Episode 12: ‘I put everything on the line for MBO’

from The Dealmaker Uncut · host Alvarez & Marsal

Join Jonathan Boyers, Head of Alvarez & Marsal Corporate Finance, and Chris Maguire, Executive Editor of BusinessCloud, as they sit down to interview Matt Hirst, CEO of ESG. In this episode, Matt Hirst discusses: ▪️Why he had to do an MBO of Utiligroup from Bglobal plc;▪️Getting the right chairman;▪️The secret to growing revenue five-fold in three years;▪️Getting snapped up by ESG, part of the US private equity firm Accel-KKR’s portfolio;▪️Growing to 750 people and six offices around the world;▪️Making 10 acquisitions; and▪️The impact of AI.

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