Experienced operators, investors, & acquirers.
Peak Capital Partnership was founded by John F. Kettley and Paul Weller. The firm brings together decades of experience in building, acquiring, scaling, and exiting businesses. That matters.
Because acquisitions are not won in spreadsheets alone. They are won through judgement, people, timing, discipline, and the ability to see what a business can become once the right structure is put around it. John and Paul have both operated as principals. They understand what it means to carry risk, make decisions, manage people, and live with the outcome. That is the difference.
John brings a legacy of successful exits and deep operational insight, while Paul adds a sharp financial acumen and proven track record in scaling mid-market businesses.
Together, they lead with vision, precision, and a commitment to unlocking long-term value for all stakeholders.
John brings a legacy of successful exits and deep operational insight, while Paul adds a sharp financial acumen and proven track record in scaling mid-market businesses.
Together, they lead with vision, precision, and a commitment to unlocking long-term value for all stakeholders.
John F. Kettley
Partner
John Kettley is a lifelong entrepreneur with more than four decades of experience founding, scaling, acquiring, and exiting SME businesses.
His career has been built at the operational level. Not from the sidelines. That gives him a practical understanding of what creates value, what destroys it, and what stops otherwise good businesses from achieving the exit they deserve.
As a private business investor, John brings a clear view shaped by repeated transactions across different market cycles. He has bought and sold businesses himself, which means he understands both sides of the table.
The seller’s concerns. The buyer’s risk. The emotion in the room. The things people say, and the things they avoid saying.
John looks closely at people first because businesses mirror their owners. Numbers matter, but behaviour usually explains the numbers before the accounts do.
Paul Weller
Partner
paul@peakcapitalpartners.co.uk
Paul Weller is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and qualified accountant with more than twenty-five years’ experience building, scaling, acquiring, and exiting businesses across a range of sectors.
His background is financial, but his experience is practical.
Paul has not been limited to advisory roles. He has operated directly as a principal, steering performance, growth, and strategic direction across the businesses he has built and exited.
That gives him a grounded understanding of valuation, risk, reporting, capital structure, and the issues that can quietly reduce value long before a deal is on the table.
Paul brings financial discipline, commercial focus, and transaction experience to Peak Capital Partnership.
The combination is simple: strong operators need strong financial control, and strong financial control only works when it fits the reality of the business.
HOW WE THINK
We do not believe every business should be bought. We do not believe every owner is ready to sell. And we do not believe growth alone creates value.
A business becomes valuable when it can operate without dependency, explain its performance clearly, retain its customers, manage risk, and prove that its margins are not accidental.
That is what we look for. And that is what we build toward.