Simon Cottle
About Simon Cottle
Simon is a founding partner at Stanley Capital, Stanley Capital Partners is a European mid-market private equity firm using a research and technology-based approach to identify opportunities in the growing sustainable investment sectors of Healthcare and Resource Efficiency. Stanley Capital targets businesses with the potential of generating EBITDA of $25m to $150m. We partner with management teams, in majority and minority transactions, to transform and grow companies through technological change, operational change and market consolidation. Stanley Capital was founded in 2019 by Simon Cottle, James Brooks and Patrick Hargutt and has a team of over 100 professionals working closely together with its Leader Network and investors, sector and technology partners. Stanley Capital delivers strong investor returns through extensive proprietary research, a dedicated transformation team, and technology enablement, leveraging its own AI / technology platform SCP Digital. This platform is a powerful tool that helps support in the diligence and design of digital value creation opportunities to drive sustainable and long-lasting transformation in subsectors of both Healthcare and Resource Efficiency. With over 16 years of experience in private equity, corporate finance, and M&A, Simon has led 11 platform investments, 35 bolt-on acquisitions, and four strategic mergers and carve-outs at partner level so far. Personal realised track record of 3.5x CoC over $1.6bn invested and no lost capital. Simon's mission is to unlock growth and value for businesses with enterprise values of $250 million to $2.5 billion or more, by partnering with management teams and leveraging his expertise in digital transformation, operational improvement, and market consolidation. He has successfully originated and co-led the buyouts of Essential Pharma, Noden Pharma, Qinecsa Solutions, and Laboratoire XO, among others, and has served as a board member or observer for several portfolio companies. Simon holds an MBA from INSEAD, an MA and a scholarship from Oxford University, and was a GB Olympic oarsman in Athens in 2004.