Steve Crossley
Founder & Chairman
Founder of Origin IQ and serial entrepreneur, championing senior-led off-market deal origination for private equity investors.
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
Deal Origination 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
Deal Origination 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
Deal Origination 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
Deal Origination Director
Technology and software sector specialist, founder and investor with successful exit experience, originating acquisition opportunities across SaaS and enterprise software markets.