Profile

Director of M&A and Strategy, Travel Trade Consultancy

Sarah is a business consultant and Director of M&A and Strategy at Travel Trade Consultancy, where she has provided strategic advice to clients in the travel sector since May 2020.

Before joining Travel Trade Consultancy, Sarah was a Director in PwC’s Capital Markets team in London, specialising in IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, and capital raisings involving the London Stock Exchange. She also spent nearly three years as a Director in PwC’s Deals team in New York, providing financial due diligence and advisory services to private equity and corporate clients.

A chartered accountant, Sarah qualified while working in PwC’s audit practice, focusing on listed and mid-tier clients. She has worked across PwC’s Newcastle, Sydney, and London offices, advising clients across Asia, Europe, and North America. While she now specialises in the travel sector, her broader industry experience includes airlines, pharmaceuticals, real estate and lodging, natural resources, consumer goods, packaging, technology, and telecommunications.

Sarah is a graduate of Newcastle University Business School’s Business, Accounting and Finance ("Flying Start") programme, developed in collaboration with PwC and the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). She is also an external trustee of Newcastle University Students’ Union, where she chairs the Finance and Risk Committee.