Chris Mayo, London Stock Exchange Group, 'We are top five in the world this year for equity capital raising', Episode 67

Investing Matters

To quote Pearl Zhu, “Systems Thinkers shape a worldview based on the realization of interconnectedness”

With that in mind, welcome to this insightful Investing Matters interview with the hugely successful former Investment Banker, now Head of Primary Markets – Americas for the London Stock Exchange Group, Chris Mayo CFA.

As the Head of Primary Markets - Americas at London Stock Exchange Group, Chris provides guidance to companies and their shareholders on their bespoke financing requirements and strategy. He helps companies from the Americas across all sectors access high quality institutional capital in London’s public markets.

Chris has close to 30 years of corporate finance experience in New York and London as an Investment Banker for Barclays, Salomon Smith Barney, Citigroup and Schroders and has completed numerous M&A and equity transactions.

Before taking up primary markets responsibilities for the Americas, Chris spent two years as the LSE’s specialist in London on the technology and life science sectors with a focus on building LSE’s relationships with venture capital investors. Immediately prior to joining LSE, Chris spent 3 years as an investor and Head of Strategy for an early-stage cloud networking technology managed services company, which exited to a UK technology company.

Salford, UK born Chris is a huge Manchester United fan with historic connections to the football club. He holds a First Class Honours Degree in International Business and German from Aston University, a Masters in International Affairs from Columbia University and is a CFA Charterholder.

In this Investing Matters interview, Chris gives a brief overview of his roles and responsibilities at London Stock Exchange Group, the value-added global financial access available via London, his unique transatlantic perspective on markets / listings / equity culture, his personal investing strategy and much more.

Topics and discussions also include:

-Junior Analyst to Investment Banker dealmaker

-Working on the minority Liverpool FC stake sale to Granada TV

- Experiences of the Dot com Boom & Bust, 911, Financial crisis, working on interesting deals

-Being a “staffer”

-Regulatory changes/ Audit / Accounting / Sarbanes-Oxley controls

-Initial Public Offerings (IPOs)

-Career journey & roles with London Stock Exchange Group

-LSEG’s Lifesciences & Tech initiatives

-The vital role that the London Stock Exchange Group plays in the Private and Public markets

-The positives & advantages of listing in the UK

-Venture Capital / Private Equity

-Capital raising for small and large companies

-Investing reforms needed

-Listings including, Diversified Energy / MaxCyte / Microsalt / Helix Exploration / Boku

-Equity culture difference between US & UK investors

-British ISA

-Investing diversification

-Stamp Duty

-Pensions / Pensions allocations

-Visibility & Awareness

-Performance of US IPO market

-Personal investing strategy / having the courage of your investing convictions

-Investing in ETFS & actively managed funds

-London Stock Exchange Group is a tech company

-Shein & Raspberry Pi future UK listings

-Global access to financial markets via London

-Valuation differentials

-Investing & much more

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