Management Due Diligence specialists, The Quinn Partnership, have advised Inflexion Private Equity on their recent management buyout of CMO Compliance.

Established in 2007, CMO Compliance is a market leader in enterprise health, safety, environment (HSE) and governance, risk, compliance (GRC) software solutions. They currently serve over 130 customers, including Xstrata, Network Rail, Orica and Tyco.

The funding from Inflexion will bring capital for investment in areas such as customer support, sales & marketing, and also enable CMO to access industry leading skills and expertise to enhance its management capability and Board.

The company will continue to provide the highest level of service to its customers and partners, and will now be able to deliver local support with local knowledge, improve its CRM sophistication and expand more time on proactive development of its product road map.

As part of the transaction, Inflexion has appointed Loek Van den Boog as Chairman. Boog was previously head of Oracle EMEA.

Co-Founder James Cotton, commented on the deal:

“We are delighted that Inflexion has recognised the value of what we have established and share our ambition for the business. The partnership with Inflexion provides CMO with access to a network of international professionals to enhance our team and enables us to serve our customers more effectively in every major region of the world.”

Simon Turner, Managing Partner at Inflexion, commented:

“CMO’s product suite is best in class and the business has grown quickly to become a truly global operator. We’re backing the founders and will work with them to develop the company’s sales and marketing capability, as well as adding strength, experience and an international dimension to the management team and board.”

Paul Quinn, Director at The Quinn Partnership, said:

“We are delighted to support Inflexion Private Equity on yet another deal. With Inflexion’s value-adding approach, the already successful CMO will no doubt drive further international growth as they look to deliver a successful return on investment.”

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