Bio

Adrian Balcombe is a Managing Director with Alvarez & Marsal’s European Transaction Advisory Group in London. He specialises in providing financial and related due diligence advisory services to private equity sponsors, corporates, debt providers and management, helping to create value throughout the transaction lifecycle. With more than 30 years of transaction services experience, Mr. Balcombe has worked with companies across a range of industries, including leisure, retail and consumer, industrials and business services. He has advised on 500+ transactions across mid-market and large multinational transactions on buy-side, sell-side, carve-outs, refinancing and distressed transactions. Prior to joining A&M, where he founded the firm’s European Transaction Advisory Group, Mr. Balcombe was a private equity transaction services partner at Deloitte in London and was instrumental in building this practice. Previously, he qualified as a Chartered Accountant and worked at KPMG, first within the Audit practice, later forming the first dedicated private equity transaction services practice. Mr. Balcombe earned a bachelor’s degree in accounting and finance (honours) from Kingston University. He holds a practicing certificate from the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.