Tom Allen is a Chartered Accountant (ACA) and a member of the ICAEW. An alumnus of the Big Four firm PwC, he holds undergraduate and master’s degrees in Economics. He is the former CEO and co-founder of Navima, a SaaS M&A platform, and previously served as the Head of M&A and Corporate Development at Midaxo. With extensive experience leading over 40 M&A transactions end-to-end, including buy and sell side and cross-border deals, Tom has authored M&A playbooks for global companies such as Shell, KPMG, EY, Unilever, Philips, and Cognizant, as well as for numerous highly acquisitive PE-backed companies. Additionally, he contributes as a guest lecturer on M&A topics for Warwick Business School’s EMBA program and is a speaker at global M&A conferences.