Henry Linehan

Centrix Partners LLP is a specialist M&A advisory firm focused on helping middle-market businesses scale and realise their potential through value-driven transactions. We are a full-service, senior-led team with over 35 years of combined experience and a track record of 125+ completed deals. Acting as a true extension of the C-suite, we provide hands-on transaction management from origination through to completion. Our clients include leading global corporates and private equity firms, who trust us to deliver strategic, efficient, and successful outcomes across every stage of the M&A lifecycle. Buy side: ✅ Target Origination – Focus on well-qualified opportunities with committed sellers. ✅ Initial Analysis – Comprehensive profile and investment thesis for each target. ✅ Heads of Terms – All valuation, structuring, and negotiations to secure signed agreements. ✅ Execution – Deal model, key analyses, and all diligence and legal contract coordination. ✅ Closing – Integration planning, investment papers, and all closing workstreams. Sell side: ✅ Fundamentals – Company health check, including red flag analysis and resolution ✅ Preparation – Valuation, marketing materials, and buyer set identification ✅ Transaction Management – A smooth process designed to minimised disruption and maximise value ✅ Negotiations – We act on your behalf leading all commercial negotiations ✅ Closing – Legal protections, deliverables, and all other closing workstreams. What sets us apart: 🎯 Proprietary Access – 95%+ of our buy-side deals are sourced off-market. 📈 Proven Outcomes – Market leading returns while protecting downside risk. 🧠 Investor-Led Thinking – A deep understanding of buyers and sellers, grounded in personal experience 🧑‍💼 Experienced Professionals – 125+ transactions, ~$5bn in value, 35+ years experience 🔗 Truly end-to-end – Everything managed, from origination to closing. 📩 Learn more at: www.centrixpartners.co.uk

💼 5 platform deals, 12 activist public investments, and led M&A across 5 portfolio companies 🌍 Strong track record of middle market transactions across the UK, Europe, and USA 🤝 Deal Team Lead on the Board of multiple fund investments

🤝 Led several strategic acquisitions in quick succession 🧩 Delivered integration and system upgrades, driving strong growth and cost savings 🌍 Expanded into new markets and added key clients to the platform

📈 Supported company buyout for PE-fund, led subsequent M&A 🔄 Helped shift the business toward a tech-led SaaS model 🚀 Supported strong growth in revenue and profitability

🔍 Public-to-private acquisition on behalf of PE fund 💼 Successful divisional carve-out sale to PE 📊 Several add-on deals, helping shift the business into new growth areas

🎓 Taught students to source companies and write investment papers for public US companies 📈 Our 10-company portfolio outperformed the S&P by 61% over 2 years, delivering 84% IRR

🧠 Developed and validated an original theory to explain instances of irrational financial decision-making 🏆 Awarded $5k in funding and selected as 1 of 4 students nominated for best dissertation of the year

🚲 3,500-mile self-supported bicycle journey from the Pacific to the Atlantic Ocean alongside my brother

🍾 Worked the 2011 harvest in an exclusively Italian-speaking environment