Amy Carroll : Editor

Amy joined Real Deals in 2004 having covered the institutional investment market. She was previously editor of private equity news and research website AltAssets and a reporter for Private Banker International, a Lafferty Group publication. Amy graduated from Birmingham University in 2000.

Samuel Barton : Managing Editor

Samuel joined the editorial team on Real Deals as managing editor in May 2008. He covers the debt and regulatory areas of the market. Samuel was previously group head of production at Real Deals' publisher Caspian. He joined from CMPi title Property Week in 2006.

Nicholas Neveling : Reporter

Nicholas joined Real Deals in April 2008. UK mid-market buyouts are his particular stock-in-trade.

Clare Haughey : Editorial Assistant

Clare joined Real Deals in January 2007 as an editorial assistant. She is responsible for delegating deals for the done deals section of the magazine and for uploading all news stories and magazine content.

Founder & Editorial Director: Stuart Rock

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Founder & Communications Director: Matthew Rock

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Commercial Director: Roger Beckett

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