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- Team
- Jo Haigh
Direct line: 020 7644 9674
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Job Title:
Head of Corporate Finance
Years in Business:
30 Years
Specialisations:
Corporate Finance, Mergers & Acquisitions, Raising Finance, Divestments, Non-Executive Support, Shareholders Disputes
What do you add to your client's business?
I look after them and make them feel special. They know I will personally see them through the deal - the good and bad times - and I am very good at playing ‘bad cop´ to their ‘good cop´ in a deal.
Star Sign:
Virgo. I am a really typical one! I have OCD, am very practical, ordered and a perfectionist, but I am a nice person - honestly!
Favourite Film:
'Escape to Athena', (1979!) — Yes, I was a child!
Most Embarrassing moment:
Walking down Piccadilly with my skirt tucked into my knickers followed by 3 male clients who never said a thing!
Pastimes:
Shopping!
Football Team:
I don´t think so!
Why are you at MGR?
As a Yorkshire girl born and bred, I thought it was about time I came to the Big Smoke.
What's the best piece of advice you've been given, and by whom?
My first boss told me that to succeed what I would need is extraordinary stamina.
A few interesting facts:
- Jo Haigh is a best selling author of three books; The Business Rules: Protect Yourself and Your Company from Over 100 Hidden Pitfalls, Buying and Selling a Business: An Entrepreneur's Guide and Tales from the Glass Ceiling: A Survival Guide for Women in Business.
- Jo Haigh's latest book; Tales from the Glass Ceiling: A Survival Guide for Women in Business is available to buy now on Amazon and Little, Brown Book Group.
- Jo Haigh is in the 2008 edition of “Who´s Who of Britain´s Business Elite”
- Jo Haigh is Business Woman and IoD Adviser of the Year
- Jo Haigh was the first woman in the country to gain the Institute of Chartered Accountants Corporate Finance Qualification
- Jo Haigh failed her 11
- Jo Haigh played the sheep in the school nativity for 6 years running!