Jim McLaughlin is Head of UK & Europe at bizval, an independent business valuation firm headquartered in the UK with offices in the US and South Africa and a global client base. bizval provides both advisory and fully defensible comprehensive valuations for private business owners and their professional advisers across a wide range of situations, including M&A transactions, shareholder disputes, HMRC submissions, divorce proceedings, succession planning, employee ownership trust transfers, and EIS/SEIS investment rounds.
Jim brings direct credibility to this work as a seasoned entrepreneur who has founded, grown, and exited multiple businesses over a 40-year career, including as one of five shareholders in an IFA network that completed a ten-figure exit. He has also held C-suite roles in UK financial services, leading business development, market strategy, and product innovation.
bizval’s technical valuation work is carried out by a CFA-qualified team, combining professional rigour with genuine commercial insight. The firm works primarily through professional intermediaries including solicitors, accountants, IFAs, wealth managers, and M&A advisers.