VENTURA BUSINESS BROKERS - Key Persons


John Southern - Managing Director

Job Titles:
  • Managing Director
John has extensive knowledge of and experience in mid-market business sales and acquisitions. His past career includes a number of senior management positions in large national and regional UK companies. John has been working with the owners of privately held UK businesses for the past 30 years and became managing director of Ventura Business Brokers in 2013. John is a proven negotiator who has successfully managed a substantial number of sales in numerous and diverse business sectors.

Steve Batch

Job Titles:
  • Director
Steve has a 30 year track record in negotiating major commercial agreements. His past career has included key roles in numerous high-value sales and purchasing negotiations. Steve has served as chief executive of several media and IT businesses where he led multi-disciplined teams in negotiating complex, multiple-shareholder joint ventures at the main board level. He has been a director of Ventura Business Brokers for twenty years and during this time has successfully led a large number of disposals and acquisitions on behalf of clients across a wide range of business sectors.