The team

K2 Partners has many years experience of private equity acquisition, corporate renewal and turnarounds under its belt and a proven track record both in the UK and abroad.

Each of our members has worked in different areas of business and each brings a unique and different set of skills into K2:

Tony Sarin
07973 193788
tonysarin@k2-partners.com
London office

* Tony specialises in raising funds for turnarounds and developing businesses, and has raised in excess of £100m for his various companies
* He has listed two of his companies on AIM and sold several others
* Investor and director of several companies of which some are turnarounds
* Current investments include Retail Profile (Europe) Ltd, Odyssey Health Clubs, Omicron Lamps, Quercus Enterprises Ltd, 4d Property Asset Management Ltd and Feonic plc
* Former investments include Numerica Group plc, Softtechnet plc, IPT plc, NewMediaSpark plc
* Founder and former CEO of Numerica a top 15 UK professional services firm
* Founder and former CEO of Softtechnet a technology fund
* Former executive director of NewMediaSpark plc an AIM listed technology fund
* Co-founded Hamilton Bradshaw Ltd, a private equity venture capital firm with £30m of funds to invest
* A former Senior Partner of Morley & Scott Chartered Accountants and member of the management board
* Adviser to the Management Board of Macintyre Hudson a top 25 UK firm of chartered accountants
* Chairman of Asian Business Association (part of the London Chamber of Commerce & Industry)
* Member of the Bank of England Small Business Panel

Tony Groom
07973 630646
tonygroom@k2-partners.com
London and Cambridge offices

* Tony specialises in turnaround management, financial restructuring, operational reorganization
* His industrial expertise covers the services, manufacturing and distribution sectors
* Fifteen years experience as a Chief Executive Officer working as either a Company Doctor, Turnaround Manager or Chief Restructuring Officer (CRO)
* Expertise in crisis leadership, rapid growth, emergency cash management, operational reorganisation and financial restructuring
* Recent investment related appointments include Director, Omicron Trading Ltd a manufacturer and distributor of energy efficient lamps, Director, Circuit Consultants Ltd a PCB manufacturer, Chairman and Chief Executive of KeyWorld Investments PLC, an AIM listed financial services company
* Corporate recovery experience includes: paper industry, marine engineering, street lighting contractor, letting agency and a number of IT firms
* Past President of the UK Chapter of the Turnaround Management Association
* Alumnus of London Business School, Captain in Royal Artillery, BSc (Applied Science) from RMCS, officer training at RMAS

Peter Whiting MBA
07811 358016
peterwhiting@k2-partners.com
London office

* Peter specializes in the marketing and selling of branded consumer products, the owning and licensing/franchising of intellectual property, and business strategy creation (all at an international and local level)
* His sector expertise covers the consumer goods industry (in particular drinks, impulse products and youth focused products), the “On trade” bar and pub sector and the management of selling and distribution operations
* 15 years international marketing and regional commercial management experience in the drinks industry with Cadbury Schweppes, Coca-Cola and The Foster's Group
* Expertise in brand development, marketing planning, management of franchise/license arrangements, global brand and route-to-market development, brand launches, sales operations and exporting with a especially deep knowledge of Germany and Eastern European markets
* Recent experience in a wide range of turnaround consultancy roles
* Alumnus of London Business School Executive MBA 2004 (special focus on new venture development).
* Co-chairman of London Business School's Active Startup club
* Business fluent German and French and conversational Spanish

Patrick Sullivan

* Patrick Specialises in addressing the myriad people issues that increase and organisation's performance
* He has helped some 85 companies across a wide spectrum of sectors from manufacturing to professional services and the arts.
* Patrick pursued a career in accounting and sales and later became Head of HR and Organisation Development at Lufthansa
* He is a registered Investors in People Adviser and is dedicated to helping businesses to optimise their people's performance
* Formerly Chairman of Business Link London South West and Deputy Chairman of AZTEC the Training and Enterprise Council
* Chairman of the Kingston Innovation Centre and a Board member of the Executives Association of Great Britain
* He is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development, a full Member of The Institute of Directors