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  Stuart Whitwell (BSc CGMA FCMA DipM MCIM)

  Joint Managing Director

  Stuart Whitwell is a joint managing director and co-founder in 2001 of Intangible Business, a leading global business and brand valuation, strategy and development consultancy.

  He is a Chartered Global Management Accountant, a Member of The Chartered Institute of Marketing, and represented CIMA on the development of the International Standard for Brand Valuation.

  Stuart has carried out numerous business and intangible asset valuation assignments including some of the world’s biggest brands in many industry sectors. His projects include many mandates for acquisitions, disposals and licensing involving significant intangible asset value. He has also given valuation advice for balance sheet reporting, corporation restructuring, insolvency, pension deficit funding and administration, asset based lending, transfer pricing and tax management, business management, licensing strategy, dispute resolution and due diligence.

  Prior to co-founding Intangible Business, Stuart worked for Unilever, Reed International and in corporate mergers and acquisitions for Allied Domecq. At the time Allied Domecq was the second largest group in the global drinks industry.

  https://uk.linkedin.com/in/stuart-whitwell-6a63874
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  Thayne Forbes (MA (Oxf) FCA DipM FCIM MAE)

  Joint Managing Director

  Thayne Forbes is a joint managing director and co-founder in 2001 of Intangible Business, a leading global business and brand valuation, strategy and development consultancy.

  He is a Fellow of The Institute of Chartered Accountants, a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Marketing and a member of The Academy of Experts.

  Thayne specialises in advising businesses with valuable intangible assets, such as brands, trademarks, copyrights, patents and customer relationships for management, balance sheet, litigation and banking purposes. He has been involved in many purchase, sale or licensing mandates. He has also, for example, led debates over the implementation of the International Financial Reporting Standard on business combinations, producing unique research and analysis into the reporting under the standard.

  Prior to co-founding Intangible Business Thayne worked for Arthur Andersen and BDO as a specialist intangible asset and corporate valuer.

  https://www.linkedin.com/in/thayne-forbes-750602
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  Alexander James

  Finance and Marketing Manager

  Alex is the company Finance and Marketing Manager and provides project support to the valuation practice. Alex has worked for Intangible Business for seven years and previously worked for Frederickson’s Financial Services for two and a half years.