New senior manager makes his Mark at Old Mill
Old Mill accountants and financial advisers, which has offices in Exeter, Shepton Mallet and Yeovil, has further strengthened its Corporate Finance team with the appointment of Senior Manager Mark Neath. Mark qualified as an accountant with Ernst & Young in 1999, and worked with the firm, first in Exeter and then in London, before returning to the West Country in 2002. Mark then joined Exeter firm Peplows; he left to join Old Mill’s Exeter office last month (August).
Having worked in both large and small firms, Mark has broad experience in corporate finance. “I have been lucky to have a really varied career; literally working on everything from helping an individual to acquire their first ‘lifestyle’ business, through to working on the Stock Exchange listing of a FTSE100 company,” he said.
In leaving London, Mark went for a complete change by joining a regional firm, and had a real impact on the company, developing its corporate finance business in the smaller end of the market. With his move to the Old Mill Group, Mark says he is looking forward to working with some bigger clients once more. “Due to the nature of corporate finance, it is difficult to get in to the bigger deals if you are a small firm. Joining Old Mill gives me the opportunity to work on larger transactions again.”
Mark may be the new boy, but there is one person he knows well already; Director of Corporate Finance Guy Eggleton, who joined in August 2005, is a former colleague.
“I am looking forward to working with Guy again,” said Mark. “we used to do deals together when we were both at Ernst & Young. Guy’s emphasis is on lead advisory assignments, and I specialise in due diligence and transaction support work, so together we will focus on growing Old Mill’s Corporate Finance services.”
Mark lives in Okehampton with his wife and their young son.
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