Solomon P. Ishack

Solomon is an M&A commercial due diligence professional who brings over 8 years of wealth management consulting experience. He has advised UK lower mid/mid-market Private Equity (PE) investment teams and management teams on growth, buy-and-build strategies for M&A transactions in the sector. His specialisms predominantly lie in IFAs, investment platforms, offshore fiduciary businesses, FinTechs, and other verticals.

Solomon achieved a First-Class Honours degree in Computer Systems Engineering with Business Management from the University of Birmingham.

References are available upon request.

UK Lower Mid- / Mid-Market Private Equity Firms, London, United Kingdom - Commercial Due Diligence (CDD) Projects

• Led a wide range of full/part-scope CDD engagements, in an Engagement Manager capacity, across financial services, professional services, and technology sectors. N.B. Further information on completed public acquisitions/credentials is available upon request.

Private Bank, London, United Kingdom – Core Platform Transformation

• Designed the Target Operating Model for the roll-out of the UK wealth business onto Avaloq.

Private Bank, Frankfurt, Germany - IT Target Operating Model Design

• Designed the bank’s technology strategy and Target Operating Model to transition their c.140 legacy systems onto a single core platform.

Largest UK Depositary/Fund Administrator, London, United Kingdom – Cloud Transformation

• As part of the depositary's c.£20m transformation budget, delivered the first full-scale cloud transformation in the UK depositary sector and designed the underpinning operating model.

Investment Bank, London, United Kingdom – Risk Transformation

• Led a global risk, regulatory compliance, and technology programme across all Lines of Business (i.e. risk assessment optimisation & MetricStream roll-out). Additionally, conducted a deep-dive analysis on the macro risk environment for the Group's Executive Board and local regulators.

Investment Bank, Dublin, Ireland- Risk Framework Design

• Designed the future state of the bank’s global operational risk framework following remedial enforcement notifications issued by the Central Bank of Ireland.

I. Solomon, B. Chris, and D. Adam, "The effect of domain knowledge on interaction with visual analytics," in Contemporary Ergonomics and Human Factors 2015 Taylor & Francis, 2015, pp. 86-93.