Jim Houghton
Jim Houghton, partner at Waypoint Partners, has more than 30 years of specialist international M&A, operational and financial management experience in the marketing and advertising industry. He has led transformational M&A deals for the leaders and shareholders of class-leading businesses. He has split his career between roles in industry and as a professional adviser. In industry, he was previously European MD of Omnicom’s experiential network, the Radiate Group, and led Omnicom’s M&A activity in Europe for 8 years, completing 40 transactions and sitting on many agency boards.
The Red Flags to Watch for When Buying a Fast-Growing Agency
Every fast-growing business will probably have at least one red flag waving, but most of those challenges can be mitigated by identifying the nature of the buyer’s appetite for risk.
Marcoms M&A—Get Ready for Another Record-Breaking Year
After the scale of industry deals in 2021, this year looks set to continue the trend.