Gareth Morgan
Private Equity Writing

Gareth Morgan

Previously from Unquote and Sunday Times Fast Track.
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About

Gareth Morgan is a private equity writer and researcher with over five years of experience helping clients in the private equity industry produce market-leading content, industry analysis, and marketing materials to support fundraising. Through three years working at Unquote, he developed a thorough understanding of the private equity industry, and gained experience in creating content including news articles, in-depth analysis reports, and podcasts. At The Sunday Times Fast Track, he managed two league tables, identifying companies growing sales internationally, delivering projects to deadlines, and writing copy for a national newspaper.

Employment

3 roles
May 2021 - Present 5 years
Private Equity Writer
Independent
  • Helped clients in the private equity industry to produce market-leading content, industry analysis, and marketing materials to support fundraising.
  • Worked for Brackendale Consulting, responsible for investor marketing work at Brackendale, including investor newsletters, market reports, blogs, ESG Reports, PPMs, and investor presentations. 
Oct 2019 - May 2021 1 year 7 months
Senior Research Manager
The Sunday Times Fast Track
  • Served as a writer, researcher, and project manager of league tables of Britain's fastest-growing private companies, published in The Sunday Times.
  • Produced research analysis reports based on league tables, drawing on quantitative and qualitative insights about featured companies to identify and illustrate key themes.
  • Interviewed senior management teams of top-performing companies to augment desk-based research.
  • Drafted press releases to promote coverage of the league tables and featured companies in the regional and national press.
  • Proactively coordinated with internal departments on deadlines, sign-offs, events, and with external sponsors on research meetings.
  • Led meetings with management teams of selected companies and representatives from Fast Track sponsors.
  • Presented project updates at weekly department and company-wide meetings.
Aug 2016 - Oct 2019 3 years 2 months
Senior Research Manager
Unquote
  • Managed fund and LP research for Unquote, a European private equity trade publication.
  • Created market-leading analysis of the European private equity industry, notably on fundraising, secondaries, and listed private capital.
  • Produced market analysis reports using Unquote Data; querying and analyzing data in Excel and writing up findings for publication.
  • Wrote content for a daily newsletter, standalone market analysis reports and podcasts, and provided research support to journalists, salespeople and management.

Education

Nov 2018 - Mar 2019 4 months
Certificate in Corporate Finance, Corporate Finance
Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment
Sep 2010 - Sep 2011 1 year
Master of Arts, Applied Linguistics
The University of Sheffield
Sep 2007 - Jul 2010 2 years 10 months
Bachelor of Arts, English Language and Lingusitics
The University of Sheffield

Portfolio

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