RG Corporate Finance (RGCF) has further strengthened its team of dealmakers with the appointment of Ella McDonald as Corporate Finance Manager.
With experience of working for ‘big four’ accountancy firms, Ella is the latest recruit to the growing Newcastle-based corporate finance boutique, which is continuing to expand its team to meet demand for its advisory services, both in the North East and Yorkshire, and further afield.
Ella, who is based in Leeds, joins RGCF from Deloitte’s West Yorkshire base, where she was a CF Assistant Manager, working on both buy-side and sell-side transactions from £10m up to £100m across the North of England.
Prior to her two years with Deloitte, Ella spent time at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), originally on a university business placement, before returning a year later on an ICAEW ACA training contract within PwC’s audit/assurance service line.
Ella joins RGCF as the firm continues its positive growth trajectory, on the back of a strong period of transaction delivery, and an expanding pipeline for the remainder of 2024.
Ella McDonald said: “RGCF has established a great reputation as a dynamic and focused CF boutique and I am very proud to be part of the team. Its client portfolio and the breadth of the transactions it advises upon are very interesting and I am keen to play my part in helping businesses and shareholders achieve positive outcomes through their work with RGCF.”
Carl Swansbury, Partner and Head of Corporate Finance at RGCF, said: “Ella is an extremely talented and driven CF professional who is an ideal addition to our growing team. The increase in transactional activity, together with a strong pipeline of M&A transactions and fundraises in the coming quarters, is necessitating further expansion within RGCF. Now, with a team of more than 25 corporate finance, Finance/Tax DD and transactional tax specialists, we have created the capacity as well as the expertise to support an even larger national client base.”