Ian is the Head of S-RM’s Corporate Intelligence division in Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He specialises in leading pre-transaction due diligence and other strategic intelligence engagements, working closely with private equity firms, law firms, investment banks, corporate M&A teams, and other investors.
Ian has spent most of the last 15 years in intelligence-related roles and he has broad industry experience across multiple practice areas. He currently leads a large delivery team providing expert coverage of markets across the EMEA region. His experience also includes establishing and growing S-RM’s first Asia office in Hong Kong between 2017 and 2020.
Clients say that "Ian is fundamentally collaborative with his clients, and is very much at home with complex matters, requiring nuanced approach”, and that his “bearing and general conduct are particularly impressive and he quite obviously is very used to dealing with senior clients. He is clearly very bright and capable."
Before joining S-RM, Ian held front-office investment banking roles at JP Morgan and Jefferies, during which he worked in deal teams on capital markets and M&A transactions, and he served as an army officer for five years. He read History at the University of Cambridge and speaks fluent French and conversational Arabic.
E-mail Ian: i.massey@s-rminform.com
