Congratulations to Yunus Seedat who was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2024 Yorkshire Business Insider Dealmakers. Very well deserved recognition for Yunus who continues to be one of the outstanding dealmakers of his generation, an inspiring mentor and superb client partner with a relentless focus on getting even the most complex transactions over the line. Those who know Yunus will recall that by the late 1990s and early 2000s, he had become the principal adviser to 3i, the UK’s most prolific private equity investor at the time, advising on its significant deals in Yorkshire and beyond. Throughout the 2000s, Yunus combined his leadership role as Head of Corporate with a series of high-profile transactions, including MKM, Card Factory, Callcredit, Go Outdoors, Sumo Digital, and Zenith, to name just a few. When collecting his award Yunus was quick to pay tribute to all those advisors, colleagues and mentors who have supported him over the years, calling out the late Tim Wheldon in particular who 'taught me everything I know'. Lifetime accolades sometimes imply the recipient is entering the twilight of their career, but those who know Yunus will be aware that he has a few more deals left in him yet! Well done Yunus on a fantastic track record and good luck with what’s still to come.
Well deserved Yunus.
Huge congratulations Yunus. This is great news and very well-deserved.
Amazing and so well deserved! 👏
Yunus Seedat. This is super to see and nothing less than deserved.
Bill Gilliam
3w
Very well deserved Yunus - and a nice tribute to Tim too.
Sally Jones
3w
Congratulations Yunus, very well deserved 👏
Nicola Ross
2w
Amazing and inspiring
Sara Gilmore
3w
Well done Yunus, fantastic recognition.
Congratulations Yunus 👏👏👏
Principal Knowledge Lawyer at Addleshaw Goddard
3wFabulous, well done Yunus, thoroughly deserved. As someone who worked with you on many of those deals I know what an amazing dealmaker you are. Lovely tribute to Tim too.