Advisers

At ECI we value our relationships with advisers and in 2005 hired Charlie Johnstone to manage those relationships. We understand what advisers want and need: to be paid fair fees for good quality work; to receive quick and clear responses on investment opportunities; investors who are creative and can work at bringing solutions to bear on deal issues; and investors who deliver on what they say they will do. ECI is committed to delivering on all of the above and we urge any adviser who has not experienced working with us to take out references on us from any adviser on any of our recent deals.

We are not a volume investor and every deal is important to us. We are a small team of investment professionals who have worked together for a long time, and we will always dedicate the necessary resources to each transaction.  We believe that our breadth of experience, mixture of industrial and financial skills and flexible approach enables us to provide imaginative solutions to even the most complex transactions.  We are happy to take majority and minority positions, to find MBI solutions to fill management gaps, and to allow vendors to sell 100% or to roll-over into the new company.

We work as a single team investing nationally from offices in London and Manchester. Wherever you or your clients are based, you will be dealing with the decision makers; there are no anonymous committees. We reach decisions quickly and stand firm on the terms.