I was honoured to be invited to be an Independent Judge for the recent Thames Valley Deals Awards for 2025. The dinner was held at the Select Car Leasing Stadium, home of Reading FC.
This was a new experience for me as my previous judging had been in the South East region, which I think went back to 2016 when I was Regional Chair of the IoD and went on up until 2023.
Apparently Farnham, where I live, is in the Thames Valley for the purposes of these awards, so theoretically I was on my home patch!
It was really interesting to learn about the Deal and M&A activity on another patch and find out who were the leading players and what was different about this region.
On the evening itself I presented two awards
Firstly to BDO for the Transaction Services Team of the Year award. A great night for them as they scooped a series of awards!
https://www.insidermedia.com/galleries/thames-valley-deals-awards-2025/image#9
And secondly to Jack Griggs of James Cowper Kreston Corporate Finance for the Emerging Dealmaker of the Year, always a nice award to judge seeing how young talent is emerging.
https://www.insidermedia.com/galleries/thames-valley-deals-awards-2025/image#12
A summary of the event, listing all of the shortlisted and winners can be found here
Many thanks to The Business Magazine and Insider Media teams for all of their great work in facilitating the judging and running the event- everything was first class.
Also to host Mark Durden-Smith the host- I hope that the ‘Chicken slayer’ moniker doesn’t stick!
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