Nick Burley, the former Chief Financial Officer at European healthcare services business Alliance Medical, has joined the new Capital Solutions team at sustainable investment manager Downing LLP.
Burley will join Downing’s Capital Solutions team and partner with former M&G Fund Manager Paul Taylor, who recently joined Downing. Downing’s newly established team will launch a series of new investment activities and funds, managing capital on behalf of institutional investors.
With over 30 years of operational and transactional experience, Burley will lead strategic transactions and work closely with investors to deliver the ambitious growth plans of the Capital Solutions team.
Burley’s career post-qualification has included senior operational and corporate finance roles in GE, Allied Domecq, McCormick and the Vita Group, prior to joining Alliance Medical – spending the last 20 years at FD/CFO level. His experience has included more than 50 M&A transactions, a planned IPO, as well as several successful operational and balance sheet restructuring and turnaround situations.
Downing’s Capital Solutions team will deploy funds from institutional investors into opportunities with high return potential, in sectors such as healthcare services in the private equity space and European real estate, where the team has strong investor and investee networks.
