Our Team

Experienced advisors for important business decisions.

Bayside Advisory brings together transaction, investment, and strategic advisory experience to help business owners create value, prepare for exit, raise capital, and assess major opportunities with confidence.

When you work with us, you deal directly with us - start to finish.

Why Our Team Matters

Our clients are often making decisions that affect value, ownership, funding, or long-term options. They need experienced people who can challenge assumptions, bring perspective, and help them prepare properly.

We have worked across advisory, investment, and transactions, which means we understand both how value is built internally and how it is judged externally by funders, acquirers, and investors.

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sam.miller@baysideadvisory.co.uk

07940 829 846

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Sam Miller

Sam works with business owners on value creation, exit planning, fundraising and acquisition-related decisions. He brings over 20 years’ experience across advisory, investment, and lending, helping owners prepare for and navigate the major strategic events that define their business future.

Prior to founding Bayside Advisory, Sam held senior roles in corporate finance, private equity, and banking at Clearwater, Frontier Development Capital, RBS, and HBOS. Having also built and scaled his own ventures, he brings a first-hand understanding of the challenges business owners face, ensuring his advice is always commercially grounded and focused on the owner's objectives.

Core areas of focus:

  • Exit planning and pre-sale value creation.

  • Fundraising, refinancing, and investment readiness.

  • Strategic decision support.

  • Acquisition assessment and transaction preparation.

Co-Founder
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stephen.murray@baysideadvisory.co.uk

07577 611 974

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Stephen Murray

Stephen works with business owners to sharpen their strategic focus, improve financial clarity, and ensure the business is prepared for its next major milestone. With a background in private equity, he brings a unique "investor-side" perspective, helping clients understand exactly what funders, acquirers, and stakeholders look for when evaluating a business.

Before joining Bayside Advisory, Stephen spent his career in private equity, where he was responsible for identifying investment opportunities, sitting on company boards, and managing portfolio growth. His earlier experience in restructuring and transactions gives him a practical, analytical approach to risk and value. This depth of experience allows him to help clients anticipate questions, resolve potential issues early, and build a more compelling case for their future.

Core areas of focus:

  • Exit planning and strategic readiness.

  • Investor-lens review and pre-transaction preparation.

  • Financial modelling and commercial decision support.

  • Diligence preparation and strategic execution

Selected prior transactions:

  • BE Design: minority equity investment in a built environment consultancy (YFM, 2026).

  • Replay Maintenance: £6.5m investment supporting a management buyout (YFM, 2024).

  • Antser Group: £10.25m investment supporting a management buyout (YFM, 2023).

  • Building products business: £30m refinancing, as an independent consultant (2021).

  • When In Rome: £0.5m growth capital raise, as an independent consultant (2021).

  • Red Industries: £14m investment within a £39m management buyout (BGF, 2019).

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Co-Founder
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adam.levan@baysideadvisory.co.uk

07748 703 438

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Chief Operating Officer

Adam Le Van

Adam works with business owners on funding, transaction readiness, and rebuilding the financial foundations that major decisions depend on. He brings over 25 years’ experience as a CFO and finance leader across PLC, private equity-backed, and owner-managed businesses, adding most value during periods of change and challenge by bringing structure and calm judgement to complex situations.

Before joining Bayside Advisory, Adam was CFO of AIM-listed Strip Tinning Holdings Plc, where he led the transition from private ownership to public markets and delivered an oversubscribed IPO at the top of the valuation range. As CFO of Bladon Micro Turbine he raised £50m across multiple equity rounds and secured £5m of government grant funding. His earlier career spans KPMG Transaction Services, Jaguar Land Rover, and Associated British Foods. He has led IPOs, turnarounds, refinancings, and shareholder exits, and has stepped into operational leadership where businesses needed it.

Core areas of focus:

  • IPO readiness, equity, debt, and grant fundraising.

  • Turnaround, restructuring, and recovery.

  • Finance function rebuild and reporting discipline.

  • Exit readiness, data room preparation, and diligence management.

  • Financial modelling.