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The people behind the conviction.

A multidisciplinary team combining four decades of high-performance acquisition doctrine with institutional finance, international legal and governance experience.

Chairman
Daniel S. Peña Sr., Chairman DP
Chairman

Daniel S. Peña Sr.

Founder of Great Western Resources; originator of the Quantum Leap Advantage

Daniel S. Peña Sr. founded Great Western Resources and took it to a listing on the London Stock Exchange, and has taught the Quantum Leap Advantage methodology at Guthrie Castle, Scotland, for more than three decades. He chairs Dreamers Investment Consortium, bringing a disciplined, high-performance doctrine to the group's acquisition strategy.

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Executive Officers
David Fam, Founder & Head of Growth DF
Founder & Head of Growth

David Fam

Acquisition origination, owner relationships and group development

David Fam established Dreamers Investment Consortium to build a UK-focused acquisitions house founded on disciplined transactions, long-term operational development and respect for the owners who built the businesses it seeks to acquire. He leads origination, strategic relationships and the development of the group's acquisition pipeline.

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Karen Sands, Group Chief Financial Officer KS
Group Chief Financial Officer

Karen SandsACA CTA

Private-equity finance leadership; M&A, integration and capital structure

Karen Sands brings more than 25 years of post-qualification experience in finance leadership across private-equity-backed, VC-backed and listed businesses, including more than 30 M&A transactions and four IPOs. At Dreamers she is responsible for financial governance, acquisition financial analysis, capital structure assessment and the development of scalable finance infrastructure.

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Group Chief Executive Officer

Group Chief Executive Officer

Appointment in progress

The Group Chief Executive Officer will be appointed as the consortium's acquisition programme develops. The role will carry executive responsibility for the operating group and its acquired businesses. No appointment has been made and no individual should be presumed to hold this position.

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Group Chief Legal Officer

Corporate Legal Strategy, M&A & Governance. The Group Chief Legal Officer supports the legal and corporate governance framework of Dreamers Investment Consortium. The role encompasses acquisition legal strategy, transaction structuring, corporate governance, commercial contracts, legal risk management and coordination with external professional advisers. As the consortium pursues its acquisition strategy, the Group Chief Legal Officer provides a central legal leadership function supporting disciplined transaction processes, governance standards and corporate development.

  • Mergers & AcquisitionsLegal oversight of acquisition structures, transaction processes, documentation and completion requirements.
  • Corporate GovernanceDevelopment and maintenance of appropriate corporate governance, reporting and legal oversight arrangements.
  • Transaction DocumentationCoordination of heads of terms, confidentiality agreements, exclusivity arrangements, share purchase agreements and other transaction documentation.
  • Commercial Legal StrategyIdentification and management of material contractual and legal issues.
  • Risk & ComplianceSupport for legal risk assessment, corporate compliance and appropriate governance controls.
  • External Legal AdvisersCoordination of appointed external legal specialists where required.
  • IntegrationSupport for legal entity structures, corporate integration and post-acquisition legal matters.
Strategic Advisers
Bob Charlton, Senior Strategic Adviser BC
Senior Strategic Adviser

Bob Charlton

Senior Strategic Adviser — Legal, M&A, Governance & Corporate Development

Bob Charlton brings more than four decades of international transactional legal experience, including twenty years as a partner at Clifford Chance and ten at Freshfields, followed by senior leadership roles at DLA Piper, Berwin Leighton Paisner and Addleshaw Goddard, including Asia-Pacific regional leadership. His advisory remit at Dreamers spans corporate development, transaction strategy, governance, commercial risk and long-term growth planning.

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Appointment to be announced

Senior Strategic Adviser — Construction, Heritage & Estates

Dreamers is appointing a senior adviser to support the construction, heritage and property dimensions of its acquisition mandate. The appointee combines a qualified architectural background with nearly two decades at a leading global engineering consultancy at board and global-practice level, followed by more than a decade as an independent client representative and construction director for private family offices, leading the design, procurement and delivery of Grade I and Grade II* listed estates and complex new-build facilities, with portfolios exceeding £350 million delivered on programme, on budget and without litigation.

  • Heritage & ConservationTechnical and commercial assessment of listed-building restoration, conservation contracting and specialist trades — the capabilities at the heart of our heritage construction mandate.
  • Construction Delivery DiligenceEvaluation of contractors' delivery capability, procurement strategy, programme control, contract structures and quality management in acquisition due diligence.
  • Cost & Risk GovernanceFully-loaded cost reporting, contingency design, cash-flow forecasting and proactive identification of technical, planning and commercial risk.
  • Design-Team LeadershipExperience assembling, briefing and leading multi-disciplinary architectural, engineering and specialist teams across major portfolios.
  • Estates & Operational HandoverMaster-planning, estate infrastructure and the transition from construction to fully operational, managed assets.
  • Portfolio IntegrationSupporting the integration of acquired construction, fit-out and property services businesses into a coherent group.

The appointee's name and biography will be published on confirmation of the appointment.

A note on roles. Executive officers hold operational responsibility within the group. Strategic advisers provide senior counsel to the leadership team; they are not directors or officers of the company and do not act as its legal counsel. The consortium's statutory directors are disclosed on the Corporate Information page.
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