John Richardson

Course Director at IFF

Trainer

John is an experienced corporate finance professional with practical experience and extensive knowledge of M&A, corporate finance, and structured finance in global financial markets.

John is a Senior Visiting Lecturer at Executive Development, Bayes Business School (formerly Cass), City, London, a member of the Visiting Faculty at Fuqua Business School and has previously worked as an advisor to the Overseas Development Administration in the UK, as well as EU PHARE and TACIS programmes throughout Europe.

John's main areas of expertise are M&A, debt finance, corporate and structured finance, asset securitisation, risk management, valuation, corporate credit processes, project finance and treasury management. He currently works with many private equity, venture capital and global corporate and banking clients in these areas as well as international development banks around the world. He also acts as Expert Witness for London law firms in respect of his areas of expertise. John was previously the Managing Director of a subsidiary of Union Plc, a London merchant bank having previously worked in an advisory capacity with several high-profile global investment banks. He has also published a book called Corporate Valuation Modelling.