Steve Crossley
Managing Director
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
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.
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.
Edward Holmes
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.
Nisa Boutouil
Research Analyst
Research analyst 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.
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.
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.
