About Us

We are Europe’s leading buy-side deal originator.
We are highly effective, discreet and professional in what we do.

Langcliffe International has established unrivalled relationships with vendor advisors, corporates and private equity firms, across Europe and beyond.

We connect the sell-side and the buy-side. We continuously communicate with vendor advisors and are aware of the acquisition criteria of 17,900+ buyers, of which over 4,800 are engaged. To support this, we now employ 21 professionals and a further five consultants.

Our model encompasses a presence in each key economic area of Europe: the UK & Ireland, Benelux, DACH, the Nordics, France, Southern Europe and CEE.

We continue to invest in a proprietary deal matching and management system to support our operations.

We used Langcliffe to broaden the circle of possible buyers for our client PharmaSource. This was a success for our client and ourselves. Looking back, we are very satisfied with the crucial role Langcliffe played in finding the right buyer for this transaction. They treated our files confidentially, they helped us to gain more insight into possible (international) buyers and they did not ask us for a fee. Surely, we’ll use Langcliffe’s service in the future for other deals where we act as an advisor.

Bart Koreman, Partner, JM Corporate Finance

Meet the Team

Executive Team

Jakob Moeller-Jensen

Chairman

Jakob Moeller-Jensen

Chairman

Jakob is a co-founder of Bridgehill Partners, a leading boutique venture capital business that has invested in a range of successful companies. Jakob has significant strategic and financial experience having been on the Board of Directors of several international companies and having worked extensively in private equity at Industri Kapital and corporate finance at Citibank.

Mark Eardley

Chief Executive

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With thirty years financial and corporate finance experience, Mark is well-known and respected within the industry. Before he founded the business in 2012, he was Head of Corporate Finance at RSM Bentley Jennison, Corporate Finance Director at RSM Tenon and previously worked at Barclays Capital.

Helen Postlethwaite

Managing Director

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Helen has over 25 years’ experience of managing operations, corporate services and customer service in professional services companies, both in the UK and overseas. She is co-founder of Langcliffe and responsible for the design, development and management of the important data systems that underpin the proposition and the implementation of policies to promote company culture and vision and generally overseeing business operations, alongside the management and support of the critical vendor advisor relationships.

Stuart Marcy

Private Equity Director
(US)

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Stuart has worked for over twenty years in corporate finance and private equity in the UK, including senior roles with firms such as Deloitte, Smith & Williamson, Menzies and BKL. He joined the business in 2017 to set up our US PE coverage and now heads the private equity team.

Commercial Team

Holly Cooper

Senior Commercial Manager

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Holly has been part of the Langcliffe team for over six years, joining after graduating from Loughborough University with a degree in English and Drama. Originally joining the buyside team, she moved to the commercial side of the business. She now collaborates with a range of advisors, on a daily basis, spearheading the Langcliffe service, ensuring the process works for both the advisory community and the internal team. She continually communicates with both parties, striving to provide a smooth and clear experience for these key partners. Holly also participated in the creation of our Search Portal and generally manages activity throughout our system platform.

Hannah Gale-Johnson

Senior Commercial Executive

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Hannah joined Langcliffe in February 2020 with administration management experience.  She has a BA (Hons) from the University of Liverpool in Politics. Hannah manages the influx and input of new mandates to our system. She coordinates the weekly individual and multi-buyer acquisition searches, which are shared with our advisor network. Hannah undertakes the upkeep of our website and social media presence. She also ensures our sell-side data is current.

James Nixon

Senior Commercial Executive

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James graduated from Sheffield Hallam in 2017 with a degree in Business & Enterprise Management. He joined the Langcliffe team in December 2020, after living in New Zealand for a couple of years. James works in the commercial team, looking after and monitoring advisor relationships. He enjoys reaching out to and meeting advisors face to face, establishing new and maintaining existing relationships. James sustains our advisor contact information, ensuring the data is current and they are the recipients of our most important communications. He also helps his team with the processing of new mandates. By monitoring advisor activity and liaising with the wider team, he helps create action points to improve the Langcliffe service and hopefully increase the volume of mandates we see.

Rowan Lyall

Commercial Executive

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Rowan graduated from the University of Leeds in 2023 with a BA in Liberal Arts, majoring in philosophy. During her time at university, she participated in a year in industry, where she worked in data collection, management and analysis for a home security company. She joined Langcliffe International in August 2023 and works alongside her colleagues in the commercial team, processing new mandates and supporting the general upkeep and accuracy of all sell-side data, including key contact information.

Liz Burrows

Research Manager

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Liz graduated from The University of Leeds with a BSc in Geography. After graduating she worked as a Corporate Stockbroker focusing on the small mid-cap market, working initially as an Equity Analyst and then within the sales team. In this role, she gained experience of a wide range of sectors across the market, from Retail, Media and Support Services to Engineering and Biotech. In recent years, Liz has worked at a leading Anti-Money Laundering SAAS provider, as a Business Analyst, championing the user experience within the product team.
Liz joined us in September 2023 as the Research Manager, working alongside the team to identify the most appropriate buyers for the disposal mandates we receive. Vendor advisor liaison is a key aspect of Liz’s role, enabling us to gain a greater understanding of which buyers are sought.

Norman Beaney

Research Consultant

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Norman has over 30 years’ experience as a Company Director supported with a business degree awarded from Kingston University in London and with over 12 years as a Senior Director and shareholder of an International, multi-site company fulfilling the role of Group Commercial Director.

Subsequent experience as a director, owner and manager of a variety of companies, along with becoming an independent consultant, Norman has completed business transactions across all main industry sectors encompassing manufacturing, retail, services and distribution and include client sales to both FTSE 250 and AIM listed companies.

Based in the Canaries, (well away from the main tourist areas), Norman is a former serious club cricketer, who now enjoys the sun, gymnasium (sometimes!) and meeting lots of very interesting people!

Europe Team

Poppy Briggs

Senior Deal Manager
(Europe)

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Poppy joined in Langcliffe in 2018, working within the UK corporate team. As Langcliffe started to expand, offering its services across Europe, Poppy began building relationships with private equity firms and strategic buyers throughout the continent, with a specific focus on the Benelux and the DACH region. Poppy now oversees all Langcliffe’s buy-side activities in Europe. She manages the team of five, who build and manage relationships with private equity firms and strategic buyers across many European regions, with a particular focus on the DACH region, the Benelux, the Nordics and Southern Europe. Poppy and her team intend to develop further relationships, as they expand into all areas of Europe.

Charlotte Keane

Deal Manager
(Europe)

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Charlotte studied Sociology & Criminology at Loughborough University, graduating in 2018. She joined Langcliffe in the January of 2021, working alongside Poppy and assisting with the expansion into Europe, focussing on buyers located in the Nordics. Additionally, most recently, Charlotte has begun enabling Langcliffe’s further international expansion, working with buyers located in Asia, UAE, Australia, South America and South Africa.

Jack Hutchinson

Senior Deal Executive
(Europe)

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Jack has a degree in History from Leeds University. He joined the team in June 2021, arriving with experience of administration and data management. He works in the Europe team overseeing relationships with corporate buyers within the team.

Maria Antazo

Deal Executive
(Europe)

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Maria graduated from the University of Leeds in 2022 with a BSc in Economics, she was born in the Philippines and moved to the UK in 2010. In November 2022, she joined the Langcliffe UK and US corporate division, before moving across to the Europe team. She now assists French private equity firms and Benelux based companies in their pursuit of acquisition opportunities.

Francesca Morra

Country Manager
(Italy & Spain)

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Francesca has a Master’s Degree in Politics and 15 years of relevant experience with companies like Mergermarket and Energy Intelligence. She joined Langcliffe as a consultant in January 2021. She has lived in Syria, Jordan and Egypt where she worked and studied Arabic prior moving to London. Once based in London, she volunteered over a number of years for different organisations, such as Amnesty International and as an Appropriate Adult.

UK and US Team

Joanna Hughes

Senior Deal Manager
(Corporate UK)

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Joanna graduated from the University of Chester with a BSc in Psychology. Joining Langcliffe in 2019 as part of the UK private equity team, Joanna soon moved to the corporate team and has since worked with trade buyers within the UK and Europe, in addition to leading our expansion into the US. Joanna now manages the UK and US corporate team and works with buyers in consumer markets including Retail, Food and Beverage, Travel and Leisure, in addition to clients active in ICT.

Laura Brown

Deal Executive
(Corporate UK)

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Laura graduated from Leeds Beckett University with a Biomedical Sciences degree in 2020, gaining a master’s degree in Management in 2023. She joined Langcliffe in March 2023, and works within the UK and US corporate team. She works with clients operating in industries such as Health and Pharmaceuticals, Soft Facilities Management, Real Estate, Legal, Banking, Financial, Media, Marketing and Business Support Services.

Amy Upton

Deal Executive
(Corporate UK)

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Amy joined the team in May 2023, she is building and maintaining strong relationships with clients in various sectors, such as Aerospace & Defence, Industrial General, Oil & Gas as well as other manufacturing industries. She enjoys collaborating with cross-functional teams to analyse incoming mandates and buyer preferences, to assist in the identification of appropriate acquisition targets. As her knowledge base grows, she continues to learn and develop in her M&A career with Langcliffe.

Maryia Amrez

Senior Deal Manager
(Private Equity UK)

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Maryia graduated from the University of Bradford with a First Class BSc (Hons) degree in Accounting and Finance in 2018, incorporating a year-long placement at a local corporate finance advisory firm. She currently manages the Langcliffe UK PE team, along with the activities of a significant number of institutional PE clients.

Emily McDermott

Deal Manager
(US)

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Emily has a bachelor’s degree in International Studies with a specialisation in Latin America from Leiden University, the Netherlands. She works in the UK private equity team looking after UK mid-market PE buyers, who are acquisitive across the UK and Europe. She identifies bolt-on and platform opportunities with an enterprise value between £5m-£50m.

George Davies

Senior Deal Executive
(Private Equity US)

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George graduated from Coventry University (Scarborough) in 2020 with a degree in Business Management & Leadership. He joined the team in 2021 and focusses on the identification of platform and bolt-on opportunities for Langcliffe’s North American private equity buyers, as well as establishing and developing relationships with new firms in the region.

Georgia Barnes

Senior Deal Executive
(Private Equity UK)

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Georgia studied Law, Philosophy and Psychology at Leeds City College for her A Levels.  In March 2023, she joined the private equity team and enjoys looking after the very high-volume activity of family offices. Many of these clients are sector agnostic, providing a lot of variety.  She additionally assists with data creation and maintenance, which is necessary to keep abreast of the ever-changing PE market place!

Ewan Christian

Sector Consultant
(ICT)

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Ewan graduated from Birmingham University with a BSc in Mechanical Engineering. He has also gained an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. He joined the Langcliffe team in 2012. Ewan’s career includes working in Motown/Motor City, he has been CFO of a number of companies including a fully listed plc and has been the Director / Chair of three different charities. He is a motorsport fan and enjoys attending the three-day Silverstone Classic event each year.