These annual awards recognise best practice in business transactions and attract entries from businesses across various sectors located in the Thames Valley region, with each nomination independently adjudicated by a panel of selected experts.
Gamma’s entry was based on the successful transition from private company to listed company, despite a difficult market. Judges were not just looking at the size of deal; they took into account deal complexity, who led the deal, the mix of advisers, whether it was completed to tight timeframes and a number of other criteria.
Bestselling author and comedian Tony Hawks presented the award to the management team, at the ceremony hosted by The Business Magazine at the Royal Berkshire Conference Centre on 23rd April.
Andrew Belshaw, Finance Director at Gamma said “We’re delighted to have won the Management Team of the Year award. Investors don’t just look at what businesses do; they look at the people who are driving the business forward. It’s called “Management Team” but a flotation is a complicated transaction and it was achieved only with the hard work from everyone within Gamma. It demonstrates what a fantastic group of people we have throughout the business.”
Mo Merali, Partner at Grant Thornton UK LLP, an advisor to Gamma through the IPO process explained “As well as delivering growth to the business, the Gamma management team has dealt seamlessly with a number of complications and challenges within the flotation process, which underlines the quality and depth of the team and their collective resilience, knowledge of the business, and flexibility.”