Jamie Edge

Partner - Corporate Finance

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Experience

  • EY (6 yrs 7 mos)
    • Partner
      Jul 2024 - Present · 2 yrs

      Mergers and Acquisitions Partner within EY's Strategy and Transactions practice focused on the Business and Tech sectors with a specialism in education, training, edtech and knowledge solutions.

    • EMEA Head of Education and Training M&A, Director
      Dec 2019 - Jul 2024 · 4 yrs 8 mos

  • Governor and Chair of Audit and Risk Committee at Activate Learning
    Nov 2020 - Jul 2024 · 3 yrs 9 mos

  • KPMG UK (London, United Kingdom)
    • M&A Associate Director
      Oct 2016 - Oct 2020 · 4 yrs 1 mo

    • M&A Manager
      Jun 2011 - Oct 2016 · 5 yrs 5 mos

      • M&A Manager working on both sell and buy side engagements, together with broader strategic advisory, market sounding, exit options and funding structuring • Managed and worked on in excess of 10 transactions across a broad range of sectors • Sector focus includes business and support services, dentistry, and health, fitness and leisure

    • Sector executive / manager - Business Services
      Nov 2012 - Jun 2015 · 2 yrs 8 mos

      • Managed KPMG's Business Services sector team • Focus on key account relationships and go to market strategy • Sub-sectors include FM, BPO, consulting services and human capital • Managing relationships with a range of internal and external stakeholders

  • Head of Education and Training M&A at KPMG
    Oct 2017 - Dec 2019 · 2 yrs 3 mos

    - Built KPMG's Education and Training M&A coverage activities - Focus on EdTech - Significant experience across a range of transactions - buy and sell side in the sector, touching a high proportion of UK transactions over the course of the past 18 months - Strong interaction with international buyers - both strategic and financial - looking to expand into the UK

  • Investment banking at ABN AMRO Bank N.V.
    Jul 2006 - Sep 2007 · 1 yr 3 mos

    • Involved in the clearance of a 2 billion euro trade backlog. Successfully cleared personal portfolio of legacy fixed income trades • Found solutions to trade discrepancies, interacting with counterparties, fund managers and agent banks to ensure quick resolution of issues • Prepared settled trades for auditing review, validating documents and ensuring their inclusion in both physical and hard drive records • Business process initiative to improve the overall operational process and ensure greater fluidity and efficiency • Involved in the design of a new reporting and trade tracking system, accumulating suggestions relating to its function and drawing up a document outlining its requirements