5th February, 10am – 3:30pm
Salisbury House, London, EC2M 6SE

Want to connect with your fellow attendees?

Click below for a copy of the guest list as well as details of your Mercia Hosts for the evening.

 

Turning strategic vision into measurable value

Watch this short video featuring a selection of portfolio businesses, where Mercia Ventures has taken an active role in value creation and driving investment.

Speaker

Jon Andrew

Co-founder, Ārahi

Jon co-founded Ārahi in 2021 having spent two decades in Private Equity Value Creation.

He started his career with PwC where he worked across the Audit, Training and Transaction Services functions. Jon subsequently moved into Private Equity, where he spent more than 13 years in senior roles at Lloyds Development Capital (LDC) and Inflexion.

Jon is a veteran of over 100 value creation programmes and has held a wide variety of roles including CFO, COO, CIO, Executive Chair and Non-Executive Chair. He currently serves as Chair of a Bridges Fund Management business, Nexgen Services.

Jon is also a published author with Strategic Value Creation (2024) which he wrote together with Rupert Morrison.

The agenda

10:00 Arrival and refreshments

10:30 Session 1: The key ingredients for value creation planning

11:30 Session 2:  Why businesses fail: Lessons from experience

12:30 Lunch

13:30 Session 3: Understanding customers and the competitive landscape

14:15 Break

14:30 Session 4: The power of a plan on a page

15:30 Wrap-up and close

We look forward to welcoming you

We’d love your insights ahead of the big day. Please click the button below to complete our quick survey.