Gender bias in M&A sector - Claire Trachet

Business Advisor, Claire Trachet, speaks on her experience in the Mergers and Acquisitions sector, having facilitated $500m worth of deals in the past three years

I set up the business as a hands-on boutique advisory in 2016 following both a successful career in corporate finance and as an award-winning entrepreneur with the mission of helping others accelerate growth. In the six years since the firm's inception, we’ve now amassed an impressive track-record across a wide array of sectors globally ranging from Cybersecurity to other tech heavy sectors, however the road to becoming an established business came with an array of challenges, especially as a female founded and led advisory in what is predominantly male dominated sector - finance.

After embarking on my entrepreneurial journey, friends and acquaintances continuously turned to me for guidance and counsel, ranging from simple transactions to some very complex operations. I began to understand how limited the access to appropriate counsel was for many startup founders - especially women - with established businesses.