,” Webinar, marzo 02, 2021
- “Private Equity Midyear Update,” Webinar, julio 29, 2020
- “Covid-19 Hits Private Equity: The Early Data Is Not Pretty,” Brief, mayo 15, 2020
- “The Impact of Covid-19 on Private Equity,” Brief, abril 09, 2020
- “Impact Investing: Maximizing Returns from ESG,” Video, noviembre 18, 2019
In the News
- “Buyout firms go head-to-head in race for capital,” Private Equity News, noviembre 15, 2021, Private Equity
- “Private equity industry getting bigger and bigger like never before: Bain & Company ,” CNBC TV, agosto 13, 2021, Private Equity
- “Buyout Firms Struggle to Find Attractive Takeover Targets in Europe,” WSJ Private Equity Pro, agosto 06, 2019, Private Equity
- “Private equity groups under pressure to take ‘riskier’ bets ,” Financial Times, marzo 04, 2018, Private Equity
- “Competition for private-equity deals heats up,” The Economist, marzo 02, 2017, Private Equity