Our Team
We approach each project as an individual piece of work and brief a team based on the specific requirements and goals.
We have specialists in the following areas:
Team Biographies
Our skill base covers all areas of the Digital Due Diligence process including market analysis, strategy and proposition analysis and brand strategy.
Jon Butler
A founding partner of Digital Due Diligence, Jon Butler is an experienced growth strategist with long and varied experience of working both client and agency side for a number of Fast Track 100 tech companies.
Jon has particular experience and expertise in fuelling businesses, with a proven record of success in helping them to find and censure the right type and level of investment.
As an early adopter of digital, Jon brings a wealth of commercial expertise as well as strategic focus, drive and direction to the task of supporting private equity clients through complex mergers and acquisitions.
He is a respected digital catalyst with a keen eye on the evolving technical landscape, enabling companies to deliver outstanding performance driven by attention to detail, industry knowledge insight and innovation.
James Lowery
A Digital Marketing specialist for more than 15 years, James Lowery has worked with both agencies and large organisations to create, execute, and evaluate the success of cross channel digital marketing strategies.
As a specialist consultant, James works in partnership with businesses to review their marketing provision and assess agency performance against industry benchmarks.
This experience is invaluable in providing insight about business performance and growth opportunities as part of the process of digital due diligence.
James’s experience includes providing growth consultancy for organisations at various stages of their development, including working with start-ups to secure seed and early stage equity funding.
Over the course of his career, both agency and client side, James has been involved in several large acquisition projects, completing review work for, amongst others, Holiday Autos, Latitude Digital Marketing, Vibe Tickets and Faction Skis.
Tim Butler
Tim has over 15 years’ experience delivering digital projects and leads a team of web and application developers.
He has overseen successful migration and integration following the mergers of major insurance brands and enterprise technology firms, ensuring seamless transition and business continuity.
His team assists with reviewing, planning and delivering migration, evaluating existing project and infrastructure performance, plus security, hosting and code reviews to check for bugs and report on the quality of the codebase.
Tim can also advise on a platform’s suitability for migration, or if the website or app requires redeveloping. Migrating between platforms is sometimes necessary to simplify the codebase and facilitate integration work.
Tim’s reports also review user experience, providing an overview of key issues affecting conversion rates, such as a poor mobile experience, slow page load times or poorly planned user journeys.
Tristan Morris
With 24 years’ experience delivering solutions for some of the UK’s biggest brands, Tristan Morris is a strategic thinker with proven strengths in brand planning and integrated communications.
Tristan provides strategic guidance and advice for mergers and acquisitions, with an emphasis on brand and marketing support for the financial sector.
His experience spans many sectors including financial, technology, home improvement, travel, leisure, consumer electrics, and home building. His attention to detail and planning can help to ensure that partners are fully prepared to successfully navigate a complex sales process.
Tristan’s experience extends to working with private equity investors supporting new start-ups, technological developments as well as strategic brand and marketing support. Mergers and acquisitions often involve significant intellectual property issues, and Tristan’s experience ensures thorough due diligence on patents, copyrights, licenses, trademarks and other intellectual property matters.
