Ben Brierley is a partner at FC. Ben trained as an accountant with an independent firm of accountants and taxation advisers. Whilst there he qualified as a member of the Association of Accounting Technicians and gained vast experience in financial reporting and tax planning. In 2014 Ben moved to FC to work in corporate finance where he qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in 2017. On his journey with FC, he has gained a wide range of corporate finance skills and experience in business disposals, MBO, MBI, due diligence, acquisition integration, venture capital and acquisition finance, business valuations, business turnaround and rescue and business planning. His recent transactional experience has been in the technology, manufacturing, engineering, and wholesale distribution of which several deals have been cross border acquisitions.

Ben has also managed several outsourced finance departments including holding a temporary position as group financial controller of a large technology group.