Research has shown us that the UK professional services sector is underserved by experienced advisory firms. Garwood Growth has been established to give everyone in professional services the best chance to grow and prosper.

By building the skills and capabilities of the next generation, Garwood Growth will support professional services firms – and their investors – on growth, operational improvement and value realisation.

Garwood Solutions Founding Partners Rob Garner and Simon England, both hugely experienced leaders from their time at KPMG and Accenture, have been joined by new

Partners John Howard (formerly of KPMG) and Paul Lines (formerly of M&A specialists Houlihan Lokey) to form Garwood Growth.

Commenting on the news, Rob said, “Between us we have built, grown, led, advised, bought and sold hundreds of professional services businesses in our careers. Garwood Growth is a chance to apply all that knowledge and experience to this hugely dynamic and important sector of the UK economy.“

Garwood Growth will be based in London. For more details, please contact grow@garwoodgrowth.com.

Our Services

Our extensive consultancy experience offers a unique proposition to your business, helping you realise your ambitions for growth, improved efficiency and value realisation. We've walked in your shoes and understand the challenges of running and investing in successful professional services businesses. We can help you with:
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Growth Acceleration
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Operational Efficiency
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Value Realisation
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Investor Services

Our Experts

Each member of the Garwood team brings extensive leadership experience from the Professional Services and Tech Services sectors, spanning a variety of industries. Our Partners are supported by nine other Associates and Associate Partners, collectively leveraging an unparalleled breadth of leadership expertise.

Robert Garner

Partner

Simon England

Partner
John Howard - Partner at Garwood

John Howard

Partner

Paul Lines

Partner
There had already been companies that had begun to approach me over the last three or four years, so Garwood Solutions helped me do due diligence to check out those companies, in terms of values of course and in relation to size and strategies
Chief Executive OfficerFast-growing UK-based Strategic and IT Consultancy
Having received a speculative offer for my business, I appointed Garwood to help me evaluate it and subsequently, concluding it was the wrong offer, to take my business to market. Garwood Solutions provided the expertise I required in a calm, supportive manner that derisked the process and optimised the outcome. Garwood led me and my leadership team through an initial market engagement, offer evaluation and finally, deal negotiation. Their advice and guidance as well as leadership was invaluable to me in selling my business.
Founder and CEOA Leading Equality, Diversity and Inclusion Consultancy
I worked with Garwood as they supported us during our implementation of a PSA platform. Their knowledge of operational best practice for professional services organisations proved invaluable as they challenged our team each time we started to fall into the trap of maintaining the status quo. The team would be an asset to any professional services firm considering process or IT change.
Program DirectorLarge International Technology Services Provider
I’ve had the privilege of collaborating with Graham on projects from M&A to CRM. He is a committed leader and analytical thinker who I recommend for any process, IT or change management project in the financial or professional services industry.
Chief Information & Process OfficerLarge International Technology Services Provider
Garwood’s business process knowledge and experience was invaluable during our Kimble implementation, helping cut through some of the difficult configuration questions and achieve what was a very aggressive implementation timeline.
Operations DirectorUK-based Embedded Technology Services Provider
The Garwood difference and unique value is that they bring personal, deep experience of Consulting and Professional Services businesses. They've built and run these businesses themselves and know the reality. So what we get is focused and pragmatic - not theoretical. It's instantly applicable and valuable - not just to us the investor - but even more importantly to the leadership team taking the business forward.
Jay Salter, Investment DirectorGCP

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