We’re thrilled to share that Tom Rowe-Jones has been promoted to Partner!
Tom is the first member of our team to be internally promoted to the top table, joining Hamish, Paul and Simon in steering LAVA into the future. Tom joined us as Associate Director in May 2021, bringing extensive M&A operations and strategy consulting experience from Deloitte and Accenture. Since then, he’s spent five years leaving a lasting mark on the business, helping to shape the way we work, and providing incredible support to team members and clients.
Tom’s profile stands out within the firm’s diverse set of skills, coming as he does from a technology and operational strategy consulting background. Practical, value-focused, and mindful of buy- and sell-side thinking, he’s been a hugely influential adviser to our clients, especially in the business services and defence sectors where he’s become a leading expert.
Tom has delivered on a number of significant transactions, including the sale of Old Mill to Blixt-backed Kinbrook Group, the sale of Elemental to Cogency, and the sale of Callen Lenz to BAE Systems. He has shown both expertise and empathy in every facet of his work from origination to client management, demonstrating the fantastic additional value he can bring to LAVA in his new role as partner.
I’m so proud to have taken the step up to Partner at LAVA. It is a truly special place where we thrive on bringing new ideas to the table, and it’s really important to me to be able to protect and grow what we’ve built so it can benefit the next generations of clients and colleagues as we drive LAVA forward.
Tom Rowe-Jones LAVA Partner
Tom has earned this promotion over five years of stellar work, including a step up to Director in 2023 which recognised him becoming an integral part of the LAVA business. Clients trust him because he understands what they are trying to achieve, and inside the team he helps set the tone for the way LAVA wants to grow, preserving the culture that makes us so special.
Tom’s success is a fantastic endorsement of the LAVA approach, and we couldn’t be more proud to see him take this step up. Ever since he joined us as our second ever employee, he’s been ambitious, accomplished and a fantastic asset to LAVA, so I’m really excited to see what he can do as a member of our leadership team.
The LAVA Partner team
Tom’s promotion is an important moment for LAVA, and a clear reflection of the opportunities we can create for talented and tenacious people as the business continues to grow. The example he sets is one that we can see everyone at the firm striving to match, and we can’t wait to see who’s next to follow in his footsteps.
Congratulations, Tom!
