Kat Levy

Global CEO. Strategy and M&A.

Works out the value somebody else would put on a business, then says it in words they can price.

Background

Kat came up through operations rather than finance, starting as a process engineer, then supply chain, then advising on M&A deals, then running businesses. She has spent more time in warehouses and on factory floors than in boardrooms.

She starts with how a business actually runs, before going anywhere near the numbers. The detail an investor or an acquirer needs sits in how an owner talks about the business, and it never comes out in the pitch, so she listens for a lot longer than you expect.