Leonard Curtis, the private equity-backed professional services group, has appointed its first Head of Corporate Development to drive M&A, partnerships and strategic growth.

Logan Mantle joins the fast-growing multi-disciplinary team at Leonard Curtis, bringing vast experience into the business, which includes an eight-year spell in the Corporate Finance Advisory team at Deloitte.

Leonard Curtis, which is headquartered in Manchester, has over 30 years’ experience in providing restructuring, legal, funding, M&A advisory and business services to SMEs and corporates throughout the UK and offshore.

Pollen Street Capital took a majority stake in Leonard Curtis last August with a key focus on M&A to meet ambitious expansion targets. The Group’s acquisition activity will be focused on its restructuring and insolvency, legal and funding service lines.

Logan is a proven performer in identifying and executing M&A transactions for owner-managed, privately owned, private equity-backed, and corporate businesses. These range from £10m to £300m across multiple sectors.

His expertise includes acquisitions, disposals, buyouts, finance raising, and strategic reviews and extends to advising on cross-border transactions, including those in North America and Europe.

Chief Operating Officer at Leonard Curtis, David Brown said:

“Logan has all the skills we need to lead a proactive programme of M&A and other strategic partnership activity to scale our business and achieve our goals."

“He is familiar with working at the highest level and in a private-equity backed environment with all the opportunities that provides. He has already hit the ground running on the brief, and we look forward to working with him.”