I am passionate about supporting boards and their stakeholders to improve financial resilience, helping them to navigate their most complex challenges.

Lucy Winterborne

EY-Parthenon Partner, Turnaround & Restructuring Strategy, Ernst & Young LLP

Highly experienced transaction leader. D&I champion. Passionate about her family and her menagerie of animals. Seeks out new adventures.

Lucy leads the EY-Parthenon Turnaround and Restructuring Strategy team for the South West of England and Wales and has significant experience working with privately-owned businesses across sectors.

With more than 25 years’ experience, Lucy builds trusted relationships with boards and their stakeholders facing varying challenges, from addressing early-stage cash constraints through to consideration of insolvency options. She works alongside clients to develop and deliver innovative solutions, an approach which enhances client satisfaction and contributes to a more equitable business landscape.

Lucy has spent time on secondment in the banking industry, giving her invaluable insight into lenders and their dealings with private businesses.

How Lucy is shaping the future with confidence

Lucy feels fortunate to assist company directors, who are frequently the owners or managers of mid-market UK businesses, in safeguarding their livelihoods. 

Her role often involves helping clients make life-changing decisions, such as how to restructure their business to save them from insolvency, often relying on incomplete information. She approaches this responsibility with empathy and emotional intelligence. 

Clients consistently highlight this compassionate aspect of her work in their feedback. Through this human-centred approach, Lucy strives to build a better working world.

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