The Duchess of Cambridge has officially opened the new Clerkenwell headquarters of a children’s mental health charity. Place2Be, in City Road, provides emotional and therapeutic support to children in schools, working alongside and helping to train school leaders and teachers....Place2Be chair of trustees Simon Mackenzie-Smith watches the Duchess unveil a plaque.
"In this environment, we are likely to continue to see combinations that make strategic sense and enable companies to take out significant amounts of cost," said Simon Mackenzie-Smith, chairman of UK and Ireland corporate and investment banking at Bank of America-Merrill Lynch.
Bank of America Merrill Lynch exec Simon Mackenzie-Smith told City AM, 'we’re cautiously optimistic that there will be more activity over the next quarter as a result of this currency shift...
Top Bank of America Merrill Lynch exec Simon Mackenzie-Smith concurred: “This is likely to produce more M&A interest from buyers who have a positive, long-term approach...
Simon Mackenzie-Smith, Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Banking veteran and one of the City’s top dealmakers, Simon worked at KPMG and Morgan Grenfell before joining Merrill Lynch two decades ago.
