Wilson Gillespie
| Consultant

w.gillespie@fpmca.com

Department:
Corporate Finance

Professional Qualifications:
  • Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. 
  • Institute of Bankers in Ireland. 
Main Client Services:
  • Negotiating the sale / purchase of private companies. 
  • Raising all types of business finance. 
  • Evaluating projects for investment. 
  • Advising company boards on strategy and growth. 
  • Devising recovery / restructuring plans. 
Relevant Experience:
  • Typically completes M&A transactions with an aggregate value in excess of £100 million each year across all sectors of the economy including property, construction services, distribution, food processing, engineering, retail and hotels. 
  • Pioneer of highly-leveraged hotel development finance and managed EIB Loan Schemes as well as sourcing debt and private equity finance from a wide range of providers throughout the UK and Ireland. 
  • Over twenty-five years’ experience of project appraisal for the public sector, banks and private investors. 
  • Performing the role of ‘trusted advisor’ to boards of directors in the private and public sectors either on an ongoing basis or for a specific task such as challenging results, assisting with succession planning or advising on complex financial restructuring (e.g. to settle a pension scheme deficit). 
  • Over twenty-five years’ experience of company rescues based upon a disciplined approach towards situational analysis, agreed action and ongoing monitoring.