Mr.
Adams is Head of Houlihan Lokey’s Data & Analytics Group
and Co-Head of the firm’s UK Corporate Finance business. He is based in the London office.
Mr.
Adams was Chief Executive Officer of Quayle Munro, a corporate finance advisory business specialising in
the global data, analytics, software, and services sectors,
prior to
its acquisition by Houlihan Lokey in 2018.
He joined
Quayle Munro in 2008 on its acquisition
of The
van Tulleken
Co, a corporate finance boutique focused on the publishing, information,
and
data sectors, where he was the Group Managing Director for 10 years.
Previously,
Mr. Adams worked at RELX Group
and
was Chief Operating Officer of Vivitar
Corp, the US-based photographic and imaging business.
Mr.
Adams is a graduate of the University of Cape Town and a member of the South
African Institute of Chartered Accountants (SAICA), having qualified with Ernst & Young
in 1989.