Jonathan Burr

Director

Jonny is a director at Oaklins Cavendish, one of Oaklins’ member firms in the UK. He leads the firm’s corporate origination, bringing over 12 years’ experience working for lower and mid-market private equity funds on the buy-side. His main role involves researching, targeting and building relationships with privately-owned companies throughout the UK, providing him with extensive experience in engaging with owner managers who are looking to exit or raise capital and preparing businesses to go to market.

Jonny started his career at UK mid-market private equity firm Sovereign Capital, where he was dedicated to developing business relationships across the healthcare and education sectors. This experience resulted in a number of completed deals thanks to his in-depth knowledge of those industries and his ability to engage with entrepreneurs and management teams. Throughout his subsequent roles at leading private equity funds Synova Capital and Mobeus Equity Partners, he continued to build on his origination skills and contacts network in a range of sectors, including technology, business services, travel, healthcare and education, delivering a number of successful transactions. Jonny has an MA (Hons) from the University of Edinburgh and a BA from LAMDA.