Colin Wheeler

Colin has worked at many of the industry's iconic advertising agencies including JWT, McCann Erickson, Grey - both in London and New York, Griffin Bacal, Bozell Worldwide and with holding company WPP on their global Vodafone business. Having held several Board positions including Managing Director, Chief Operating Officer, Global Operations Director and Business Development Director at marketing communication companies and agencies throughout his career, he has gained extensive experience delivered through the amalgamation of finance, M&A, marketing and advertising, sales and operations to translate vision into performance realities both in the UK and International markets. Performance realities among others have included the successful strategic launch of a FTSE100 business into 30 new geographic markets, operational leadership of 350+ people across central and local teams with a combined income of Euro 100M. With excellent leadership and people engagement skills, he has consistently demonstrated the ability to deliver independently and through a local and virtual team environment. Currently Colin is a Partner at Ciesco in London. Ciesco is a corporate finance advisory firm, operating globally. Ciesco has a long standing, highly credible and premium position in its industry sector working with entrepreneurs and global corporate who require specialist advice on domestic and cross-border acquisitions, divestitures and business strategy. Ciesco has deep experience and expertise in M&A in the Technology, Digital, Media and Healthcare sectors with transactions undertaken and completed on a global basis.