Speakers
Andriy Panasenko and Mark Palmer
Agenda
6.00pm – Doors open and pre-event networking for venue attendees
6.30pm – Event start with welcome and introduction notice
6.40pm – Presentation
7.40pm – Q&A
8.00pm – End of talk and networking for venue attendees only
9.00pm - Event close
Synopsis
Selling a consultancy is notoriously tricky. Unlike selling a software product or hardware, you are selling a pipeline of trust, reputation, and human expertise. For the technical founder, the biggest hurdle is often decoupling the business’s value from their own personal technical brilliance.
This event brings together two perspectives to help bridge the gap between technical delivery and exit-readiness. Mark Palmer offers the lived experience of scaling a boutique consultancy from $2m to $45m and navigating a major trade sale. Andriy Panasenko provides the structural expertise of a Private Equity veteran who understands the specific "operating rhythms" and "value creation levers" that professional investors look for when acquiring a firm.
How do you prepare a thriving consulting business for exit? Key topics to be covered:
Growing through to a successful exit.
Valuations and corporate advisors
Preparation Timeline
Types of buyers and their motivations (Financial buyer vs. Trade buyer)
Closing the deal (factors impacting value - concentration, founder-led, automation, repeat business, cashflow, etc.)
Earn-out
About the speakers
Andriy Panasenko, Founder & MD, Renaissance Advisory Services.
Leveraging a 25-year track record in consulting and private equity to help PE funds prepare portfolio companies for high-value exits. Andriy provides battle-tested frameworks that drive operational rhythm and commercial excellence, helping management teams translate ambition into multimillion-pound outcomes.
Andriy is the Founder and MD of Renaissance Advisory Services , a specialist boutique consultancy dedicated to value creation and exit maximisation for mid-market portfolio comp