Pageant Media, founded in 1998, provides membership services offering senior professionals in the financial sector – across a range of industries, including hedge funds, mutual funds and insurance – news and analysis, data and events.
The appointment of Graham Elton follows a search process led by Pageant Media’s chief executive and founder, Charlie Kerr. Mr Elton will help Pageant build its presence in its existing markets, identify new opportunities and consider future strategic acquisitions, says Pageant Media.
Mr Elton is the head of Bain’s Private Equity practice for Europe, the Middle East and Africa (EMEA) and the UK Media practice. He has extensive commercial due diligence experience for private equity and corporate clients across numerous industries and geographies, and growth strategy, performance improvement and business carve-out experience in media, retail, consumer and business services.
Prior to joining Bain in 2001, Graham was a partner at Evolution Global Partners where he evaluated deals in media, financial services, consumer and technology sectors; Chief Executive Officer at Miller Freeman UK (now part of United Business Media) where he integrated three businesses; Managing Director at FT Business; and strategy director at Pearson.
Commenting on today's announcement Mr Kerr said: “Pageant Media has enjoyed a period of significant growth via its commitment to quality business information and a membership service that has become essential to a number of key global financial services. We are extremely pleased to have Graham on board to continue this growth via his experience and strategic insight.”
Commenting on his appointment Mr Elton said: “I am very excited to be joining Pageant at this important time in its development. I have been impressed by all that I have seen at the business and look forward to working with Charlie and the rest of the team.”
