MEET THE SAAS M&A TEAM Our team of creative and strategic thinkers blends together formal experience with innovative approaches to valuation, deal marketing and structuring. Here are just a few leaders of our award-winning team: THOMAS SMALE - CEO Thomas originally founded FE in 2010, with the aim of helping entrepreneurs running self-funded and profitable businesses exit. Since then, Thomas has built FE into the industry-leading M&A advisor for $1-100M technology businesses. With experience dating back to the early 2000s, Smale offers invaluable technical, diligence and negotiation advice to early-stage and seasoned business owners alike, which has resulted in over 1,200 successful exits. KEVIN HE - VICE PRESIDENT OF SAAS M&A Kevin is a Vice President in the Mergers and Acquisitions team. Kevin brings over a decade of experience in Investment Banking and management consulting to FE’s top-ranked SaaS M&A team. With a passion for entrepreneurship, Kevin has served as CFO for numerous technology start-ups. ASHLEY BOHN - SAAS M&A ASSOCIATE Ashley is an Associate on the M&A team at FE. She provides crucial advisory services across SaaS, Content, and e-Commerce, and is also the in-house expert on Shopify apps. Prior to joining the FE team, Ashley worked in public accounting servicing companies with gross revenues ranging from six- to ten- figures within the technology industry. Ashley is a Certified Public Accountant in New York State. JONATHAN ROBERTS - SENIOR VALUATIONS ASSOCIATE Jonathan manages FE's thought leading Valuation team, responsible for analyzing hundreds of thousands of evolving data sets, financial models and comps to provide the most accurate valuations for FE's valued clients. By front-loading the valuation analysis, FE boasts a high valuation accuracy with final acquisition prices within 5.8% of target prices on average lifetime. KISHAN PATEL - SENIOR AUDIT ASSOCIATE Kishan joined FE International in September 2019, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant (CA), a Tax Professional (ITP) and graduating from Cass Business School, City University of London with a Bachelor of Science (BSc) in Banking and International Finance. Prior to joining FE, Kishan spent three and a half years at KPMG in their Deal Advisory, M&A Tax team as an associate working on pre/post deal structuring, buy-side and sell-side due diligence and IPOs. DANIEL CHAMBERLAIN - SENIOR AUDIT ASSOCIATE Daniel is a Senior Associate in FE’s Audit Team and joined FE International in October 2019, having previously worked in EY’s Assurance Practice. Daniel is a chartered accountant and acquired his ACA with Ernst & Young in December 2018 having gained valuable M&A experience within their Forensics team working in the retail sector. At FE, Daniel leads the end-to-end pre-listing due diligence process alongside Kishan Patel. Whether you are an individual selling your online business, or an investor looking to build on an established portfolio, FE International has the expertise to help. Click here to Click here to ACQUIRE DIVEST FE INTERNATIONAL PAGE 15
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