Amanda Reale

With 15 years of active experience in business brokerage, Amanda enjoys a Senior Intermediary role with Clyth MacLeod following her return to New Zealand from Canada where she had a long history of business ownership.   Schooled as an educator at the University of Auckland, Amanda left the discipline in favour of travel and later a career in commerce where she focused on small to mid-size startup manufacturing companies, two of which she has subsequently sold and that continue to operate under new ownership some 22 years later. A return to Business School (Sauder School of Business, UBC) inspired Amanda to begin a search to acquire a profitable existing business.  In the process she was invited to join Pacific M&A and Business Brokers Ltd in Vancouver as a Senior Intermediary where she worked on the sell and buy-side transactions of multiple companies from a broad cross-section of industries.  Honing her skills over the years, her transactional experience is weighted around SMEs in Manufacturing & Distribution, Print & Sign Services, Tech & Online businesses and Boutique Food & Beverage (wine & spirits).

Assisting and facilitating in the critical transition of a seller or a buyer to their next venture, while at the same time avoiding the numerous potential ‘potholes’ of deal collapse, is a symphony of skills Amanda brings to each stage in the process from valuation to closing. Amanda is a Certified Business Intermediary (CBI), a member of the International Business Brokers Association (IBBA).  In addition, she is the Past President of a local chapter of IBBA and has served as a member of that Board of Directors from 2012-2019, promoting the professional integrity of brokered transactions. Amanda is a current license holder of the New Zealand Certificate in Real Estate and ready to serve sellers seeking a guided exit and buyers seeking growth via acquisition or an entrance into business ownership.