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From stress to stability: Lessons from real UK turnarounds

Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at successful solvent UK turnarounds. We will be exploring the people, decisions and tools that made the difference.

About the event

Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at successful solvent UK turnarounds. We will be exploring the people, decisions and tools that made the difference. 

Using real world case studies, we’ll examine the actions taken by management teams that preserved value where others had already written the businesses off.

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Agenda

This panel event will be led by Andrew Pepper, Head of Special Situations at S&W, and James Dowdall, Head of Accelerated M&A at S&W. Andrew and James will be joined by guests Nicola Poole, Managing Director at Hedges Law and Ruth Owen OBE, Chief Executive at Leonard Cheshire.

Taking us through the real stories of successful UK turnarounds, the panel will cover:

•    What we are seeing in the market 
•    The value of a sound and passionate turnaround plan
•    Stakeholder communications and support: how to bring consensus from conflict 
•    How to balance the need for blue-sky thinking with the harsh economic realities in a turnaround situation 
•    Avoiding the dreaded Director-fatigue 
•    How to fund operational turnarounds, and the role of accelerated M&A (AMA) and non-traditional capital 
•    How to run a focused AMA process that delivers competitive tension

Our speakers

  • Andrew Pepper

    Andrew Pepper

    Head of Special Situations, S&W
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  • James Dowdall

    James Dowdall

    Head of Accelerated M&A, S&W
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    Ruth Owen OBE

    Chief Executive, Leonard Cheshire
  • Nicola Poole

    Nicola Poole

    Managing Director, Hedges Law