Based on the indispensable 11th annual Deal Origination Benchmark Report (DOBR) and a recent analysis on the landscape of PE portfolio holdings by SPS by Bain & Co., combined with the well-received landmark white paper on Navigating the Untapped Potential of the Lower Middle Market by Finquest, this webinar will take a look at what the data is telling us about deal sourcing in 2024.

Join us for this interactive and practical webinar where Nadim Malik, Founder & CEO of SPS by Bain & Co, Robert Creighton, MD of Onex Transportation Partners, and Tanguy Lesselin, Founder and CEO of Finquest discuss the emerging trends and the story behind the data.

In this webinar, we cover:

• Benchmarking against your peers with data - and just how much of the market you're not seeing
• Sources of deal flow and channels most used 
• Reactive vs Proactive Deal Sourcing
• Robust strategies to win at both - including sourcing relevant sponsor-backed assets and proprietary deals in 2024

On this page, you will find the recoding, key takeaways, and contact details for our panel. 

This webinar originally aired on February 7, 2024

Meet the Speakers:

Nadim Malik :

Founder & CEO, Sutton Place Strategies by Bain & Co

Nadim Malik is CEO of SPS by Bain & Co., an information services firm that helps private equity firms, lenders, and M&A advisors and service providers optimize their business development effectiveness. Nadim has become a frequent speaker at industry conferences and contributor to leading publications focused on M&A, private equity and lending.

Mr. Malik founded SPS in 2009 after six years in the business development group of American Capital, where he successfully created and managed distinctive market research tools, analytics, reporting and processes that drove the firm’s deal origination, investor development, and strategic growth.

Prior to American Capital, Mr. Malik’s background is in financial research and includes The Deal, where he was an Analyst focused on M&A research, and Thomson Reuters, where he helped launch a financial information product on public companies.

Mr. Malik graduated with a BA in Philosophy from Colgate University and is a CFA charter holder.

You can contact Nadim here: nmalik@suttonplacestrategies.com

Robert Creighton

Managing Director, Onex Transportation Partners

Rob is a Managing Director with Onex Transportation Partners, a new platform focused on investing in transportation-related assets used for land, air, marine and industrial applications.

Rob has more than 15 years of experience in private equity investment and advisory services. Prior to joining Onex, Rob was a Principal at Littlejohn & Co. where he was responsible for the sourcing, execution and management of leveraged buyout and structured equity investments in middle-market businesses, with a focus on the transportation and logistics sector. Previously, he served as an associate at Brantley Partners, a middle-market growth equity firm, where he assisted portfolio companies and evaluated investments. Prior to that Rob worked in investment banking at UBS.

Rob earned an A.B in Mathematics from Princeton University.

You can contact Rob here: rcreighton@onex.com

Tanguy Lesselin

CEO & Co-Founder, Finquest

Tanguy is CEO and Co-founder of Finquest, a Fintech he set up to disrupt the world of deal sourcing in the middle market. Prior to Finquest, Tanguy was a consultant at The Boston Consulting Group and advised on post-merger integration and JV projects in pharma and aerospace. He has built Finquest to become the leading deal-sourcing provider, harnessing the power of data, AI, and people to help their private equity and corporate clients identify off-market M&A opportunities across the globe.  

Tanguy has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, Reuters and is a frequent keynote speaker on Fintech and private equity.

You can contact Tanguy here: tanguy.lesselin@finquest.com