Francis is a corporate finance professional with six years of experience, starting his career in corporate audit for BDO as a school-leaver, and spanning accounting as well as both buy-side and sell-side M&A advisory. His buy-side experience comes from his two years as a Deal Leader at Chelsea Corporate, where he specialised in sourcing off-market acquisition opportunities for a variety of clients executing buy-and-builds, ranging from EU PLCs to UHNWIs and multi-billion-pound revenue trade buyers, managing entire transactions from initial meetings and negotiations through to finalising due diligence.

Previously, Francis was an Associate at Benchmark International, where he led the transaction process for a portfolio of circa 50 clients advising on MBOs, MBIs, EOTs, and general disposals.

At Tern Capital, Francis leads the origination and execution of off-market transactions.