Eleanor Hart
Managing Partner, mergers and acquisitions
Eleanor runs sale mandates for founder owned companies worth £10m to £250m. She founded Ordway in 2009 so that owners would get a partner, not a junior team, on the one sale that matters most to them, and she stays in every meeting from the first call to completion.
At a glance
The facts you can check.
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Qualifications
Chartered Accountant (ACA), ICAEW, 2000
In practice since
1997, twelve years in transaction services before founding Ordway
Focus
Sale mandates for founder owned companies
Sectors
Logistics, engineering and healthcare services
Languages
English, French
Engagements led, anonymised.
Client names withheld. Each case is shown with the client’s written permission.
Questions to ask
What owners ask first.
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How early should I call you?
Two to three years before you want to complete. The first meeting has no fee and tells you what to fix first, and what can wait.
Will you be in the meetings, or a junior team?
I lead every mandate from the first call to completion, and I am named in the engagement letter.
When would you tell me not to sell?
When the price you need is above what buyers will pay this year. We tell you that in the first month, not the ninth.
Recent work in public.
Services led
Where this partner leads the work.
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Next step
Speak to a partner directly. No switchboard, no junior team.
We reply within one working day, Monday to Friday.
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