Alex MacPherson

Investment Banking Associate in the Real Estate M&A team

Associate - Real Estate M&A

Senior analyst - Real Estate M&A

Industrials M&A Investment Banking Analyst at RBC

Leveraged Finance

Project brief: To research the SME landscape in the UK and produce a report outlying current challenges for SMEs together with the support networks in place to help them. Outputs included a presentation to WMG seniors; production of SME business consultancy guide and tool to guide companies to the appropriate support (access to finance, R&D grants, knowledge and further business services). The recommendations I provided were well received, with further research being conducted into the SME support network in the UK as well as Germany.

Set the challenge to research best practice used to assess economic impact, benchmark existing methods, review how WMG collects data to assess their economic impact and to capture the impact of WMG over the past 6 years. These tasks were completed successfully to a very high standard via a formal report, presentation and a booklet detailing case studies from 2013 – 2018. WMG has implemented the recommendations from my internship. The successful completion of this project required the ability to analyse complex situations; planning & problem-solving skills; and to be able to present solutions in a clear and effective manner to the WMG executive team.

Set the challenge - ‘How could RBS support a business in its growth over the next 3-5 years?’ Following a period of analysis and key meetings, presented suggestions to RBS senior management. These ranged from loan instruments such as asset-based lending to private equity investment subject to the company size, scale and growth ambitions.