Ex-big4 Director, Roger Mayor, joined an independent advisory business earlier this year as a Corporate Finance Partner focusing on lead advisory. His career to date has largely been working in corporate finance and in professional services which we discuss further.
Topics discussed include the skill of being commercially curious, corporate finance as a career, some highlights of deal completions he has worked on, and the importance of being invested in your clients and the best outcome for them.
Outline of episode
00:00-03:59: Introduction and background
04:00-07:43: Making the move from Audit to Corporate Finance (CF) and the misconceptions made about working in CF
07:44-10:08: What is needed to originate work and succeed in corporate finance? 10:09-12:55: The skill of being commercially curious
12:56-20:40: Career journey walkthrough. Making decisions to develop skills and career
20:41-25:38: Originating business through a network as a result of building and developing relationships
25:39-30:35: Some career highlights from working in deals and being emotionally invested in clients 30:36-32:31: What has been keeping Roger busy in his first 6 months at HNH and what will the next 6 months bring?
32:32-36:00: Why are there more successful years of deal completions than others?
36:01-40:24: Professional and personal goals for the next 12 months