Mark Ashton
Associate @Global Pmi Partners
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WORK HISTORY
Associate @Global Pmi Partners
GB
Global PMI Partners is a boutique M&A firm made up of senior executives and advisors/consultants with extensive M&A experience and expertise. It competes internationally with the Big 4 (Deloitte, Ernst & Young, KPMG, PwC) and MBB (McKinsey, Bain & Company, Boston Consulting Group).Mark\'s M&A experience includes- Executive coaching for 18 months with the Managing Director (MD) of a £120 million UK foods business which had been acquired by a PE-backed French business. 8 months into the deal UK business results had declined sharply, the MD was in conflict with his French colleagues, and they were considering replacing him. Instead the French Group CEO arranged coaching for him. This proved an outstanding success. Within 12 months the UK MD was the only member of the Group Executive Team still in post. 8 years later the UK business is turning over £350 million, including a £90 million acquisition, the group has been sold in the last 6 months to a US PE house, and the UK MD is still in post- Assessing whether a FTSE 100 UK PLC should increase its £350 million offer for a competitor, which had been rejected. Mark conducted a detailed analysis of the claims in the seller\'s prospectus, including visits to distributors and other industry partners. As a result of Mark\'s findings the UK PLC decided to withdraw its existing offer instead of increasing it- Conducting a detailed market analysis in the USA to confirm to a FTSE 100 UK PLC whether it should acquire one of the players in a US$1 billion market. Mark\'s recommendation to acquire the No 1 player in the market was accepted by the PLC\'s Executive Board- Carrying out Operational Due Diligence on all business processes in a £35 million automotive parts distribution company- Creating the turnaround strategy for a £5 million UK software company, defending it to the lenders to the AIM-listed parent company, and supporting the management team through to a successful trade sale.https://gpmip.com
EDUCATION
University of Cambridge
MA (Class II, Div i), Engineering Sciences
University of Warwick - Warwick Business School
Master of Business Administration - MBA (Distinction)
INSEAD
Achieving Outstanding Performance (Executive Programme)
ABOUT MARK ASHTON
Do you want to improve the performance of teams in your organisation? Have you regretted promoting people into managerial roles based on their technical capabilities without equipping them with the skills to lead teams? The systematic improvement of team performance is a neglected area of organisational development. In Project Aristotle Google researched 180 of its own teams and found massive variations in performance which were ultimately explained after exhaustive analysis by the level of psychological safety and communication flow within each team.Perhaps the best way for teams to learn is via playful problem solving challenges which are carefully designed to replicate challenges in the workplace. They bring out team dynamics and people get to see themselves the way others see them, which creates objectivity and removes opinion from discussion about behaviour. People then become motivated to make changes for themselves.I co-founded MAD Business in 2024 to help business owners, leaders and managers to create high performance teams and team leaders using powerful immersive learning experiences which drive effective behavioural change. The learning from MAD events is remarkably \"sticky\" and we provide follow-up coaching and implementation programmes if required to embed the changes.MAD Business is built on the extraordinary story of MAD in Estonia since 2002. Roughly 10% of the Estonian working population has experienced at least one MAD event, on average clients use MAD more than four times, and all of this has been achieved via word of mouth, referral and repeat business, with no sales or marketing activity.As one of our UK client puts it:\"MAD is not just team building. It\'s team building based on solid concepts with an agenda that drives effective and lasting business change\".The Head of People at another client says:\"I honestly did not know what to expect, but the whole day was great. I think it was exactly what we needed, and it can have a real impact on the company as a whole. Lots of learning, lots of fun, and memories to last a lifetime.\"The Strategy Director at another client says:\"If you ask me if these guys are any good, they are brilliant.\"If you want to know more email me at m••••••••@mad-business.com or message me on LinkedIn.
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