Ian Leaman

Owner; Duke & Leaman

Ian Leaman is British, has a background in finance and operates as an adviser, investor and Board member to numerous companies across multiple industries. He moved to the US 5 years ago, shortly later being awarded US permanent resident status as a “Person of Extraordinary Ability demonstrated by sustained international acclaim”.

His career began with training as a Charted Accountant at Deloitte in London, where he was initially an auditor and then a restructuring and turnaround specialist. Many in the US business community are unfamiliar with this qualification - it’s like a combined MBA with CPA. This was the platform which launched him through a career focused on two key disciplines: Mergers & Acquisitions, where both as a principal and as advisor Ian has closed over 50 company sales and as a Chief Financial Officer and financial expert, culminating in Ian being simultaneously CFO of one London Stock Exchange Listed company and chairing the Audit Committee of another.

Here in LA, Ian focuses on helping entrepreneurs to build and to realize the value of what they've created, through maximizing the outcome of the process of selling their business (which doesn’t always mean top price alone).

Outside business, he is father of three self-appointed “young adults”, chairs the CFO Leadership Council LA Chapter, sits on a Board of the Jewish Federation of Los Angeles and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society."

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