FDS Director Services Limited

fds is an award-winning corporate finance boutique that provides services to owner managed businesses, supporting them on their business journey from the early stages through to a successful exit.

Currently celebrating 30 years of business, fds prides itself on continuing to provide services and support to established, growing and new businesses.

fds is a corporate finance company like no other, with specific in-house expertise, skills and industry connections all over the country. We will always endeavour to provide the best possible service to help our clients achieve their most desired outcome.

Our speciality is owner managers; that is who we are after all, so we understand your needs. We also benefit from extensive experience of working with a range of companies across a multiple of industries.

About the host:

Jo Haigh is the CEO and founder of fds, which is a boutique corporate finance house and has bases in London, Birmingham and Yorkshire. Since 1989 Jo has bought and sold approximately 400 companies, specialising in owner-managed companies.

In the 90s Jo created a specialist director training division, which has been highly successful since inception. She is a regular presenter on corporate governance and mergers and acquisitions for prestigious organisations across the UK and Europe.

Jo has been presented with many prestigious industry awards such as the IoD Yorkshire & North East regional awards Non-Exec Director of The Year, the Business Service Award on behalf of the CBI, First Women Awards, The Sunday Times NED of the Year, in association with Peel Hunt and Business Advisor of the Year from the IoD. In addition, Jo is also the author of seven business support books.

Jo also provides board support via her Non-Executive Director appointments for a number of prestigious companies based across England and the Isle of Man and has held over 40+ Non-Exec roles throughout her career.