The Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland

Kelvinside Academy

University of Glasgow

CEO at Talmix

London, England, United Kingdom

Talmix is the leading global online staffing platform matching blue chip companies with high-end business talent. The combination of proprietary matching technology, rich data sets and outstanding service enable precision matching at speed and scale to the right talent compared with traditional staffing alternatives.

We make talent acquisition simple for customers and talent in our network:
-  Our technology and service enables an experience that is fast, flexible and flawless
-  We are the only platform allowing global access to high-end talent with a network of over 55K
-  We offer a product and service that offers full transparency and a centralised view on talent acquisition

As a Scale Up Business in London, Talmix is proud to have won and been part of:
-  2022 SIA Best Staffing Place to Work UK & Ireland
-  2021 SIA Recognised as Staffing 100 Europe Industry Leader
-  2021 SIA Best Staffing Place to Work UK & Ireland
-  2021 Ardent Partners - Talmix recognised a a Market Leader in digital staffing
-  2019 Part of 100 Stories of Growth
-  2018 Mayor's International Business Programme
-  2018 Member of Silicon Valley Comes to the UK (SVC2UK)
-  2018 Member of Spend Matters Solution Map
-  2018 Winner of EdTechXGlobal All Stars Rise Award
-  2017 Member of City a.m. and Mischon De Reya Leap 100
-  2017 Member of Microsoft Accelerator London (Cohort 6)
-  2016 Member of PwC and Swiftscale Future of Work

Talmix

Member of an exclusive membership club enabling founders to overcome challenges, create value, & drive scale through practical peer group learning, curated connections, & entrepreneurial insights.

The Supper Club

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CCO & CFO

Purepoint delivers innovative software that solves big business problems. The company specialises in web applications using Ruby on Rails and mobile applications for iOS and Android. Purepoint assembles teams of highly skilled developers and consultants to plan, design, develop, and maintain software solutions.

Purepoint

Non Executive Director

Finance & Strategy Director

Virgin StartUp is a not-for-profit organisation that helps entrepreneurs with the funding, resources and advice they need to make their business idea a reality. Startups are provided support through funding, expert business plan help and access to mentorship. Virgin StartUp is a delivery partner for the government’s Start Up Loans scheme.

Virgin StartUp

Business Mentor

Established by a membership of private and institutional funders, VPF’s pioneering model leverages primarily unrestricted grants with private sector pro-bono support and access to members' networks. I am currently assisting a VPF portfolio company AfriKids which is a child rights organisation working in northern Ghana to alleviate child suffering and poverty. Supporting with business development and strategy.

Venture Partnership Foundation

Seedcamp is a pan-European London based accelerator launched in May 2007 by a group of 30 European investors that provides startups with seed money, mentorship, office space and support over a year long program. In addition to its accelerator program the company also runs initiatives to support the European startup community such as Seedhack and Seedsummit.

Mentored during Seedcamp Week London 2012

Seedcamp

Mentor

Leading GLG’s EMEA TMT Research practice which operates a top-tier network of technology, media and telecoms industry executives and thought leaders that consult with our venture capital, private equity and hedge fund clients. I am responsible for client service, programming sector hot topic events, operational initiatives as well as team management and development.

GLG’s mission is to transform the way top professionals share expertise and learn. At GLG, we curate custom learning experiences with professionals and thought leaders around the world. We organise conversations, small group meetings, mentorships and other interactions with a membership of more than 375,000 experts and thought leaders. Technology-driven and nimble, GLG has over 900 employees work in 21 offices around the globe.

Gerson Lehrman Group

Practice Leader, TMT EMEA

Origination and execution of corporate finance mandates within technology, media and telecoms sectors across Europe. Working with top- and mid-tier corporate,  private equity and venture capital clients for buy-side, sell-side, private placement, equity and debt financing engagements. In particular, the EUR 230m sale of online retail company in CEE markets Mall to Naspers (MIH Holdings).

Extensive financial modelling (e.g. DCF, LBO, Merger, IPO, Comparables) and market research experience (preparation of research reports, information memorandums and pitch books). Responsibility for managing junior staff and key client deliverables.

Jefferies & Company

Investment Banking, TMT

Based in the London office working on due diligence assignments in technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sectors for both blue chip corporate and top tier private equity clients across the UK and Europe. Private Equity clients included Apax Partners, Spectrum Equity Partners, Warburg Pincus and Vitruvian Partners among other mid- to top-tier firms. Key projects included:

-  All3Media acquisition of television production company Optomen Television
-  CSR plc acquisition of Belfast based digital audio codec company apt-x Technologies
-  Economist acquisition of Washington based publisher Congressional Quarterly
-  Pearson acquisition of UK vocational training business Melorio plc
-  Vitruvian Partners acquisition of fixed-odds betting terminal company Inspired Gaming Group
-  Spectrum Equity Partners acquisition of online games publisher Jagex Games Studio
-  UBM acquisition of air travel events company Routes International
-  Vendor due diligence for B2B publisher Reed Business Information
-  Review for refinancing of Belgium based directories publisher Truvo
-  Review for refinancing of telecoms and broadband company Tiscali SpA

In addition to the above was responsible for training, developing and managing a number of junior team members.

PricewaterhouseCoopers

Senior Manager, TMT

Based in the San Francisco office working primarily on M&A due diligence assignments in technology, media and telecoms (TMT) sectors for both blue chip corporate and top tier private equity clients across silicon valley and the wider US region. Private Equity clients included Golden Gate Capital, Thoma Bravo and TPG among other mid to large cap firms. Key diligence engagements included:

-  Buy-side diligence for Adobe Systems on the acquisition of document hosting and interactive publishing services provider Scene 7 (San Jose, CA)
-  Buy-side diligence for TIBCO Software on the acquisition of business analytics software company Spotfire (Boston, MA)
-  Carve-out assistance to Verisign for the divestiture of 14 non-core business assets including the global security, messaging and MMS and wireless number portability divisions (Mountain View, CA)
-  Carve-out assistance to Reed Elsevier on the sale of the MDL Information Systems software business later sold to Symyx Technologies for USD 123m (now part of Accelrys) (San Ramon, CA)

Initially in the San Jose office, worked on the review of financials for emerging technology and biotech companies as well as venture capital firms. Clients included U.S. Venture Partners, Menlo Ventures, Sanderling Ventures and Silverlake Partners.

Senior Associate

While studying for chartered accountancy qualification worked on a number of financial statement and internal controls audits of private and public sector companies. Worked across a wide variety of industries and clients included Akzo Nobel (chemicals and materials), BAE Systems (defense contractor), British Energy (nuclear energy), Diageo (alcoholic beverage manufacturer), National Australia Group (financial services and banking) and Rolls Royce Marine (wind turbine manufacturer). During the last year had responsibility for managing, training and reviewing junior team members work product.

Sandeep Dhillon

Sandeep Dhillon