Neil Thapar

Director

Neil Thapar, founding director of Corfin, came into public relations after 25 years in financial journalism at national and international media as well as a stint as an equity analyst with a London stockbroker. As a journalist he broke major exclusives concerning many global corporates such as BP, BT, Cairn Energy, Logica CMG, ICI, Prudential, Unilever, WPP etc. As investment editor of the Mail on Sunday, Neil wrote the widely read Midas Column for five years.

He has extensive experience of commenting on new issues, M&A, corporate governance, company results analysis and other business issues.

His media experience includes:

2003:

The Business, City Editor, responsible for leading the newspaper's UK and European company news

2002:

Equity strategist at Dulacher Corporation

2000:

ShareCast, City Editor and part of team that launched the financial website for investors

1995:

Mail on Sunday, Investment Editor and member of senior editorial team responsible for expanding the newspaper's financial coverage

1994:

Bloomberg Business News, Markets Editor and team member for coordinating the firm's European coverage from its London Bureau

1986:

The Independent, Chief City Reporter/City Reporter, part of the editorial team that founded the daily under Andreas Whittam Smith

IPO Experience:

Venteco, GTE, Orpak, Amiad, Adamind, Orca Interactive, MicroEmissive Displays, Wolfson Microelectronics, Visual Defence, Ki-Bi Mobile Technologies, Aisi Realty Public

Transaction Experience

GTE, Orpak, Amiad, Adamind, Orca Interactive, MicroEmissive Displays, Wolfson Microelectronics, Visual Defence, Ki-Bi Mobile Technologies