Connor Agnew
MD, Head of UK - Corporate Finance
About Collingwood
Helping owners and leaders of B2B information, media, and events businesses create and realise maximum value.
We've been in your shoes
Building a valuable business is hard. Scaling it without losing focus is harder. And when it comes to selling or raising capital, the gap between what a business is worth and what it could be worth is often wider than anyone expects.
Our founders know this first-hand. They built and sold multiple B2B information, media, and events businesses over three decades.
Collingwood was founded to bridge that gap. To give ambitious leaders access to the kind of thinking, frameworks, and pragmatic advice that our founders wished they’d had — and to help more businesses grow, create value, and realise it on the best possible terms.
What makes us unique
Independent advisers
Our advice is built on decades of experience advising but also running businesses like yours.
Deeply rooted in the media industry
We're sector specialists and have a deep understanding of what drives value.
Custodians of a community
We're passionate about supporting innovators who are driving our industry forwards.
What we stand for
We exist to help owners and leaders of B2B information, media, and events businesses create and realise maximum value. That means helping you build a better business — one that is more valuable, more resilient, and better prepared for fast-changing and uncertain markets.
We are not a generic consultancy. We are advisers: we don’t hand over a report and disappear. We are not a transactional M&A firm focused only on the deal. We stay with you for the journey, combining the rigour of a corporate finance advisory with the practical experience of people who have run businesses like yours.
Our founding principle has not changed: focus on what matters, avoid the pitfalls, and don’t leave value on the table.
What we've achieved together
Since founding, Collingwood has worked with many businesses across the B2B information, media, and events sectors, for whom we’ve also completed successful transactions. The companies we have partnered with have consistently achieved higher multiples, better deal structures, and better outcomes than they would have reached alone.
Those results are not accidental. They come from a team of advisers who have built, scaled, and sold businesses themselves — and who bring that experience to every engagement.
Our people, your team
Tap into decades of experience, with a team dedicated to your future success.
Olivia Bates
Associate - Corporate Finance
Piers Bearne
Founder
Mark Bentley
CFO
Matthew Buxton
Associate - Corporate Finance
David Calderon
Senior Executive & Operations Assistant
Pauline Coulter
Client Director
Oliver Currie
Director - Corporate Finance
Katie Dore
Associate Director - Corporate Finance
Rory Dwyer
Head of AI
Julian Graves
Co-Founder
Fergus Gregory
Director - Advisory
Ella Grieves
Community Manager
Sylvie Hammond
Product & Projects Associate
Rosalind Hill
Head of Marketing
Stephanie Holman
Finance & Operations Manager
Philip Hunt
Chairman
Catherine Lewis
Client Director
Michele Maccarelli
Business Systems and Revenue Operations Manager
Ross McCran
Business Development
Krishn Mehta
Associate Adviser
Talia Naidoo
Senior Associate Adviser
Alex Nolan
Associate - Corporate Finance
Freddie Peake
Associate Adviser
Daniel Pitchford
CEO
Lauren Pulling
Head of Product and Projects
Patrick Reichle
Associate Adviser - Corporate Finance
Adam Shaw
Global Managing Director - Corporate Finance
Amy Sheridan
Head of People and Culture
Jordan Sheridan
Advisory Manager
Steve Smith
Chief Operating Officer
Jenefer Thoroughgood
Chief Customer Officer
Andy White
Client Director
