Announcement – JGA and Telos Partners have merged
It’s official – we’re delighted to share that, as of 1 February 2025, JGA and Telos Partners have merged. The news follows the first announcement our businesses made just before the eoa conference in November 2023.
JGA’s Jeremy Gadd (left) and Telos’s Adam Campbell shake hands after signing our merger agreement
That was when we revealed JGA and Telos’s plans to start working more closely together and aligning our brands ahead of a full merger in January 2025.
Fast forward to today and it’s been an interesting journey, culminating in the signing of the merger agreement by Telos’s Managing Partner Adam Campbell and JGA’s founder and MD Jeremy Gadd.
Now the ink’s (just about) dried on that we’re looking forward to an exciting future.
Delivering even better value together
JGA and Telos together at the eoa conference 2024
But first a recap on what’s happened so far.
First to get underway was the integration of our operations and the start of our teams working closely together through 2024 – both behind the scenes and directly with our clients, trusted partners and other stakeholders such as the eoa.
Our priority during this change was to maintain ‘business as usual’ while clarifying the value we knew JGA and Telos could already deliver together as our merger progressed.
Then last November, JGA and Telos exhibited together for the first time ever at the eoa conference 2024 – their biggest and best to date.
Here, we weren’t just delighted to run employee ownership workshops but were also excited to support the launch of the EOQ tool, developed by the eoa with the support of Telos as part of their Great EO Framework.
The Framework provides a blueprint for how to achieve Great EO in your business as the employee-owned sector continues to grow.
Launching our new joint employee ownership services offer
Some of the team who will be delivering our new joint EO services offer for clients this year
But without a doubt, the biggest merger milestone so far has been the launch of JGA and Telos’s new joint EO services offer for clients who are thinking of becoming employee-owned as part of their succession planning – and those who are already employee-owned.
To say we’re excited about this doesn’t do it justice.
Why?
Because helping clients to shape, transition, embed, energise and renew the elements of successful employee ownership in their business has long been at the heart of what both JGA and Telos do.
Want to know more? Read about JGA and Telos’s new joint employee ownership services offer here.
Embracing the challenge of change
Jeremy signs our merger agreement with Telos on 31 January 2025
As JGA’s founder, MD and previous owner, the last 12 months have seen Jeremy experience (for himself) the transition he supports our clients to navigate as they explore, plan and implement their succession strategy.
‘As good as ‘new’ is, we all know change can be a real challenge,’ he says.
‘Having taken the leap out of corporate life in 2014 and built my own employee ownership consultancy in JGA, I can confirm ignorance was bliss! However, 11 years later, I can’t think of anything I’d have changed.
‘I’ve learnt and grown so much supporting clients to find the right solutions for them – and equally through the patience and generosity of all who have worked alongside me at JGA.’
Jeremy‘s now focused on the road ahead, having gone through the process of ‘letting go’.
‘Relocating west last year bought home to me that the future is always influenced by the past – to embrace it you must let the past go.
‘As a business founder that’s scary, but the opportunities are very exciting – knowing that JGA and Telos’s combined, experienced and energetic teams can achieve and deliver so much more as we are stronger together.’
Ready to go out into the world
Adam is also excited about the completion of our merger after he and Jeremy met up at Telos’s Windsor offices to sign the legal papers last week.
‘It feels like we’ve finally reached the starting line – in good shape,’ he says.
All done – Adam signs the merger agreement too
‘Telos and JGA’s collaboration dates back five or six years and has been increasingly strong.
‘We’ve done the preparation, training and practice. Now we’re ready to go out into the world – stronger – and run the next leg of the race together.’
But that’s not all.
Adam explains that the experience and insight Telos and JGA’s combined teams have gained through the merger process are already proving helpful as we work with clients who want to strengthen their employee ownership, improve performance and grow their business.
And the focus now?
Adam’s vision is clear. ‘To create value and impact with our clients together and merge JGA and Telos’s branding, website and communications in time for the eoa conference 2025,’ he says.
Watch this space.
Want to know how JGA and Telos can support you to shape, transition, embed, energise or renew the elements of successful EO in your business? Get in touch.