16 May 2022
Portman Dental Group are pleased to announce that the appointment of Hersh Shah as its Group Business Development and M&A Director.
In this newly created role, Hersh will have global responsibility for the group’s inorganic strategy, business development and M&A activities. He will work closely with Portman’s group and regional teams and Portman’s private equity shareholder-partner, Core Equity, and will be based in London. Hersh will report to Portman CEO Sam Waley-Cohen and join the Board and Group Leadership Team.
Hersh has extensive experience leading strategy, corporate finance and M&A across the technology, industrials and services sectors globally and has worked with different types of organisations, including blue-chip companies, SMEs and start-ups. Most recently, Hersh was M&A and Corporate Development Director at Halma plc, a FTSE 100 industrial technology group, where he was responsible for strategic development, acquisitions, and investments within the Infrastructure Safety and Process Safety Sectors and part of the wider group leadership team. Prior to Halma, Hersh worked at Gleacher Shacklock LLP, an independent investment bank, where he advised FTSE 100/250 and Fortune 500 companies, private equity, and family offices on strategy, M&A, and equity and debt capital markets transactions.
Hersh is an ICAEW qualified Corporate Financier (CF) and holds an MBA from IMD Business School (Switzerland) and MEng in Engineering, Economics and Management from the University of Oxford (UK). He is also a Sainsbury Management Fellow, and Non-Executive Director and Trustee of the Engineers in Business Fellowship, a Gatsby charity.
Hersh Shah, said: “I am excited to be joining Portman, an ambitious, fast growing, and successful dental group, at this exciting juncture. I look forward to working closely with Sam, all Portmanites, and Core Equity, to continue to serve our customers’ needs, transform healthcare and build the best dental group in the world.”
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