Midlands Dealmakers Awards 2024: Winners and Judges

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Midlands Dealmakers Awards has celebrated its 30th anniversary - and biggest ever turnout - with almost 900 guests. Here are some thoughts from some attendees and winners

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00:00Hi, Kurt Jacobs here, editor of Midlands Business Insider and welcome to the Midlands Dealmakers

00:15Awards. It's our 30th anniversary. We've got 800 people stuck in this room tonight

00:20having fun, having chats, having a great time and we've got 16 awards to prop up, 16 possibilities

00:27of getting M&A glory. Let's speak to some of the people here tonight to get their thoughts.

00:32Hi, I'm Sue Summers, Chief Executive of Frontier Development Capital, FDC. Delighted to be

00:39here tonight. We're a sponsor of Bank of the Year Award. Been coming here for over a decade.

00:45It's an amazing event. So pleased to celebrate 30 years with you.

00:50Mark Wilson, Managing Partner, Headpoint Advisors. We're sponsoring the Non-Bank Lending Award

00:56tonight. Fantastic being here. It's 30 years. I think I've been to about 18 of them, which

01:04is tremendous. I think it feels like it's got a new energy level. 900 people in the

01:09room is fantastic. And it's a testament to the Midlands dealmaking environment and community

01:17that we're feeling so vibrant tonight.

01:21I'm Roger Wood, M&A Director for Swedish listed company Stibtec and was delighted to be part

01:26of the judging panel for the 30th anniversary Midlands Insider Dealmakers Awards. It was

01:32great to be involved with the judging. It's a real reminder of the breadth and depth of

01:37expertise within the Midlands dealmaking community. There was quite a few arguments, bit of laughter,

01:45but I think in the end we probably came to a good quality set of winners.

01:49Hi, it's Paul from Breeze. We are over the moon. I think there were 800 and whatever

01:54people there. I think 795 were surprised and we weren't. Thank you so much.

02:02Hi, I'm Richard Sanders, one of the founding partners of Capitalist, made up latterly Atlanta

02:07Corporate Finance. We set up 24 years ago about burning a market place when corporate

02:12finance was always a very different place, probably taking on some of the more established

02:17grantees in the market at that time. At that time we had a great time, really good fun

02:21building a business with a very candy-sweet people in the advisory community. And seeing

02:26the granded market expand as it has today to be the powerhouse of the regions was fantastic

02:31news. It's been kind of a very safe hands in a corporate world. I'm looking forward

02:38to playing a slightly different role in that place going forward.

02:47www.breeze.com

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