Dan is Partner Head of Deal Origination at Shaw & Co, overseeing the company’s deal origination activities across the UK. Based in the North West, he has over 15 years’ experience in the financial services industry.

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He joined the company from Shawbrook Bank where he was a Senior Director for four years leading numerous leverage and asset-based lending deals for debt mandates ranging between £2m-£50m. Working on a variety of deals including recapitalisations, MBOs, MBIs, PE buyouts, EOTs, refinancing, acquisitions and share buybacks, he delivered over £350m worth of both owner-managed and private equity backed lending transactions across a wide variety of businesses and sectors.

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At Shawbrook his major deals included a £17m acquisition facility for Software Circles; the Panoramic Private Equities acquisition of Full Circle; a super-senior facility for Inflexion-backed CNX Therapeutics; a share buyback for Proximo Limited; NVM’s acquisition of Inprova Group; the refinancing of Key Capital Partners-backed Commhoist; Harwood Private Equity-backed Medica Packaging’s acquisition of FG Curtis; recapitalisation and growth funding for Secure Retail; Think Print’s transition to EOT; Nimbus Private Equities’s acquisition of Hawthorn Timber; and the VIMBO of Carnaby Caravans.

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Before joining Shawbrook he was a Director at OakNorth Bank where he played an integral role in establishing the business in the SME market across the North of England. Prior to this Dan spent almost 12 years with the NatWest Group.

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When away from the office Dan enjoys spending time with his family, rugby and watching Crewe Alexandra.

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