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I am a Partner in the Transaction Advisory Services team at EY in London and lead our Wealth and Asset Management sector team in EMEIA. From 2009 - 2012 I was located in Amsterdam with responsibility for our financial services transactions business. I joined EY in 1992 and have over 15 years transactions experience. Prior to this, I spent 6 years in EY audit where my clients included mostly banks, asset management and insurance companies Specialties: Due diligence, IPOs, Corporate Finance advice Financial services - asset management, banking, insurance Private EquityPartner - Transaction Advisory Services @ Partner responsible for - Business development / account coverage of private equity firms investing the financial services sector - Sector lead for the Wealth and Asset Management Sector for EY TAS in EMEIA - responsible for coordinating EY TAS activities in the sector, including business development, deal execution as well as developing internal capabilities, training and recruitment - Leading transaction services (due diligence) engagements - Represent EY TAS on EMEIA board for the Wealth & Asset Management sector From July 2012 to Present (3 years 6 months) London, United KingdomPartner - Transaction Support, Amsterdam @ I transferred to our Amsterdam office, having previously spent 15 years based in London I was responsible for establishing a dedicated financial services transaction team covering The Netherlands and Belgium, growing the team to 15 dedicated FS individuals. During this time, we principally supported leading Dutch and Belgian banks restructure following the financial crisis. I was responsible for leading assignments such as, sale of banks in Netherlands, Belgium and Eastern Europe, due diligence assignments in asset management, real estate, vehicle leasing, life insurance. Loan Portfolio transactions including mortgages, consumer and corporate loans. IPO of a major international insurer. From January 2009 to June 2012 (3 years 6 months) Director - Transaction Advisory Services, London office @ Responsible for running transaction services / due diligence engagements for a wide range of clients including global and mid market PE firms and large global corporates. Typical assignments included overseeing set of services from EY including financial due diligence, tax DD, tax structuring, IPO, post merger integration, commercial due diligence and valuation workstreams. Also responsible for relationship management and key account coverage of leading private equity firms and corporates (asset management, banking, insurance firms) From 1998 to 2008 (10 years) London, United KingdomAudit Senior @ International exchange programme. Audit senior responsible for audit of leading asset management, broker dealer and fund administration / custody banks. From October 1996 to 1998 (2 years) Greater New York City AreaSenior - EY Audit @ Audit trainee to audit senior. Clients mainly included international banks, leading asset management firms, Lloyd's insurers, investment funds From October 1992 to September 1996 (4 years) London, United KingdomBA, Natural Sciences @ University of Cambridge From 1989 to 1992 Old Swinford Hospital School, Stourbridge From 1984 to 1989 Lincoln Cathedral School From 1980 to 1984 Richard Gray is skilled in: Due Diligence, Private Equity, Auditing, Asset Managment, Banking, Corporate Finance, Asset Management, Mergers & Acquisitions, Financial Services