Bio

Mervyn has over 25 years of investment banking experience having commenced his career in the City of London in 1994. Since then Mervyn has completed over 100 transactions, many of which he originated, in all fields of investment banking advisory (M&A, equity and debt). Mervyn has executed transactions across most industry verticals within the U.K. markets. Mervyn commenced his career at BZW and subsequently joined Merrill Lynch in 1998, where he spent almost 11 years, latterly as a Managing Director. In late 2008, Mervyn joined Global Leisure Partners as head of the London office, where he completed 10 transactions despite very challenging market conditions in the aftermath of the global financial crash. In 2012, Mervyn co-founded Dean Street Advisers. With a passion for the advisory business, he cares about creating real and propriety situations for his client base of corporates and private equity alike, as well as providing clear and independent advice. Mervyn is actively involved in every Dean Street mandate. Mervyn is also a Trustee to the board of The Discerning Eye, an educational charity, established in the UK in 1990, to encourage a wider understanding and appreciation of the visual arts and to stimulate debate about the place and purpose of art in society, and the contribution each one of us can make to its development. In addition, Mervyn is an avid collector of contemporary art, with a particular focus on portraiture. Mervyn was born in Zimbabwe and moved to the UK in 1979. As an alumnus of London School of Economics Mervyn has both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Economics.