Creating Value, Building Transaction Readiness and Maximising Exit Outcomes
Join Potentia and Cooper Parry for a relaxed morning event exploring how finance leaders can prepare their businesses for a successful exit and maximise value throughout the transaction process.
Following arrival and networking, our speakers will examine how AI is reshaping operating models, the tax considerations that can help reduce transaction risk and what buyers look for when assessing value and deal readiness.
The speaker presentations will be followed by a panel discussion and audience Q&A, with further time to connect over refreshments afterwards.
Time: 8.30am – 11am
Date: 22nd September
Location: Cooper Parry London – Broadwalk House, 5th Floor 5 Appold St Broadgate London EC2A 2AG
Agenda
8.30am – 9am: Arrival and networking
9am – 9.30am: Speaker presentations
9.30am – 10am: Panel discussion and audience Q&A
10am – 11am: Networking
Speakers:
We will be hearing from three speakers.
Saloni Thanki – AI Transformation Director
Saloni Thanki is Director of AI Transformation at Cooper Parry, helping CFOs, CEOs and CIOs understand what AI means for their business in practical terms. She works with leadership teams to identify real opportunities for value creation, develop AI strategies aligned to business goals, and implement the governance, operating models and organisational change needed to make AI work at scale.
With over 20 years’ experience leading technology and AI transformation across organisations including BT, the Financial Times and Barclays, Saloni has worked with a wide range of private equity-backed and venture capital-backed businesses to accelerate growth, improve operational efficiency and enhance enterprise value. She helps leadership teams move beyond the hype, embedding AI as a strategic capability that delivers sustainable growth, productivity gains and competitive advantage.
Emma Aish-Lyons – Tax Director
Emma Aish-Lyons is a Tax Director in Cooper Parry's Tech & High Growth team, advising high-growth businesses on growth, fundraising and exit strategies. She specialises in transaction readiness, helping businesses identify tax risks, protect value and maximise outcomes during investment and sale processes. She is particularly passionate about helping founders prepare for future investment and exit events, ensuring tax considerations enhance rather than hinder deal outcomes.
Hien Vo – Transaction Services Associate Partner
Hien Vo is an Associate Partner in Cooper Parry’s Transaction Services team, bringing 14 years of M&A advisory experience, predominantly gained within the Big Four, and specialises in financial due diligence for businesses and investors across buy-side and sell-side transactions.
Hien supports clients through complex deals by identifying critical risks, uncovering value opportunities and providing clear insight into the financial and commercial drivers underpinning a transaction. With extensive experience across business services, technology, software and consumer sectors, he delivers commercially focused advice that informs valuation, builds stakeholder confidence and helps clients achieve successful deal outcomes.