Supporting private equity to define, design and implement digital capabilities
Palladium work across the entire deal cycle, from identifying digital opportunities and risks in due diligence, to extracting value through the development of new digital products and services.
We work with a diverse range of private equity firms and their portfolios, supporting clients with transaction advisory and portfolio value creation across Europe, US, Asia and Africa. Our sector experience is varied, including eCommerce and Retail, Financial Services, Transport and Logistics, Manufacturing, Travel and Tourism, Technology/SaaS, FMCG and Education.
We are also experienced in supporting emerging business models including EdTech, Community based businesses, Sustainable Fashion, Marketplaces and Amazon retail models.
Our advancements in digital due diligence and digital transformation have been recognised by the private equity community with several awards.
Our mission
- To help businesses reach their full potential through the digital transformation of their processes, business models and ways of working.
- To help organisations grow to their maximum potential through the realisation of their digital ambitions.
- We want to support our clients to develop digital roadmaps that enable them to seamlessly adapt to the fast-paced, continuously evolving and increasingly competitive business environment, and thrive upon the opportunities and challenges that it presents.
Our values
Innovative
We believe in pushing boundaries, in relentlessly finding better solutions to help our clients’ businesses grow.
Progressive
We believe in setting ambitious targets and working with our clients to create a plan for continual, repeating growth.
Considered
We know that change is difficult and will impact people in different ways. We take a compassionate approach to support everybody on the journey to transformation.
Responsive
We don’t make unreliable promises about the future when so much can change. We believe in setting out a framework and supportive processes that allow us to continually evolve and improve our methods and solutions.
Collaborative
We believe in teams and teamwork. We work with our clients to establish a collective, integrated process that supports the business’ needs, and we deliver together.
Our clients
We work with a diverse range of private equity firms & their portfolios across the globe.
Meet the team
We're a team of digital specialists with international experience in a broad range of sectors, working in partnership with our clients to advise on digital capability and execute digital strategy.
James Prebble
CEO
An experienced digital leader with 20+ years’ experience working with some of the worlds leading investors to drive digitally led value creation.
Mark Lewis
COO
Mark is one of our founders. He’s an experienced agile practitioner and applies agile principles to businesses, allowing them to maintain focus on their prioritised objectives and rapidly adapt to change. Mark has worked with many high-profile clients, transforming digital strategy into tangible products and business services.
Jason McGibbon
Non Executive Chair
Holly Croxton
Senior Director, Digital Business Transformation
Holly is an experienced customer and digital strategy consultant, delivering customer transformation and digital operating model programmes to organisations spanning consumer goods, transport, financial services, health, and social care. Her approach focuses on engaging client teams from the onset to drive adoption and accelerating benefit
James Wainwright
Senior Director, Digital Business Transformation
Dan Shreeve
Senior Director, Transaction Advisory Operations
Dan has led Transaction Advisory since 2020, supporting PE clients on both buy-side and sell-side deals. He has nearly two decades of experience across corporate and consulting—including 14 years specialising in commercial, digital, and technology due diligence. His focus on operational rigour underpins Palladium’s award-winning due diligence.
Ben Martin
Senior Director, Transaction Advisory Growth
Ben has spent 15 years producing actionable insights for digital brands, publishers and agencies. His experience encompasses a range of industries spanning 40+ countries, where he has found audience, marketing and performance patterns in first- and third-party data.
Aditi Agarkar
Head of Technology
Rich Klee
Senior Director, Prism
Rich has over 20 years experience as a product and technology professional with deep and broad experience developing products and services for B2B and B2C start-ups, scale-ups, and blue-chips. Today, Rich’s focus is on helping private capital funds achieve ambitious transformation projects with data and AI.
Jill-Marit Lerum Cornes
Senior Manager, Transaction Advisory
Jill is a hands-on strategy consultant with over 15 years’ experience leading commercial and digital due diligence assignments. Jill has advised on a large number of private equity and corporate transactions across a range of sectors including consumer, retail / e-commerce, business services and technology.
Alex Mickiewicz
Senior Manager, Transaction Advisory
Alex has 8 years’ experience running digital due diligence processes for a range of businesses, ranging from D2C e-commerce to B2B SaaS. Prior to its merger with Palladium, Alex worked for digital analytics consultancy, onefourzero, where he honed his skills in providing actionable digital insight for private equity clients.
Aliz Pataki
Senior Manager, Digital Business Transformation
Aliz is a senior product manager at Palladium with 8+ years’ experience delivering bespoke digital solutions in consulting environments. She specialises in managing complex projects for scale-ups and large firms, blending user-centred design, business insight, and technical expertise to drive strategic impact.
Charlie Robertson
Senior Manager, Digital Business Transformation
Charlie is a strategy and product leader with 10 years’ experience, most recently focused on implementing data strategies and applied AI solutions. He has a background working for portfolio companies – from startups to scale-ups – and directly for private equity funds, where he’s operated in-house value creation teams to deliver measurable outcomes
Osama Aslam
Senior Manager, Digital Business Transformation
Osama is a talented digital consultant who has worked across a wide variety of programmes at Palladium. Comfortable working with the most senior stakeholders in an organisation, Osama places a high value on relationship building and is at his best when solving complex digital issues through his pragmatic approach to problem solving.
Edward Sanders
Director, Prism
Edward leads sales and commercial strategy for Palladium Digital’s AI Products, helping private equity and high-growth clients implement tailored AI solutions. He has deep experience in consultative sales, international growth, and managing integrations of acquisitions up to USD 600M.
Nik Winters
Client Engagement Manager, US
Nik’s experience lies in Investment Management and Lending Management, having graduated from Northeastern with a Major in Business Administration. He has led clients through the consulting process for a number of investment advisory firms and brings a wealth of varied sector knowledge with him to the Palladium team.
Hope Pritchard
Manager, Digital Business Transformation
Hope is a product and programme manager with 6+ years’ experience driving strategic delivery across healthcare, pharma, and consumer sectors. She combines technical expertise with agile execution, governance, and stakeholder alignment to enable effective adoption and lasting impact.
Jenna Hill
Manager, Digital Business Transformation
Jenna is a manager in Palladium’s Value Creation team, having previously worked on digital due diligence projects in the Transaction Advisory practice. Jenna specialises in product growth strategy and customer experience (CX), working with portfolio businesses to add long-term value.
Kathryn Hircombe
Manager, Transaction Advisory
Kathryn has led over 20 due diligence engagements for private equity clients, specialising in the consumer goods sector. She is an expert in digital marketing and e-commerce, with deep expertise in both paid and organic acquisition channels, as well as analytics tools.
Ryan Chapman
Product Manager, Prism
Ryan is a Product Manager specialising in B2B SaaS and AI-driven solutions. He has led feature development for the Prism platform, launched innovative data products, and built internal tools to accelerate team scalability. Previously, he held a data analytics role in the Transaction Advisory team supporting over 40 due diligence projects
Charlotte Hanchard
Customer Success Manager, Prism
Charlotte is a Customer Success Manager with 5+ years’ B2B SaaS experience. She excels at driving customer engagement and retention, delivering value for clients and stakeholders. A University of St Andrews graduate, she is passionate about digital transformation in private equity.
Olivia Wesson
Senior Engineer, Prism
Olivia is a Senior Engineer with extensive experience developing AI-driven products and data innovation tools for private equity clients. Prior to joining Palladium, Olivia played a key role at onefourzero, leading the creation of client-facing insights platforms and custom analytics solutions to deliver actionable value for investors.
Milton Santan Pereira
Senior QA Engineer
Milton works with the engineering team as a software tester, always on the lookout for bugs no one else sees. Detail-oriented and relentless, he’s the kind of person who keeps the product sharp and the developers on their toes.
Ben Hickey
Senior Consultant
Ben primarily works in the product team at Palladium, with prior experience in digital analytics at M&A advisory firm onefourzero. He brings analytical expertise and a data-driven approach to digital and product strategy.
Corey Hamilton
Senior Consultant
Corey primarily works with Palladium’s Transaction Advisory team, having conducted 20+ digital and commercial due diligence processes with a focus on consumer deals. He also has experience of working with the value creation teams on a range of strategic and operational initiatives for portfolio businesses.
Jonell Dadson
Senior Consultant
Data and digital analytics consultant with 5+ years’ experience supporting over 50 private equity firms and portfolio companies. Known for delivering actionable insights and strategic recommendations that unlock value and support post-investment growth.
Jessica Conn
Consultant
Aaron Jesani
Consultant
Kari Hoover
Consultant
Kari is a cross-functional consultant working across the business transformation and transaction advisory teams. Known for building strong relationships and energising teams, she thrives in collaborative environments and is comfortable engaging with stakeholders at all levels.
Dylan Hamilton
Consultant
Dylan is a consultant with expertise in digital transformation and strategic advisory for private equity and corporate clients across multiple industries. He is known for passionately delivering actionable insights on high-impact projects alongside driving measurable value through innovative problem-solving.
Elliot Glennon
Analyst
Elliot is an Analyst on Palladium’s graduate program, gaining experience in Product Implementation, Digital Business Transformation, and Transaction Advisory. He brings strong problem-solving skills, commercial awareness, and clear communication to help drive strategic outcomes for clients.
Julieta Rojas Ponce
Analyst
Julieta is an Analyst on Palladium’s graduate rotation program, gaining experience across Transaction Advisory, Product, and Digital Transformation. She brings strong analytical skills and a solutions-focused mindset to support investment decisions and drive client value.
Pantai Jacob
Finance Director
Mikaela Contreras
Learning & Career Development Manager
Jarrah Lowe
Employee & Partner Engagement Manager
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