Ed joined Dowgate in 2021 after 15-years as CFO at Hunters Property Plc, a business that listed on AIM under David Poutney and his team then at Numis. Prior to joining Hunters he was an Executive on the Corporate Finance team at Williams de Broë plc having previously worked in Corporate Finance at PricewaterhouseCoopers. Ed has over 25 years of experience in the corporate world advising on or directly partaking in a range of mergers, acquisitions, takeovers, listings on both AIM and Main Markets and the associated fund raisings. He guided Hunters through the 2008 and 2020 crashes as well as their 2015 flotation. He has been a member of the Securities Institute since 2000 having qualified as an ACA Accountant with Price Waterhouse in 1995. Ed enjoys the daily hustle of looking to deliver business and is a keen supporter of first-rate customer service as well as adapting so that strategies continue to deliver. Ed has spent over 20 years setting up directly (as well as mentoring others’) businesses. Aside from work Ed is a keen sports fan and golfer, he retains an interest in current affairs and enjoys spending time with his family.