M&A and private equity transaction after Covid-19 workshop in collaboration with Colombo Stock Exchange

Jonathan is the Chairman of Sativa Wellness Group Inc and was a Director of Ideagen plc from 2001 to 2019. He has an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University and was a visiting Lecturer at the City University Business School, from 1999 to 2003. Capitalising on his wide experience of banking and finance, he has delivered courses for over 20 years in many different parts of the world. Jonathan delivers a variety of courses on subjects such as valuation, mergers and acquisitions, private equity, corporate finance, corporate restructuring, and credit analysis. In addition, Jonathan runs his own corporate consultancy and corporate finance advisory business in the City of London. Besides providing strategic advice and working on M + A transactions he is involved in the raising of early-stage and development capital for small companies with the potential for fast growth. He holds a number of non-executive directorships of investee companies. Jonathan began his City career in the corporate banking group of Citibank N.A. London where his responsibilities involved the provision of acquisition finance and the development of international banking business for a variety of corporate customers. After six years of relationship management responsibilities he spent two years organising problem loan workouts for companies that had fallen into difficulties, most notably ICL and Chloride Group. From there, Jonathan moved to Citicorp Investment Bank Ltd, where initially he was a member of a small team responsible for originating euro-market and corporate finance business with UK corporates. This led, after a year, to a specialisation on M + A activities followed by membership of CIBL's corporate finance department, of which he was a Director. In addition to traditional London flotation, takeover and rights issue transactions, he was involved in cross-border deals, covering India, Singapore, Australia and Europe. These included joint ventures, mergers and acquisitions, buyouts and company listings. Amongst these were: • The formation and flotation in Singapore of Chloride Eastern Industries • Wolseley plc’s acquisition of Grovewood Securities from BAT Industries plc • Metal Box plc’s bid for Lawson Mardon • FII’s acquisition of Fyffes from United Brands Inc