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.
Edward Holmes
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.
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
Summary: 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.
