Peter brings a fresh challenging approach as well as a wealth of experience and contacts to a Board. Peter will consider non-executive director roles

Qualifications

Peter Coyne graduated as a Civil Engineer and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. He carries the ICAEW Corporate Finance qualification and is a CEDR Accredited Mediator. He was awarded a Certificate of Merit on completion of the Director Development Programme run by the Institute of Directors in Ireland.

Advisory Experience

Peter has a number of years of experience in an investment bank director role advising boards of public and private companies on strategy, on corporate transactions and on governance matters:

• Mergers;
• Acquisitions;
• Joint ventures;
• Disposals;
• Fundraisings;
• IPOs.

Non-Executive Director Experience

Peter has over 10 years of experience as a Board member of a NASDAQ listed diagnostic test manufacturer and developer, Trinity Biotech plc. Trinity has a market cap of over $500m. Trinity is headquartered in Ireland and has operations on East and West Coast USA, South America and Sweden. Peter is Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration Committee of the Board.

Peter is also on the Board of Ark Life Assurance Company Limited which role carries Central Bank of Ireland approval. Peter is a member of the Audit Committee of Ark. Ark closed to new business in 2012 and has 270,000 policyholders with €4bn of assets under management.

Role

Non-executive directors strengthen a board by offering independent expert counsel and advice and by acting as a constructive critic in relation to the strategic direction of the company. Because they are not involved in the day to day management of the company and because of their breadth of experience non-executive directors can see issues from a fresh and diverse perspective. With their wide base of contacts non-executive directors can act as a bridge to potential investors or stakeholders.

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The mediation process is business friendly, adaptable, quick and cost effective. Peter’s commercial background and experience uniquely qualify him to assist parties in dispute to achieve effective resolution outside the court processes

CEDR

The Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (“CEDR”) is the leading professional services consultancy providing access to expertise in a range of problem solving disciplines used to achieve resolution in conflict in business. CEDR Accreditation is internationally recognised as the standard of excellence.

Peter Coyne – CEDR Accredited

Peter Coyne qualified as a CEDR Accredited Mediator in February, 2014. Alternative dispute resolution processes drive down the cost and time spent in resolving business disputes compared with legal and court processes. Peter was attracted to this area of activity having spent six months working on one side of a dispute, involving many tens of millions, which was advancing slowly and with no end in sight. Working with his client he embarked on an alternative dispute resolution process. Ultimately, resolution was quick and effective. It saved millions of euro in legal fees and critically it freed management from the burden of what could have been many months even years in a frustrating court process.

Peter Coyne – Experience

As an area of professional practice alternative dispute resolution is populated by mediators coming from a legal background. Peter through his working career has gained a keen insight into the principles of commercial law but also is coming from a very pragmatic commercial background. Much of Peter’s working career has been in issue and conflict resolution associated with transaction activity. Resolution of issues and conflicts requires good relationship building skills on top of thorough analysis and negotiation skills. Peter’s experience qualifies him uniquely for practice as a commercial mediator.

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We align our efforts to those of our clients while remaining independent and objective and relentlessly driving the transaction forward

Goal

Many companies seek growth through acquisition or merger. The objective of the acquisition or merger process is often to achieve a whole which is greater than the sum of the parts.

Conversely, shareholders and investors often seek an exit having taken the enterprise as far as they can or wish to.

Diamond Splash works with clients at all phases of the process to achieve its clients’ aims.

Role

Diamond Splash assists clients in developing and implementing their strategy for acquisition, merger or disposal:

• Identifying and evaluating possible targets;
• Making the approach;
• Negotiating a deal framework and transaction terms;
• Assisting in raising the acquisition finance;
• Coordinating all of the transaction parties;
• Project managing and driving the transaction to completion.

How

Initial Stages

We work with clients to identify key requirements from a transaction and its financial implications:

• Valuation – what is affordable or achievable?
• How to make an approach that optimises the chances of success;
• How to structure a deal allowing the parties meet their own objectives;
• How to manage the business during a period of significant management distraction.

Negotiations and Completion

Managing transaction negotiations effectively requires a clear focus and objectivity, an ability to be creative and flexible and the capacity to develop and enhance relationships. All of this is to be achieved while maintaining transaction momentum which means relentlessly driving the transaction to completion. We assist clients by taking the lead role in transaction management. Achieving a successful conclusion is our exclusive focus.

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Our work is finished when our client has a clear strategy, the steps for its implementation, the resources in place and the support and commitment of the team to execute it

Goal

Diamond Splash works with clients to develop and give effect to long term strategic and business plans that will help them grow through evolving business environments and the constantly changing economic backdrop.

Role

Diamond Splash assists clients to:

• Prepare and evaluate robust long term strategic plans and the interim steps to make them happen;
• Prepare short term project assessments and business plans;
• Develop the appropriate capital structure and realistic funding options; and
• Negotiate funding and investment terms with banks, private investors and institutional investors.

Diamond Splash also assists banks and investors in challenged client circumstances.

How

Strategic Plan

We work with our clients to identify what’s at the core of their business offering, what makes them different and what they really want to achieve. We bring a fresh and creative perspective and challenge the conventional. At all times we evaluate risk and reward seeking to achieve the appropriate balance. We work until we reach agreement and marshal the support of all stakeholders in the new strategy.

Business + Project Plans

We work through the financial analysis. We test assumptions. We reality check the plan against the available resources and the requirements of the debt and equity funding markets.

Funding and Investment

We develop the capital structure and prepare the funding plan where required. We negotiate on behalf of our clients, with the risk reward balance at the forefront of all we do.

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