Jim Houghton

Partner

Jim qualified as a chartered accountant with Andersen, working for 8 years in the their London and Madrid offices specialising in the media sector with clients such as Omnicom, Twentieth Century Fox, United News & Media, Dorling Kindersley and BBC Worldwide.  Jim joined Omnicom's marketing services division, DAS, in 2000 and headed DAS's European M&A activity for five years.  During this time Jim completed many deals throughout the UK and Europe across a wide range of marcoms disciplines.  He also sat on the board of many acquired agencies and supported them through their earnout and post earnout integration.  In 2005 Jim moved to Omnicom's leading experiential marketing network, Radiate Group, where he was European Managing Director and responsible for M&A activity outside North America.  Jim joined Results in February from BDO LLP, where he was a corporate finance director and head of the national marketing services industry team.