Business Sale and Acquisition Experts across Reverse Logistics, Aftermarket, Circular Economy, Sustainability, and Service Supply Chains.
Welcome to RL Equity
As specialists in Business Sale and Acquisition, RL Equity ensures best outcomes for sellers and buyers of businesses across reverse logistics, aftermarket, circular economy, sustainability, and service supply chains. Stemming from RL People’s extensive experience in these markets and having advised and placed hundreds of people into organisations that have gone on to acquire or be acquired, we have achieved a distinct understanding of market dynamics, organisations, company proprietors, investors, purchasers, and vendors.
Our Approach
By understanding ‘real’, ‘realistic’ and ‘future’ value when buying or selling a business, we assist founders in recognising the true value of their creations and that buyers receive fair value. Working closely with all involved to structure the right outcomes we help to:
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Refine business plan and financial forecasts
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Define goals and future aspirations
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Review and reinforce personnel structure
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Support succession planning
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Fresh perspective to your strategy
Where We Work
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IT Asset Management & Disposal
Insurtech, Device Protection & Mobility
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Repair Tech & Telecoms
Returns
Software as a Service
Secondary Markets, Liquidation & Auctions
Service Supply Chains
Why Choose Us
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With thousands of contacts across hundreds of organisations, we make it our business to know who and how the market is shaping. By talking with potential investors together with buyers and sellers of businesses, we gain unrivalled insights into market trends.
Through our own unique careers, we bring first-hand experience of growth, management, strategy and investment in businesses and understand the opportunities and challenges this brings, specifically across reverse supply chains.
The Team behind RL Equity
Tom Parker
Prior to setting up RL People in late 2016, Tom spent the previous 20 years working across global reverse logistics and service supply chains. Tom led sales teams in EMEA, APAC and the Americas, delivering turnkey solutions encompassing recovery, returns, repairs, refurbishment, recycling, spare parts management, logistics and fulfilment, to clients ranging from global OEMs to regional providers. With a genuine passion for the fast-growing, dynamic landscape of service supply chains, Tom launched RL People to provide talent & recruitment services to these markets globally.
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Since this time, Tom has frequently advised both investors and company owners on market dynamics and strategic direction. Utilising this extensive experience, RL Equity was established to provide unrivalled market knowledge that founders and investors can access to explore opportunities to acquire or be acquired.
David Watson
David has over 10 years’ experience as a recruitment executive and business advisor, supporting Reverse Logistics, Aftermarket, Circular Economy, and Service Supply Chain organisations globally with their growth strategy. David currently serves as Managing Director of RL People, where he leads commercial and operational teams dedicated to providing executive recruitment and talent advisory services across UK, EMEA, USA and APAC.
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David is excited to continue driving growth across the Reverse Logistics and Circular Economy markets by offering business sale and acquisition opportunities to his network of thousands of industry professionals.
Jamie Powell-Tuck
A versatile business professional, Jamie brings a broad and deep understanding of organizations and their evolution. Adept at embracing change, growth, and transformation. Leveraging a naturally inquisitive and collaborative mindset, Jamie exceeds at leading cross-functional teams to evaluate, adapt, and refine ideas to identify new opportunities.
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Jamie held the position of Chief Operating Officer at ZigZag Global, a pioneering SaaS retail returns company. In this role, he played a key part in ZigZag's successful acquisition by the publicly-traded Global Blue in 2021. Prior to this, Jamie accumulated over 25 years of experience in the finance and venture capital sectors, holding positions at CIBC, UBS, Lazard, and Commerzbank. Throughout his career, Jamie has been an investor and operator, gaining valuable insights into the challenges and opportunities present in the startup ecosystem.
“Reverse Logistics is more than just a sector or skillset; it encapsulates everything after the point of sale. This includes all the activities that occur to support individuals and businesses who have acquired products or services, the future needs of which require the realising of value through a combination of complex interactions during an ongoing lifecycle.”