A leading Aberdeen accountant and business advisor has won a prestigious dealmaker award for a second time.
Simon Cowie, founder and managing director of chartered accountancy practice Infinity Partnership, has been named Scotland’s Dealmaker of the Year at the 2014 Deals and Dealmakers Awards. Simon previously won the title in 2009.
Infinity Partnership was named among the top five accountancy firms for deal completions and the second top deal initiator having completed 31 transactions with a value in excess of £150m. The judging panel noted that Simon was “someone who really finds solutions to problems and gets deals on the table”. One judge said: “It’s no mean feat to bring a potential transaction to a client and then see it through to completion.”
When announcing the Dealmaker of the Year honour, it was stated that “the winner was an inspirational and aspirational individual who served as a role model for the deal-making community in Scotland.”
Simon said: “Winning this award was a real honour for myself and the business as a whole. The high standard of nominees shows how far Infinity Partnership has come in a relatively short space of time.
“My primary objective has always been to add value to a client’s business by working closely with them and gaining a full understanding of a company’s infrastructure and assisting it in realising objectives. It’s a challenge that everyone at Infinity thrives upon.”
A former pupil at Robert Gordon’s College and a graduate of Robert Gordon University, Simon had key roles at two Aberdeen accountancy practices before setting up Infinity Partnership.
The Deals and Dealmakers Awards dinner was held at the Hilton Hotel in Glasgow.