The Team

Senior Expertise Behind
Every Engagement

IRM Secure was founded on a simple conviction: clients deserve to work with the people who actually have the experience — not the people who are building it. Every engagement is led by partners and principals who have spent careers in industry and consulting, and who bring that depth to every client interaction.

Founding Leadership

The Partners Who
Lead Every Mandate

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Michael Reeves

Founder & Managing Partner

25 years in M&A advisory and strategic consulting across North America and Europe. Prior roles include Partner at a Big Four firm and VP Corporate Development at a TSX-listed industrial company. Led 30+ closed transactions.

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Sarah Hammond

Partner — Operational Excellence

Former COO of a €800M European manufacturing group. 20 years of operational transformation experience spanning lean manufacturing, supply chain redesign, and post-merger integration across 12 countries.

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David Kowalski

Partner — Technology & Digital

18 years advising technology and telecommunications companies on digital transformation, commercial strategy, and M&A. Former strategy lead at a global telco with a portfolio of digital ventures across 15 markets.

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Anna Chen

Partner — Risk & Compliance

Former General Counsel and Chief Risk Officer with experience spanning financial services, manufacturing, and technology sectors. Deep expertise in cross-border regulatory compliance and enterprise risk framework design.

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James Bourke

Principal — Commercial Strategy

10 years in commercial strategy and revenue transformation for B2B technology and industrial companies. Specialises in go-to-market architecture, pricing strategy, and sales force effectiveness for scaling businesses.

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Laura Petrov

Principal — Investment Readiness

Former investment director at a European growth equity fund with experience evaluating and supporting over 40 portfolio companies across manufacturing, technology, and healthcare. Deep understanding of what institutional investors expect.

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120+
Years Combined Experience
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Partners
8
Languages Spoken
26
Countries Worked In
Our Network

Backed by a Deep
Advisory Network

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Industry Advisors

Our formal advisory board includes former C-suite executives from Fortune 500 manufacturing and technology companies across North America, Europe, and Asia-Pacific. They provide sector intelligence, introductions, and industry validation to our client mandates.

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Legal & Regulatory Network

Deep relationships with specialist legal counsel, regulatory advisors, and compliance experts across the jurisdictions in which our clients operate. We coordinate, manage, and integrate third-party expert input seamlessly into every engagement.

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Capital Network

Active relationships with private equity firms, family offices, institutional lenders, and strategic acquirers across North America and Europe. When our clients are ready for capital or a transaction, the right introductions are already warm.

Our Culture

What It Means to Work
at IRM Secure

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Excellence Without Ego

We hire people who are exceptional at their craft and humble about what they don't know. The combination of rigour and curiosity is what makes great consultants — and great colleagues.

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Genuine Development

At IRM Secure, development is not a performance management tick-box. Senior consultants invest real time in coaching and sponsoring the principals who will become the firm's next generation of partners.

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Global Mindset

We work across cultures, time zones, and regulatory environments as a matter of course. Our team reflects the diversity of the clients we serve, and we actively cultivate perspectives that challenge comfortable assumptions.

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Ready to Work With
Leaders Who Deliver?

Every engagement is personally led by a partner. When you work with IRM Secure, you have direct access to the most senior people in the firm from day one.

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