Notable Achievements
- Amin was awarded an Honours Degree from The University of Manchester, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and completed an Executive MBA at the prestigious Harvard Business School.
- Amin views social engagement as a fundamental principle of doing business and as such, he serves on CBI’s NW Regional Council, is a Fellow of the RSA, a Board member of Maggie’s and Bayer circle of University of Manchester, is a Trustee of the Iran Heritage Foundation and also served as a patron of Raleigh International in Merseyside, and on the court of Liverpool University.
- Amin has an enviable track record of creating/enhancing shareholder value for the companies in which he has invested. He was viewed as the ‘Entrepreneur’s Entrepreneur!’ in the prestigious Daily Telegraph Business Club film released in November 2009, and has won many awards and accolades, including ‘Insider’s Turnaround Team of the Year and “Special Contributions” awards in 2013 and 2019 respectively. His initial capital of only £50K in 2001, has produced realisations of circa £40M of Enterprise Value (EV) thus far with perhaps in excess of £100M of EV is yet to be realised.
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Amin Amiri is Founder and Chief Executive of a2e Industries, a Manchester based investment management firm.
Amin Amiri is the founder and CEO of a2e Industries Limited, a long term "value investor" with a distinctive and contrarian approach in mid-market industrial and niche technology companies.
Career Overview
Amin is a highly accomplished corporate financier and a long term value investor who specialises in wealth creation by revitalising businesses often through “transforming” the strategic focus and the operational capability of companies. His focus is, the portfolio of investments in which he has a controlling interest includes manufacturing/industrial/technology companies with aggregate sales and EBITDA of circa £165m and £18.5m, respectively.
Amin was awarded an Honours Degree from The University of Manchester, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and completed an Executive MBA at the prestigious Harvard Business School. He then experienced at first hand the potency of the capital markets in New York, handling corporate finance advisory assignments in the US, South America, Moscow, Belgrade and London.
Upon his return to the UK in 1991, as head of Grant Thornton Corporate Finance in the North, Amin developed the team in Liverpool, Manchester and Leeds from small beginnings to national recognition and profitability. His innovation and flair in deal making, in the course of completing 176 transactions with a value of over £1.5 Billion, earned him a high profile in the UK.
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