Management Buy-In

First Flight Placements team now has over six decades of experience in mergers and acquisitions. As such, we are able to advise and structure Management Buy-In (MBI) &/or Buy-In/Management-Buy-Out (BIMBO) projects efficiently and effectively offering a full Corporate Finance lead advisory service to buy-side candidates.

We specialise in transactions valued in the £1m-£6m range and put acquisition teams together sometimes also with a Chairman &/or Non Exec.

First Flight currently has a large number of candidates looking to acquire companies & we have recently increased our team capable of handling MBI/BIMBO transactions on their behalf.

Our objective is to find good business opportunities that are profitable, cash-generative & realistically priced. Ideally one or two existing members of the company’s Management team participate to make it a BIMBO project which is preferred by debt funders.

We have recently completed 4 MBI/BIMBO transactions with a total value of £12 million.

Welcome to First Flight

We provide:

Non-Executive Directors (Non Execs/NEDs)
Investing Non-Executive Directors
Management Buy-In (MBI) teams

First Flight is a specialist provider of Non-Executive Directors into mature companies such as Chubb Insurance and Simplyhealth and investing and investing Non-Execs into young companies looking to strengthen their Board and assist with funding.

We also put together Management Buy-In (MBI) teams often including Non Execs to facilitate an exit strategy for a company owner looking to retire.

We have one of the largest Non-Exec databases in the UK, supported by discreet executive search and focused advertising which allows us to identify the most appropriate candidates who can really add value to a company's Board and we turn around projects rapidly. We have successfully completed over 125 Non-Exec projects to date.

First Flight sponsored the Non-Exec Award at the Quoted Company Awards 2010 and 2011.

Go to our 'Candidates' tab above to register with us or and drop down to "Available Roles" to view our current projects.

To read our latest Non Exec Newsletter click here: http://bit.ly/GFmrP5

First Flight's next Non-Executive Director workshop at the IoD September 19th 2012 -email us if you would like to attend.