Consilia Partners

Consilia Partners opens Middle East Office

dan — Thu, 06 Oct 2011 07:00:34 +0000

Consilia Partners, the investment and turnaround firm is pleased to announce the opening of its Bahrain office, located in Manama and the appointment of Stewart Macphail as the Managing Partner of Consilia for the MENA region.

Consilia Partners focuses on working with family offices, private equity and banks across the Middle East, who are increasingly demanding a more sophisticated approach to operational turnaround and exit strategies, as well as seeking access to a global platform of highly skilled operational turnaround specialists.

David Axon, CEO of Consilia Partners in the UK and Middle East, said, “The opening of our office in Bahrain clearly reflects our long term commitment to our existing clients and key contacts in the Middle East. We are pleased to have Stewart Macphail on board to head our operations in MENA.”

Explaining why Consilia has chosen to expand its operations during a period of global financial uncertainty, Peter Smith, Chairman explained, “Consilia already has a number of significant relationships with a large range of leading Middle East Private Equity firms and Family offices, and it is vital to our partnership model that we are here to support them locally.”

Stewart Macphail, Managing Partner based in Bahrain said, “I am delighted to be working with Consilia Partners, having been based in the Middle East for the last 5 years in senior positions across the region and previously with GE Capital for 15 years. Consilia’s expertise coupled with local knowledge will allow us to deliver a unique offering to our clients who have recognised the value of our services. We have recently won a number of projects in the region, and there is a real appetite for our services which provide high quality operational expertise, sector specialists, this coupled with risk based fees provides an exit driven not fee based service.”

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Notes to editors:

Consilia Partners Limited (Consilia)

Consilia is a firm of senior industry executives focused on supporting key stakeholders and management teams to significantly enhance the value of their businesses. With over 25 years’ experience of operational management and turnaround expertise, central to our capabilities is our strong operating management and partner team who provide strategic, commercial and operational expertise, working side by side with our clients, together with additional equity funding for a business where required.

www.consiliapartners.com

For further information please contact:

Karen Taylor – Marketing & PR – +44(0)7964421318
karen.taylor@consiliapartners.com

Stewart Macphail – Managing Partner – MENA – +97339601442
stewart.macphail@consiliapartners.com

Consilia Partners acquires Neochimiki from Lamda Partners

Admin — Thu, 23 Dec 2010 09:36:25 +0000

Issue date: 6th January 2011

Consilia Partners Ltd., the operational turnaround and investment firm, is pleased to announce that it has acquired Neochimiki S.A., the Athens based chemical distribution company.

Peter Smith, Consilia’s Chairman, said “We are delighted to have acquired this business and we look forward to working with the management team in deploying the Consilia value creation strategies. Neochimiki is an excellent business with a long history of successfully serving its customers and suppliers.”

Neochimiki was founded in 1974 and is based in Athens, Greece. Neochimiki’s core business is the distribution of chemical raw materials. It is also involved in the production and distribution of fertilizers and the production and distribution of raw materials for the coatings industry. The business operates in Greece and the Balkans.

Frank Sekula, a Consilia Director, commented “The Greek market will continue to be challenging. However, Consilia has both the operational and financial expertise to help management navigate these challenging conditions.”

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Information about Neochimiki

Neochimiki distributes chemical raw materials and produces fertilisers and raw materials for paints and coatings. The business was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Athens, Greece and has operations in Greece and the Balkans.

Neochimiki has a robust infrastructure and blue chip network of suppliers and customers. The business serves more than 8,000 customers across a large variety of sectors which include the home, personal care, food, coatings, base oils and rubbers, construction, agriculture and automotive industries.

For more information please refer to the following website: www.neochimiki-sa.gr.

Consilia Partners Limited (Consilia)
Consilia is a firm of senior industry executives focused on supporting key stakeholders and management teams to significantly enhance the value of their businesses. With over 25 years’ experience of operational management and turnaround expertise, central to our capabilities is our strong operating management and partner team who provide strategic, commercial and operational expertise, working side by side with our clients, together with additional equity funding for a business where required.

For more information please refer to the following website: www.consiliapartners.com

For further information please contact:
Karen Taylor – Marketing & PR
+44 (0) 161 932 1485
karen.taylor@consiliapartners.com

Peter Smith – Chairman
+44 (0) 161 932 1485
peter.smith@consiliapartners.com

Frank Sekula – Director
frank.sekula@consiliapartners.com

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Consilia Partners acquires HTG Holdings, the Catering Equipment Distribution Specialists from Chamonix Private Equity.

Admin — Thu, 09 Dec 2010 07:00:40 +0000

Issue date: Wednesday 15th December 2010

Consilia Partners, the operational turnaround and investment firm based in Manchester, have acquired a majority stake in HTG Holdings, a specialist catering equipment distribution business based in Ipswich, from Chamonix Private Equity.
Consilia’s Chairman, Peter Smith: “We are delighted with the acquisition of HTG Holdings. This is a high quality business, with a strong management team, in a sector where there are a number of consolidation. Consilia will bring considerable industry and mergers and acquisition expertise to the Board of HTG and will support management in driving market penetration and the future growth of HTG.”

Founded in 1970 HTG Holdings focuses on the distribution of specialty catering equipment. Its subsidiary Taylor UK is the exclusive distributor of the Taylor range of soft serve equipment, with an increasing penetration in the fast-growing frozen yoghurt market. It has also recently commenced distribution of the rapid cook TurboChef oven range.
Its other main subsidiary, Hubbard Ice Systems, is the UK’s leading and longest established specialist distributor of commercial ice making machines and accessories, including the exclusive UK distribution of the Scotsman Ice Systems range.

HTG has also recently become the UK distributor for the Clenaware glass washing range of equipment, further extending its product portfolio.

David Axon, CEO at Consilia, commented “This investment is in line with our strategy of acquiring both minority and majority stakes in the UK and MENA SME market, where we can provide not only additional funding but also considerable management support to the businesses in which we invest.”

Martin Wood, CEO of HTG Holdings, commented: “There is now a major opportunity in the market to grow HTG. Despite the economic down turn, demand in the industry for our equipment has remained steady. This combined with the extension of our product range, the development of new routes to market and the growth of our servicing and supply of parts has helped us to remain profitable during this current downturn. We are looking forward to working with Consilia to develop and grow our existing customer base, and tapping into their strong operational expertise and sector connections.”

People
Peter Smith led the deal for Consilia working alongside Martin Wood the CEO of HTG Holdings.

Advisors
Grant Thornton UK LLP, Anthony Booth & Alister Harris (Financial Due Diligence); Eversheds LLP, Daniel Hall & Elizabeth Ray (Legal).

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Notes to editors:
Consilia Partners Limited (Consilia)
Consilia is a firm of senior industry executives focused on supporting key stakeholders and management teams to significantly enhance the value of their businesses. With over 25 years’ experience of operational management and turnaround expertise, central to our capabilities is our strong operating management and partner team who provide strategic, commercial and operational expertise, working side by side with our clients, together with additional equity funding for a business where required.

www.consiliapartners.com
www.hubbardicesystems.co.uk
www.taylor-company.co.uk

For further information please contact:
Karen Taylor – Marketing & PR +44(0) 796 442 1318
karen.taylor@consiliapartners.com

Peter Smith – Chairman +44 (0) 777 078 1282
peter.smith@consiliapartners.com

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Logistics Expert joins Consilia Operating Partner Network

Admin — Fri, 24 Sep 2010 04:55:56 +0000

Consilia Partners would like to welcome Stewart Oades to the operating partner network…. Stewart has an extensive career in Supply Chain and Logistics spanning over 30 years. He was previously CEO of Christian Salvesen plc and CEO of Exel plc’s Retail and Consumer Sector where he was an executive Board Director. He has also been the Operations Director for Safeway plc.

Stewart now combines advisory work with a number of non-executive roles in the Supply Chain sector. He is also President of the Freight Transport Association, and a Director and Trustee of Transaid and a Director of GS1 (UK).