Will is an Investment Director in LDC’s Yorkshire team, based in Leeds. He is responsible for identifying potential investment opportunities, leading transactions and supporting the management teams of LDC’s portfolio businesses as they pursue their growth ambitions.

Will joined LDC in 2021 and has since supported a number of LDC investments including ARC Building SolutionsTexecom, BCIS, Cellhire and Pagabo Group. 

Formerly Will spent eight years in the corporate finance team of global investment bank Rothschild & Co. There he worked on numerous local, national and international transactions, and helped Yorkshire-based management teams operating across a variety sectors secure private equity investment. Prior to this he worked for five years in EY’s corporate finance team, qualifying as a chartered accountant.

Will graduated from the University of Newcastle with a degree in Business Management in 2008.

Supporting ARC Building Solutions’ next stage of growth

In an interview with Corporate Financier, Will discusses the strategic rationale behind LDC’s investment into Leeds-based ARC Building Solutions, highlighting the strong market fundamentals, LDC’s sector expertise in the built environment and how the partnership is supporting ARC’s next phase of growth.

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The business’ partnership with LDC has been transformational. LDC backed an ambitious vision under independent ownership, investing in people and infrastructure, enabling us to build out our sales and product capabilities, and crucially, supporting us to unlock new revenue streams from our dataset and deliver ever increasing value back to our customers.”

Richard Linstead, CEO
BCIS

Awards

Private Equity Team of the Year

Yorkshire Rainmakers Awards 2026