A Marechale Capital plc business
Stanford Capital Partners.
Decisive, effective and independent corporate finance and broking advice to growth companies, drawing on more than a decade of partnership across the UK small and mid-cap sector.
About Stanford
Wholly independent advice for growth companies.
Stanford Capital Partners was established by its founding partners to provide independent advice to growth companies. We pride ourselves on our wholly independent approach and extensive experience in the small and mid-cap sector.
The team has worked together for more than 12 years and offers a broad range of skills in corporate finance, corporate broking, M&A and private equity.
Our independence - devoid of the conflicts of interest that we believe can affect decisions of many brokers - allows us to provide more effective strategies to accessing pools of capital. We have a wide-ranging network of capital and debt providers, with our network covering the UK, Europe and Asia.
Free from the conflicts that can affect decisions across the broking sector.
A team that has worked together for more than 12 years across the UK SME market.
A wide network of capital and debt providers spanning the UK, Europe and Asia.
Our Team
Partners & senior team.
Partners
Patrick Claridge
Patrick Claridge has over 45 years of extensive experience in finance, investment banking, capital markets, and financial technology, both in the UK and across international markets. In 2018, he founded Stanford Capital Partners, a specialist investment advisory and corporate broking firm providing growth capital for listed businesses. Prior to this, he served as Chief Executive Officer of Northland Capital Partners and Merchant Securities.
Earlier in his career, Patrick was Chief Executive Officer of TIR Securities (UK) Limited, a global institutional brokerage that was acquired by E*TRADE in 1999. Following the acquisition, he spent a further four years as Chief Executive Officer of E*TRADE UK, helping to further maintain its position as one of the world’s leading online brokerage and financial technology businesses. During this period, he was responsible for the growth and development of the UK operation at a time when technology was transforming investor access to financial markets, online trading, and digital financial services.
Alongside his extensive capital markets and corporate finance background, Patrick has first-hand experience in the development, commercialisation and the creation of regulatory frameworks associated with technology-enabled financial platforms.
Bob Pountney
With more than 40 years’ experience in UK equity capital markets, Bob brings a wealth of knowledge and institutional relationships to Stanford Capital Partners and our clients. Nearly half of Bob’s career to date was at Investec Securities where he was instrumental in building a very strong UK equity sales presence. Bob has extensive UK institutional relationships with small, mid and large-cap fund managers.
Tom Price
Tom has more than 30 years’ experience in corporate finance, advising quoted growth companies across a broad range of industry sectors on their capital raising requirements, M&A, governance and investor relations. Prior to joining Stanford, he was at Evolution Securities, its predecessor Beeson Gregory and then Arden Partners plc. He is also a non-executive director of Glantus Holdings plc, treasurer and arts adviser to Cockayne – Grants for the Arts, and a trustee of the Braintree Museum Trust.
Roy Ruffler
Roy founded and built Ruffler Bank plc, which became the first UK bank to be bought by private equity in 2009. He has also been involved in the establishment and growth of other businesses, principally in the leisure and property sectors, and is a director of a number of companies.
Research
Mike Jeremy
Mike has over 35 years’ experience as a tech and media equity analyst, initially for nine years in Japan with WI Carr, SBCI and latterly Baring Securities where he was No.1 rated for four years, and subsequently as head of EMEA and Western Europe telecoms research for Barings and ING Wholesale Banking. For the past decade he has focused on AIM tech, and was Starmine rated No.1 for tech in the UK.
Our Services
Hands-on, personalised service.
Stanford is focused on small and mid-market companies, and is positioned to work in conjunction with clients' existing advisers. Our aim is to offer clients a hands-on, personalised service.
Corporate Broking
Our network of contacts means that we are well-positioned to act as a bridge between companies and investors.
We help our clients both to build a base of long-term, supportive shareholders and to communicate effectively with investors.
We provide companies with market insight into how best to position their investment case. Our clients trust us to provide unbiased advice to support key corporate actions and decision-making.
Corporate Finance
We provide expert advice to both private and public companies in order to help them achieve their growth ambitions.
Stanford offers independent advice on fundraising, structuring and execution, covering a wide range of applications and complexities.
The team can also advise on corporate, technical and regulatory matters, helping clients to navigate the most appropriate path.
Featured Transactions
Selected recent mandates.
Role within the Group
The corporate finance and capital markets engine of Marechale Capital plc.
Stanford sources and executes mandates that can be enhanced through Blubird's technology infrastructure and distributed via the Group's institutional and digital channels - anchoring the merchant banking capability of the wider Group.
Contact
Stanford Capital Partners
Stanford Capital Partners is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.