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Independent M&A and Strategic Advisory for Growth, Acquisition and Exit

Rupert Wesson

Rupert is a qualified coach, trainer and learning consultant. He is a writer, speaker and commentator on all aspects of business communication and business etiquette and he has worked globally with a huge number of blue chip companies as well as many UHNW individuals.

He is qualified as a performance coach and is accredited by the British Psychology Society in the application and interpretation of psychometric tools. He is accredited as a user of Belbin (Team roles) Roche Martin (Emotional Capital Report) and Identity (Personality Reports). He has also trained and qualified as a Neuro Linguistic Programming Master Practitioner.

He has a great deal of experience designing, delivering and managing learning programmes of every scale and scope from one off workshops to large scale, multi discipline projects. He is qualified in Systems Approach to Learning and has applied this knowledge to technical and leadership learning programmes.

He is also a hugely experienced communication coach and his work has helped business leaders sell their vision and he has helped to create and coach business pitches that have resulted in sales worth many millions. He has helped many people in high profile roles with confidence and personal impact.

His published writing credits include Debrett’s Guide to Business Etiquette as well as a number of periodicals including City AM and Luxury Briefing. As a speaker and commentator he is a regular on news channels including BBC radio and TV, Sky TV and Bloomberg. He has also performed live on a BBC radio comedy show.

Rupert spent the first part of his career in the British Army. He graduated from the Royal Military Academy, Sandhurst and he served on operations around the world. His roles have included frontline leadership in many of the world’s trouble spots. He has also undertaken roles acting as a negotiator, strategist and diplomat at senior political levels.

When not working Rupert loves doing anything that gets him outdoors. He enjoys skiing (he is a qualified instructor) and has an abiding love of the British countryside and all that it has to offer.

About Us

At Debrett’s, we help founders, owners and management teams of ambitious SMEs realise the full value of the companies they have shaped. Our advice is tailored to support business sales, fund raising in its various forms and acquisitions, with our unrivalled experience and network delivering exceptional value throughout the engagement.

Every engagement benefits from our privileged access to private equity, family offices and HNW investors, relationships forged over decades across the Debrett’s ecosystem and our senior team’s careers. Combined with rigorous sector knowledge and transaction expertise, this enables us to secure outcomes others cannot.

Whether preparing for a near-term exit or building optionality for the future, Debrett’s stands beside business owners to shape the story that will define their success.

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