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Mark Gillingham

I am currently a Director at Clearwater, where I have spent the last 10+ years. I have over 14 years of experience in the sector, previously working at EY. I specialise in Industrials & Chemicals transactions, with a particular focus on the Mobility and Energy Transition sectors.

Callum Rooks

I have worked within finance for 10 years and in late 2022, I decided to move from a manufacturing background to a more corporate firm in the hope of expanding my knowledge and skills further within a brilliant team like Clearwater. I have enjoyed my first 18 months here, working with Sarah McMurdo, and believe I am progressing brilliantly in my career.

Tarsonia Sanghera

As Clearwater’s UK Marketing Manager, I am responsible for overseeing and executing all of Clearwater’s UK marketing activity across multiple areas within the business. My expertise includes campaign development, management and execution. I have nearly 10 years of experience working in the finance industry within marketing focussed roles.

Hollie Redmond

I joined Clearwater in 2021 as Office Manager and PA for the London office. I provide support to the Partners, Directors, and team members, as well as ensuring the smooth running of the office. I have over 10 years experience as a PA and more recently, Office Manager. I have supported a variety of professionals during my time at the FCA, Deloitte LLP and more recently in Private Equity. I enjoy the variety that the role brings, and I am delighted to belong to such a collaborative team at Clearwater.

Willem Daris

Before joining the partnership in 2018, I spent 10 years at ING as Managing Director and Global Head, within financial institutions advisory. Prior to this, I gained M&A experience at Bank of America, after starting my career in a consultancy role at KPMG. At university, I studied economics in Amsterdam, followed by an MBA with a specialisation in finance and strategy, from London Business School. I enjoy being involved in the strategic development of a company over a longer period of time, helping the client reach their strategic goals, often most effective when there is room for open and clear communication. This independent and long-term oriented approach distinguishes Clearwater from other advisers. In addition, our successful international network allows us to offer clients access to all buyers or acquisition possibilities.

Guido Mesmer

I joined Clearwater Switzerland as a Partner in 2023, with previous experience of more than 10 years in international M&A, capital markets and financing transactions. From 2017 to 2022, I worked at UBS and was responsible for the execution of complex M&A, private placements, equity, and debt capital markets transactions. Prior to that, I was part of Lazard Zurich, executing mid-market buy- and sell-side M&A transactions, as well as Credit Suisse’s equity capital markets division, executing IPOs and other capital markets transactions in Switzerland. Throughout my entire career, it was my primary objective to serve my clients with uncompromised professionalism, great enthusiasm, and daily commitment, to be able to give the best advice in every situation. I graduated from the University of St. Gallen with a master’s degree in Banking and Finance and a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration.

Erik Appelgren

I joined Clearwater International in 2023 from Carnegie Investment Bank as Partner, responsible for Western Sweden. I bring extensive experience from public/private M&A and capital market transactions, having spent around 13 years in Nordic investment banking. Since I started in investment banking, I have worked across various sub-sectors within tech, healthcare, business services, consumer, and industrials, where I have gained valuable insights and relationships, that I can bring forward for new clients. A selection of transactions from the past five to six years includes the sale of Progrits to Axcel, the public offer for Cary Group by CVC and Nordic Capital, the sale of Livio to KKR-backed GeneraLife, the sale of Euroflorist to an investor consortium, the IPO of Byggfakta Group by Stirling Square and TA Associates, adviser to the board of Klövern in the public offer by Corem, MTG rights issue, the IPO of Nordic Paper, the sale of Aviator Group to Avia Solutions Group, the capital raises for Lendify, the set-off issue in Karolinska Development, the acquisition of Cambio by Investcorp, the public offer for Stendörren by EQT, the sale of Borgstena Group to DUAL, the Beijer Electronics Group rights issue, the acquisition of Docu Nordic by Stirling Square, and more. I will leverage my broad experience and perspectives to provide tailored and high-value-add advisory to Clearwater's clients, assisting them in reaching their ideal future end game, with a particular focus on sell-side advisory for entrepreneurs and family-owned companies. Every situation is unique, and I will strive to provide advice that results in the optimal mix for each specific client in terms of valuation, transaction structure, confidentiality, deal certainty, and job security for employees. I will make sure that we find the buyer/partner with the highest potential for enabling long-term value creation across internationalisation, M&A, product/service extension, digitalisation, sustainability, sales efficiency, purchasing, and recruitment. I hold BSc/MSc degrees in Industrial Engineering and Management, with a specialisation in Management and Economics of Innovation, from Chalmers University of Technology, and BSc/MSc degrees in Economics, with a specialisation in Finance from the School of Business, Economics, and Law at Gothenburg University.

Laurent Camilli

As a founding Partner of Clearwater France, I lead the international real estate team and the healthcare sector in France. Since the inception of the company I have completed over 80 transactions with clients who return to us time and time again, and not only rely on Clearwater for sound M&A advice, but trust us to take care of all their corporate issues. In line with the values of Clearwater, I’m very considerate of the needs of my clients, their targets and their environment in order to find solutions which exceed their expectations. I started my career at Vivendi (formerly Generale des Eaux) before setting up an advisory company (Auxiliaire de Finance) where I advised anglo-saxon funds in acquisitions of non-performing loan portfolios. I went on to join Close Brothers and developed the company as a MD and CEO. In 10 years, Close Brothers became a major player in the mid-market M&A segment with strong exposure in leisure, healthcare and real estate.

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