14 Acquisition International - M&A Awards 2017 EXPEN AHC International Tech Transactions Advisory of the Year 2017 Best for Complex Financial Communications - UK EXPEN AHC EXPEN is a Tech Transaction company advising deals worldwide. AHC is the world’s largest independent employee benefit communications consultancy. Francis Goss tells us more. MA170013 MA170022 Established in 2013, EXPEN, with its team of 10 consultants and 100+ industry experts worldwide, advises 5+ deals per month in fund raising, M&A, due diligence and company’s valuation. Its recent track-record showcases a unique expertise in entrepreneurial finance and in innovation: In digital, EXPEN advised Bridgepoint leading a major £200M financial round in digital food delivery unicorn Deliveroo (UK); Banexi Ventures investing €5M in marketing software Dolmen Technologies; and ISAI investing €2M in gamified recruiting marketplace Codingame. In life sciences, EXPEN backed-up Panakes Partners and Earlybird leading a £5.2m financial round in Alesi Surgical (UK) to scale-up a disrupting medical. And EXPEN has been performing several tricky early-stage company’s valuations in biotech, which VCs rely on – like Truffle Capital does. On the past few months, EXPEN also advised top-tier players including Eurazeo, Partech Ventures, Turenne Capital, Kreaxi, Omnès Capital in their tech investments or in their tech build- ups. Founding CEO Olivier Younès explains the firm’s service offering and how it ensures clients receive the AHC are specialists in simplifying complex information and deliver employee engagement outcomes for over 60 clients across the UK, USA and Australia including Lloyds Banking Group, Vodafone, British Airways and Mass Mutual. Francis outlines the services that the firm provides for these illustrious clients and how it works to ensure excellence for them at all times. “AtAHC,ourteamofcreative,copywriting and technology experts offer a full range of communication services that deliver measurable improvements in employee understanding and engagement. We focus on outcomes, helping employees to make informed choices that have a positive impact on their long term financial wellbeing. “Organisations invest significant budgets in their employee benefit and pension offerings to attract and retain talent, but often have no way of measuring their employees’ level of understand and appreciation of their benefits. Our innovative tools help organisations to measure the current levels of understanding and appreciation of pensions and benefits and identify gaps in knowledge. We help HR, Pensions and Reward & Benefits leaders to maximise their return on investment in pensions and benefits by increasing awareness and understanding and encourage employees to make positive proactive choices that improve their long term financial wellbeing.” To ensure excellence for clients, staff are of vital importance, and as very highest standards of service and support, in more detail : “We seek to build a continuous and fertile dialogue between entrepreneurs and investors; between innovation and traditional businesses; and between France and the international” “We think3attributesseparateEXPEN from its competitors: 1. Our proprietary approach to deal’s transaction, as we think as VCs and not as consultants, leveraging our founders past 20+ years of investment track-record; 2. Our one-stop shop service as a tech investment bank, by combining the art of the transaction and its technical support, from scouting to closing; 3. Our lean and simple way to share our conclusions with our clients (regardless the complexity of the deal) using pedagogical skills developed in lectures and mentorship with institutions like HEC Paris, UC Berkeley, Singularity University and in dozens of tech accelerators on the West Coast and in Europe.” “In every single deal, we capture the best terms and conditions we observe internationally, as well as the most recent trends of Silicon Valley, that may spread across Europe in the future”. such AHC are dedicated to creating a fun, supportive internal culture that ensures staff are always at the top of their game, as Francis explains. “AHC are constantly striving to find new ways to communicate with employees. We were the first in the sector to introduce online pension modelling tools, first to launch animation and gamification, and recently launched personalised animated pension video summaries for a leading global telecoms company. “Our people are passionate about simplifying the complex, and making the boring interesting. In fact, passion is at the heart of what we do. To celebrate our 20th Anniversary, we did not just buy a cake - we sent a Lego man into space and filmed the whole adventure. It is this adventurous spirit, this determination to boldly go, that sets AHC apart.” Overall, Francis is keen to highlight the importance of the work that AHC does and how it will continue to work to support clients as it looks ahead. “Ultimately, pension and benefit communications are especially important during an M&A when employees require clarity to alleviate their concerns. We help organisations to ‘sell the positive story’ to new and existing employees, and will continue to support our clients through this as we look towards a bright and exciting future.” Company: EXPEN Website: www.expen.com Contact: Olivier Younès Contact Email:
[email protected] Address: 9, rue de la Ville l’Evêque, Paris, 75008, France Phone: +33 1 40 17 93 04 Company: AHC Name: Francis Goss Email:
[email protected] Web Address: ahc.com Address: Heath Hall, Heath, Wakefield WF1 5SL Telephone: 07557 399 879