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James Donnelly
InvestorInvestor at Beltrae Partners · Chief Operating Officer at Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
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About
James Donnelly holds a first-class honours degree in Accounting and Business from Henley Business School, University of Reading, is a chartered accountant who qualified with PwC in London, and has passed all three levels of the CFA program. His career in corporate finance began in 2017 at Wyvern Partners, a London corporate finance boutique, where he advised management teams on private equity-backed and M&A transactions, followed by two years at KPMG Ireland advising on M&A and debt financing. He has since worked on a range of M&A transactions before and during his time at Beltrae Partners.
Experience
- BELTRAE PARTNERS LIMITEDDirectorcurrent2026 — present
- BELTRAE PARTNERS LIMITEDAssociate Directorcurrent2023 — present
- KPMG IrelandManager | Corporate Finance2021 — 2023
- Wyvern PartnersAssociate2019 — 2020London Area, United Kingdom
- PwCSenior Associate2014 — 2018Greater London, England, United Kingdom
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- Who is James Donnelly?
- James Donnelly holds a first-class honours degree in Accounting and Business from Henley Business School, University of Reading, is a chartered accountant who qualified with PwC in London, and has passed all three levels of the CFA program. His career in corporate finance began in 2017 at Wyvern Partners, a London corporate finance boutique, where he advised management teams on private equity-backed and M&A transactions, followed by two years at KPMG Ireland advising on M&A and debt financing. He has since worked on a range of M&A transactions before and during his time at Beltrae Partners.
- Where does James Donnelly work?
- James Donnelly is at Beltrae Partners.
- Where did James Donnelly go to school?
- James Donnelly studied at CFA; ICAEW (ACA Chartered Accountant); University of Reading (BA Accounting and Business - Flying Start, Accounting).
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