18th June, 2025. Marylebone, London.

serial acquirer symposium.

An insightful full-day knowledge-sharing, discussion and networking event for acquirers of small and medium-sized businesses.

sponsored by

A Shared Learning Opportunity.

A UK Forum For ETA.

Bringing together UK and European operators, searchers, investors and thought-leaders from buyouts, roll-ups and HoldCos of portfolio companies generating <£5m EBITDA, to discuss SMB Acquisition Entrepreneurship.

For Every Stage And Experience.

Find Your Tribe.

Whether you've already built a portfolio and are growing to hold or exit, or you are just taking your first steps into acquiring and operating SMBs, this event is for you – to share, discuss and develop, with likeminded entrepreneurs.

Make Lasting Connections.

Expand Your Network.

Use the event app and group chats before, during and after the event, to arrange meetings, share insights, source services and collaborate on future opportunities.*

* app and chats launch 4 weeks prior to event date.

Agenda.

1 Wimpole St, London, W1G 0AE

Morning

  • 09:00    Registration, Coffee & Pastries

  • 09:30    Welcome Session & Kick-Off

  • 09:45    Seminar : ETA’s Coming-of-Age - Al Zucker

  • 10:30    Keynote : The Role of AI In M&A - Piers Linney

  • 11:15      Panel : Routes into Search - Trad, Self or Accelerator?
    Pascal Wittet @ Orca, David Cranmer and Eyal Kaplan @ NCA

  • 12:00    Seminar : Creative Deal Structures

  • 12:30    Buffet Lunch

  • 12:40    Panel : HoldCos, Private to Public
    Amit Rai @ Astra Holding, Michele & Andrea @ Lindgbergh SpA

Afternoon

  • 13:15    Seminar : First 100 Days Post-Deal - Lizzy Arnold

  • 13:45    Panel : Post-Deal Reality - Host: Carl Lundberg
    with Dean Curran, Seb Willen & Joe Brouder

  • 14:30    Seminar : Commercial DD and QofE - Will Abell

  • 15:00    Coffee Available

  • 15:00    Seminar : Installing Proper FP&A - Julie Wilkinson

  • 15:30    Panel : Sourcing - Proprietary, Brokered & Beyond
    with Charlie Norton, Joe Lewin & Alfie Lambert

  • 16:15     Keynote : Outlook for ETA in UK & EU - Ibrahim Abdel Rahim

  • 17:00    Closing & Networking Drinks

SPEAKERS.

Piers Linney

BBC Dragon, Investment Banker + Tech Entrepreneur

Ibrahim Abdel Rahim

Co-Founder @ Moonbase Capital

Will Abell

Partner, M&A Transactions @ Gerald Edelman

Lizzy Arnold

Post-Acquisition Value-Creator

Al Zucker

Exited Acquirer + Lawyer

Julie Wilkinson

Strategic Accounting for M&A

James Gairdner

Multi-Exited Entrepreneur
@ The Grafter

Gareth Hawkins

CEO @ BizCrunch

Bryan Shaw

Partner, M&A @ Fox Williams LLP

PANELS + HOSTS.

Carl Lundberg

CEO @ Gerald Edelman and
Organiser of the ETA Awards.

Charlie Norton

CEO @ Vamos Business Transfer
and Exited Entrepreneur

David Cranmer

Novastone Partners

Pascal Wittet

Founding Partner @
Orca Equity Partners

Alfie Lambert

Co-Founder @ BizCrunch

Amit Rai

CEO @ Astra Holding

Michele Corradi

CEO @ Lindbergh SpA

Dean Curran

CEO @ Garner Osborne Circuits

Joe Brouder

MD @ Vale Brewery

Sebastiaan Willen

Profectus Capital &
CEO @ Vistafolia

Joe Lewin

Founder @ DealFlowAgents

Andrea Allegrini

Director @ Lindbergh SpA

Vibrant Discussion.

Collaborate To Solve.

Hear from Panels and participate in Roundtable Discussions on a series of topics concerning M&A, including sourcing, structuring, finance, legal considerations, and post-deal operations.

Day Passes.

SOLD-OUT

Standard Delegate.

For HoldCos, Traditional Search-Funds and Service-Providers, etc.
 

£325 +VAT £244 +VAT

Searcher/Student.

With thanks to our Sponsors, we're now able to offer part-subsidised tickets to Emerging Searchers and Students, at considerable discount.

£66 +VAT £79 inc VAT

SOLD-OUT

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