Langham Hall is pleased to introduce First Close, a new podcast series in which Tom Pinnell, Head of Commercial, Europe, sits down with emerging private equity managers and the people who work alongside them to talk honestly about what it takes to build a private equity firm from scratch.

Each episode delves in to moments that matter the most. The highs, the lows, the successes and the failures on the road to the first close.

Our first guest is Mark Williams, Co-founder and Managing Partner of Goldenpeak, one of the most exciting new private equity firms to have launched in recent years and a manager who recently completed one of the fastest first-time fundraises we have seen in this market. Tom recently sat down with Mark to discuss the journey from idea to first close, why now, and what truly sets Goldenpeak apart.

Available on Spotify, Apple Podcasts and all major platforms.