Investment bank founder set to speak at upcoming Rainmaker Awards
The founder of independent investment bank Zeus Capital with more than 30 years’ experience of corporate activity is to speak at TheBusinessDesk.com’s upcoming West Midlands Rainmakers Awards.
Richard Hughes has been involved with many high profile flotations, capital raisings, mergers and acquisitions for both public and private companies. He was at the heart of the IPO revival in 2013 and 2014, and has advised on high profile listings for boohoo.com, Purplebricks and JTC amongst others.
Under Hughes’ leadership, Zeus Capital has become the leading adviser to companies looking to IPO on AIM. The company has raised more than £3.6bn on London’s junior market in the last four years, acting on behalf of some of the UK’s most innovative entrepreneurs.
In addition, Hughes was a founding shareholder and director of boohoo.com and Crawford Healthcare, amongst numerous other private companies. He is also a director of Maggie’s, a leading cancer charity.
Hughes will take to the stage at the awards ceremony, to be held on the afternoon of Friday June 22, to share insights on his career and deal involvement. The Rainmakers Awards ceremony will celebrate the West Midlands deals community and the work they carry out.
The Rainmakers is different because the winners are voted on by the corporate finance community themselves in a one firm, one vote system.
The 2018 Rainmaker Awards take place at Edgbaston Stadium on Friday, June 22, starting at 12pm.
Click here for more information and to book your places.
The categories for the awards are:
Small Cap Deal of the Year
International Dear of the Year
Public Markets Deal of the Year
Deal of the Year
Rainmaker Dream Team
Rainmaker of the Year
The award shortlists will be created by an online vote, one vote per firm. If you want your firm to be included, please email jaina.tailor@thebusinessdesk.com.
Then the winners will be chosen on the day, voted for by the people who are in the room.
