Who we are
KR8 Advisory aims to be the UK’s most trusted and innovative adviser, delivering effective solutions and value to our clients.
We begin as a practice of eight managing directors, supported by a senior team of experts focused on delivering high-impact advice and support across key areas including Business Advisory, Capital Advisory, Restructuring, Personal Insolvency and Real Estate.
The team brings extensive expertise across accounting, finance, banking, industry and real estate, offering strategic counsel to corporates, lenders, sponsors and other financial stakeholders throughout the UK.
With the financial landscape evolving rapidly due to disruptive forces like geopolitics and technology, KR8 Advisory sees an opportunity to offer agile and innovative solutions where clients need them most.
Our services
Our team of skilled experts delivers high-impact advice and support across key areas, including Business Advisory, Capital Advisory, Restructuring, Personal Insolvency and Real Estate.
We assemble expert teams, led by senior practitioners, to maintain an unwavering focus on our clients’ needs and deliver optimal outcomes in every situation.
Business Advisory
We help stakeholders to navigate complex situations, drawing on our broad expertise to drive change and find the best path forward when it matters most.
From independent business reviews and cash flow monitoring to strategic analysis, contingency planning and stakeholder engagement, we cover all bases to empower you to make informed decisions in any situation.
Capital Advisory
Our Capital Advisory proposition covers Debt Advisory, Pre-Lend Due Diligence, Financial Modelling and Special Situations M&A.
We have the tools and expertise to help you and your stakeholders pinpoint the optimal solution for your funding and business needs.
Restructuring
We support you in implementing formal restructuring solutions to protect value when all other options are exhausted, including Restructuring Plans, Company Voluntary Arrangements, Administrations and Liquidations.
Personal Insolvency
We are experienced in assisting debtors and creditors to navigate the complex challenges associated with personal insolvency.
Real Estate
Our Real Estate team are experts in offering restructuring and valuation services. We specialise in providing bespoke tailored services and advice to real estate owners and lenders throughout the lending life cycle.
Our team
Real Estate
Annika Kisby
Managing Director
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Annika specialises in real estate valuation, restructuring and turnaround advisory. With over 20 years of experience, Annika has worked across a wide range of real estate asset classes and sectors, predominantly on behalf of the main UK financial institutions, secured lenders, funds and key stakeholders throughout the UK.
Annika is a trusted adviser with extensive experience of super prime high-end residential property and residential buy-to-let portfolios, as well as development projects and complex assets.
Annika is a chartered surveyor, fellow of Nara, the Association for Property and Fixed Charge Receivers, and a RICS Registered Property Receiver as well as an Assessor for Nara.
Advisory
David Fleming
Managing Director
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David has over 20 years of advisory experience, specialising in turnaround and restructuring assignments for key stakeholders such as lenders, private equity investors, management teams, directors and creditors.
Before joining KR8, David spent 15 years at Kroll, initially running the Advisory division and latterly as UK Head, managing over 180 professionals nationally. He also served on the Global Restructuring leadership team.
David primarily focuses on turnaround and solvent solutions for businesses, focusing on business reviews, pre-lend reviews, strategic options analysis, financial modelling, debt advisory and special situations M&A.
Restructuring
Jimmy Saunders
Managing Director
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Jimmy has over 20 years of experience in turnaround advisory and formal corporate restructuring.
His responsibilities include advising lenders, directors and other stakeholders on turnaround options, including IBRs, cashflow support, refinancing and fundraising through to AMA and M&A transactions.
He has advised creditors on Restructuring Plans, led cross-border assignments, advised AIM listed businesses and has overseen the investigation of various contentious matters.
Jimmy is also engaged to provide contingency planning and to take insolvency appointments where required in his capacity as a licensed insolvency practitioner.
Personal Insolvency
Joanne Wright
Managing Director
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Joanne leads the Personal Insolvency practice at KR8 having worked in the restructuring industry for 35 years, and spent 25 of those specialising in personal insolvency.
She has extensive experience advising debtors and creditors, striving to find effective solutions that benefit all stakeholders.
A large part of Joanne’s time is spent identifying and recovering assets located in the UK and abroad as part of contentious bankruptcy appointments, working diligently in order to optimise returns.
Joanne is a Licensed Insolvency Practitioner and Fellow of the Insolvency Practitioners Association.
Advisory
Martin Gray
Managing Director
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Martin has over 15 years of financial and business advisory experience having worked across both banking and accountancy. He specialises in providing restructuring and turnaround advice to creditors, corporates and sponsors.
Before joining KR8, Martin spent eight years at Kroll growing and developing the UK Advisory practice, which he co-led, managing over 40 professionals nationally.
Martin primarily focuses on independent business reviews, strategic options analysis, pre-lend reviews, debt advisory and special situations M&A. These core services involve extensive financial due diligence and providing hands-on support to management teams, and key stakeholders, in both growth and stressed scenarios.
Restructuring
Mike Lennon
Managing Director
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Mike is a Managing Director in Restructuring Advisory and has extensive experience advising corporates, lenders and stakeholders with a particular specialism in business advisory, accelerated M&A, buyside advisory and formal restructuring.
His experience spans a wide range of sectors and includes both solvent and insolvent solutions.
Mike strives to find simple yet effective solutions which align with stakeholder objectives and result in the optimum outcome, even when the economic environment is challenging for business owners and stakeholders.
He is a Chartered Certified Accountant and a licensed insolvency practitioner.
Advisory
Paul Carter-Bell
Associate Managing Director
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With 18 years of banking and business advisory experience, Paul is dedicated to helping clients navigate critical strategic decisions with precision and insight.
Paul excels at uniting diverse groups to tackle complex challenges and his expertise spans a wide range of services including financing, capital structure optimisation, business strategy and operational improvement.
As a Chartered Management Accountant, Paul’s expertise includes business reorganisation, balance sheet restructuring, asset divestitures, mergers and acquisitions and both debt and equity financing.
Real Estate
Paul Greenhalgh
Managing Director
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Paul is a Managing Director in the Real Estate practice and has 20 years’ experience in real estate, valuation and restructuring, predominantly within the financial services sector for secured lending, business support and recovery purposes.
Before joining KR8, Paul was a director at a national chartered surveying practice and a founding managing director of a UK real estate advisory division of a global professional services firm.
Paul is a chartered surveyor, RICS Registered Valuer, fellow of Nara, the Association for Property and Fixed Charge Receivers, and a RICS Registered Property Receiver.
Join our team
We are offering the opportunity to join our Managing Director-led advisory practice based initially in London and Manchester.
KR8 Advisory is seeking candidates at all levels to become part of an ambitious Advisory team with a strategic plan to grow its service proposition and expand into other key locations. This is an exciting opportunity to build a career within a new and dynamic environment, supported by an experienced team of professionals
Suitable applicants will be invited for a confidential conversation with our Head of Talent and Recruitment.
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The Lexicon, 10-12 Mount Street, Manchester, M2 5NT
St Andrew's House, 20 St Andrew Street, City of London, London, EC4A 3AG
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