Topic: London as a Partner in International Capital Markets

Speaker: Chris Mayo, Head of Primary Markets Americas at London Stock Exchange

Presentation:
London is the world’s most international exchange in terms of foreign listed companies including more than 125 from the Americas inclusive of more than 75 from the US. London offers a differentiated IPO alternative relative to North American exchanges. Although London often sees IPOs and secondary listings for multi-billion dollar value companies, LSE offers a solution to smaller companies in the $50m - $1bn value range via the Main Market and our growth market, AIM. A London listing typically incurs much lower cost and litigation risk than the US public markets and there is a high quality, institutional investor base focused on smaller companies.

Speaker's bio:

Chris helps companies and investment managers from the Americas access capital through corporate equity, debt and fund listings on London’s public markets. He has more than 20 years of corporate finance experience in New York and London for Barclays, Salomon Smith Barney, Citi and Schroders and has executed IPOs, financings and M&A transactions in the US and Europe worth tens of billions of dollars. Previously, Chris was the primary markets specialist for LSEG on the technology and life science sectors and was also an investor and Head of Strategy for an early-stage cloud managed services company, which exited to a UK technology company. He holds a First Class Honours Bachelors Degree in International Business and German from Aston University, a Masters Degree in International Relations from Columbia University and is a CFA Charterholder.