Steve Crossley
Managing Director
Founder and Managing Director of Origin IQ, having established and led multiple businesses, with a focus on delivering specialist, senior-led acquisition search services to private equity investors and corporate acquirers.
Carina Walsh
Operations Director
Operations Director with strategy and M&A experience, combining entrepreneurial and commercial leadership to deliver structured deal origination mandates.
Marcia Burns
Research Director
Research director specialising in acquisition search and target identification, building data-led pipelines that underpin Origin IQ’s off-market origination mandates.
Mark Davidson
Senior Director
Healthcare sector M&A specialist and former corporate development leader, experienced across £2m–£100m transactions, partnering with private equity and corporates to originate high-quality, off-market acquisition opportunities.
Lydia Guett
Senior Director
Private equity and corporate acquisitions specialist with Director level experience across institutional and family office investing, originating off-market acquisition opportunities to drive value creation.
Ross Boulton
Senior Director
TICC sector specialist and former board-level operator, experienced in PE-backed buy-and-build strategies and originating off-market acquisition opportunities.
Phil Johnston
Senior Director
Technology and software sector specialist, founder and investor with successful exit experience, originating acquisition opportunities across SaaS and enterprise software markets.
Craig Wallace
Engagement Lead
Commercially focused business development and outreach specialist, experienced in building and managing engagement pipelines, coordinating senior-led acquisition activity and delivering structured, trackable target engagement to support Origin IQ’s off-market origination mandates.
Justin Edwards
M&A Engagement Manager
Leads Origin IQ's confidential outreach to businesses specifically identified by clients as acquisition targets, using 25+ years of commercial and business development experience to progress off-market M&A discussions.
Emma Hartley
M&A Engagement Manager
Emma conducts Origin IQ’s confidential outreach to businesses identified by clients as acquisition targets, drawing on her background in relationship management and business development within professional services to progress off-market M&A discussions.
Edward Holmes
Research Executive
Research Executive focused on identifying high-potential acquisition targets, combining comprehensive market intelligence with detailed research and analysis to develop accurate, strategically relevant target pipelines for Origin IQ’s off-market acquisition mandates.
Nisa Boutouil
Research Analyst
Research Analyst focused on identifying high-potential acquisition targets, combining comprehensive market intelligence with detailed research and analysis to develop accurate, strategically relevant target pipelines for Origin IQ’s off-market acquisition mandates.
Sara Daley
Research Executive
Research executive specialising in acquisition search and target identification, delivering data-led, highly accurate pipelines through detailed market intelligence and multilingual research to support Origin IQ’s off-market origination mandates.
Serena Kanda
Research Analyst
Research Analyst specialising in identifying and assessing potential acquisition targets, using in-depth market research and data-driven analysis to build accurate, high-quality target pipelines that support Origin IQ’s off-market acquisition mandates.
Gabriel Kempin
Research Analyst
Research Analyst specialising in acquisition target identification, combining detailed market intelligence and data-driven analysis to deliver accurate, high-quality target pipelines for Origin IQ’s off-market acquisition mandates.