ANDREW BLOCH JOINS ADVISORY BOARD OF PCB PARTNERS

7TH JULY 2020 - Fast-growing M&A advisory firm PCB Partners has today announced the appointment of PR and industry thought-leader Andrew Bloch to its Advisory Board. Bloch, who is the co-founder and former managing partner of award winning creative PR agency Frank, will help pivot PCB Partners buy-side clients into the world of digital and creative marketing services agencies and will advise high-performing agencies looking to exit on the sell-side of the business. 

Bloch stepped back from his day-to-day role at Frank in May, to become a non-executive director at the agency. He is a highly-respected industry voice, and has helped build effective communications campaigns for some of the world’s favourite brands including Burger King, Coca-Cola, Disney, and Nestle. Since stepping back from Frank, Bloch has been consulting in the creative and marketing services space, helping connect brands with the right agencies and partners, and helping agencies create new business relationships, spot opportunities and add value. He has also joined The Prince's Trust as a Business Mentor sitting on their Business Launch Group panel, and continues to represent Lord Sugar and his associated companies. Last month, Bloch's announced that he had joined the Advisory Board of Israeli PR technology company Propel. 

PCB Partners is a leading mergers & acquisitions advisory firm rooted in entrepreneurial culture. They provide buy-side and sell-side services, with a focus on disruptive technologies, digital transformation, management consulting and creative marketing services businesses. 

The firm was founded in 2018 by Ben Doltis and Tim Farazmand after they met during the process of Ben selling his first business. Tim was Managing Director at LDC, the private equity arm of Lloyds Bank – and Ben founded the SJB Group, building it into the market-leading executive search firm in digital and management consulting. He sold it to Manpower Group in 2013. Although Ben had decided not to sell his firm to LDC, Tim and Ben still subsequently got together to create a very different kind of M&A advisory firm, which stayed true to Ben’s entrepreneurial heritage, while at the same time understanding the very specific needs of multinational corporations. Together they have gathered a team of accomplished entrepreneurs and big-company veterans. The leadership team at PCB Partners comprises partners who have worked at the highest level within the sector as well as those that have built and sold their own companies. 

Bloch’s appointment comes at the same time as two further appointments – Julian Brown and Peter Jacobs - who will spearhead PCB’s investment into corporate finance.  

Julian Brown joins as Managing Partner. As a Corporate Finance partner at Arthur Andersen, Deloitte and latterly PwC, he has 30 years’ experience advising public and private clients on domestic and cross-border mergers & acquisitions, capital raising, and divestitures. During his career, Julian has been based in London, Madrid, Toronto and, most recently, New York, where as President of PwC’s US Corporate Finance business he led a team of more than 200 investment banking professionals across North and South America.

Peter Jacobs joins as Chairman. Peter had a 35-year career at PwC where, as a senior partner, he established and led its UK and European Private Equity M&A Advisory business. Peter has advised numerous companies and management teams on acquisitions, disposals, fundraising and management buyouts.  

Andrew Bloch said:

 “I’m delighted to be joining the advisory board of such a dynamic and fast-growing M&A business. PCB Partners have built an amazing team of individuals who are a breath of fresh air in the somewhat stuffy world of corporate finance. I’m looking forward to using my experience of having built an agency from scratch and selling it successfully, to help broker similar deals for buy-side clients and agency owners. The interesting thing about the buy-side of M&A’s is that you can give access to companies that other M&A firms cannot, many of whose owners haven’t considered selling before. On the sell-side, I have first-hand experience of the importance of finding the right buyer. I’ve been through their journey and can help them make the right choices every step of the way.”

PCB Partners co-founder, Ben Doltis said: 

“Andrew is a great addition to the PCB Partners’ team. Tim and I are delighted he has come on board. He brings unique skills and experience which will really help us with all areas of our business. Andrew is someone who is highly respected in his industry and has been there, done it and worn the T-shirt. That experience is invaluable to our clients and I’m excited to be working with him and for the future of our firm. Together with the appointment of Julian and Peter, we have built what I truly believe to be the best M&A team in the business.”

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