Craig Holmes

History

• Managing Director – HNH 2011-present
• Director – Enterprise Equity Fund Management 2005-2011
• Manager – Deloitte 2001-2005
• Senior Associate – PwC 1997-2001

Profile

• Craig was a founder of HNH, which has won NI CF Team of the Year on five occasions. He has been involved in private equity and M&A transactions for over 20 years, both as an advisor and an investor.
  Craig has led some of HNH’s largest PE and M&A transactions including:
• Acquisition of Alumasc Facades from Alumasc PLC by Kilwaughter Minerals (Lead Advisor, Buyside)
• Sale of FoodCo Ltd to the Henderson Group (Lead Advisor, Sellside)
• Investment in 352 Medical by 57 Stars LLC (Lead Advisor, Buyside)
• Acquisition of Boojum and PE Investment by Renatus Capital (Lead Advisor, Buyside)
• Sale of Maydown Precision Engineering from Bombardier (Lead Advisor, Sellside)
• Acquisition of Ulster Business Magazine for Independent News & Media PLC (Lead Advisor, Buyside)
• Private Equity Investment in Lowe Rental by MML (Lead Advisor, Sellside)
• Sale of Camperco Ltd to Apollo Toursim and Leisure PLC (Lead Advisor, Sellside)
• Start-up and Developments Capital-raises for Click Energy (Lead Advisor)
• He has previously advised companies such as Almac and Bushmills. He has been an Non-Executive Director for 10 companies as an Investor, including Sepha Holdings, Kelsius Ltd, Intelesens and Bluechip Technologies.
• Craig also founded and is Chairman of the Quarterly in NI (“QUINI”) network, which develops links between Funders and Advisors for companies across the UK, Ireland and beyond.
• Craig is a Board Member of the Pandea Corporate Finance Network, the international network of Independent Corporate Finance firms to which HNH belongs.

Qualifications

• Chartered Accountants Ireland – Fellow Chartered Accountant
• European Venture Capital Association – EVCA Training Institute – Investor Relations Master Class
• British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) – Foundation Course
• Cranfield School of Management/BVCA – Driving Company Value Programme
• Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) – Entrepreneurship Development Programme
• University of Ulster – M.A. European Business
• Université des Sciences et Technologies de Lille (Lille I) – Undergraduate Placement
• Queens University of Belfast (QUB) – B.Sc. (Hons) Industrial Management