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Christopher Jones

I have spent the last 20 years of my career as a mid-market M&A adviser focused on the consumer sector. I started my career at EY, following which I spent nearly two decades at Arrowpoint/Rothschild, GCA Altium, and Houlihan Lokey. I lead Clearwater’s London team, and also the Consumer sector team across the UK and Europe. Within consumer, my focus is on travel and leisure as well as digital consumer and e-commerce.

Clearwater advises Gomà-Camps Consumer on its sale to The Navigator Company

Charlotte Astleford

I am a Director in the Consumer M&A team at Clearwater, having joined the firm in August 2023. Prior to this, I was in the Consumer M&A team at PwC and have a range of deal experience working across a varied client base, including owner-managed businesses, private equity, and corporate clients with transaction values ranging from £20m to £1bn+.

Onno de Groot

I joined Clearwater in 2023 as Partner, bringing over 16 years of corporate finance and M&A experience, as well as a wide network and strong sector knowledge in the fields of consumer, retail, food, agriculture, and industrials, to further enhance Clearwater’s advisory proposition. During my career, I have advised clients on a broad range of transactions, including buy and sell-side assignments, corporate carve-outs and leveraged buy-outs, both domestic and cross-border, along with equity and debt capital raises. To date, I have completed over 50 M&A transactions with a combined deal value exceeding €5bn. My core focus is to spearhead Clearwater’s coverage in the Netherlands within the consumer, food & beverage and industrials sectors, while being actively involved in the firm’s private equity coverage. Prior to Clearwater, I was Director at PwC Corporate Finance, where I led the Consumer & Retail corporate finance team in the Netherlands.

Leading supplier of branded consumer goods strengthens its position in the market

Orkla Food Ingredients acquired Hans Kaspar

Gregory Cornes

I have spent my career working in mid-market M&A advising founders, management teams and private equity. I joined Clearwater in 2017 and am currently an Associate Director in the UK Consumer team, based in the London office.

Louise Hooper

I joined Clearwater over nine years ago and am currently part of our deal team working primarily on growth transactions. I’ve advised on a range of both trade and PE deals, across a number of sectors including Healthcare, Consumer, Business Services, and Industrials.

Martin Agerup

As a partner at Clearwater’s Stockholm office, I lead the Swedish Consumer sector. I have spent most of my career in M&A and joined Clearwater in 2015. It’s been an incredible time, having been part of building both our team and track record.

Resurgence of UK travel M&A activity shows no signs of slowing down in 2024