Meridian Corporate Finance Ltd | Trusted Advisors in Southampton

Michael Barcia

Director

Having grown up in London and Chesterfield, Michael went to Bangor University and then moved to Liverpool to train as an accountant with Ernst & Young. Upon qualifying he joined Kelloggs (counting cornflakes) as a financial controller and after two years with Kelloggs he made a "dream" move into corporate finance, to work with entrepreneurial businesses.

In 2002 he established the forerunner for Meridian, in partnership with a regional law firm. Michael asked Darren to join him in 2003, wanting to add Darren's banking and VC skill set to his accountancy, industry and corporate finance experience. During 2005 they changed the name to Meridian Corporate Finance and completed their own MBO of Meridian in October 2008.

Michael holds the Corporate Finance qualification and is retained by a number of clients as a non-executive Director giving impact into strategy with an obvious focus on the numbers given his background.

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“This has been an incredible journey to date. Huge thank you to Meridian, who invested in our early stages. Darren has been an incredible business partner and has helped throughout our journey with great advice, that’s always pragmatic and considered, not to mention being available at any time and any place, no matter where he was in the world and always willing to help!

Greg Isbister, CEO
Blis Ltd

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“It was a great pleasure to work with Prabin on the MBO of CJR. Prabin is clearly an experienced corporate financier, and was instrumental in helping us complete the transaction – drawing on his experience to work very collaboratively with the deal team to support us through what was a very smooth process!”

Mark Russell, Shareholder
CJR Propulsion

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“Working with the Meridian team was a pleasure. Prabin was instrumental in pulling the information together and presenting it back to all sides in a way that helped push the deal through, often having to turn around projections with speed for the momentum to be carried forward. A great asset to the deal.”

Adrian Povey, Shareholder
Chamonix Estates

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