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Spotlight: Taylour Bennett, Associate Director, Valuation & Transaction Advisory

Colleague Spotlight: Taylour Bennett, Associate Director, Valuation & Transaction Advisory

We're shining a light on Taylour Bennett, Associate Director of Valuation & Transaction Advisory, whose passion for financial narratives and emerging technology assets helps our clients make better, more informed decisions.

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Expertise in Action: Beyond the Numbers

Taylour specializes in providing valuations for tax and financial reporting purposes and assists with due diligence throughout a transaction's lifecycle.

"I think that a lot of people see my line of work as a math problem to solve, rather than a structured narrative, linking discount rates, cash flows, and other assumptions together."

This unique mindset—seeing the story behind the figures—is what others find most valuable about Taylour's approach: the ability to build complex analytical models and then confidently link them back to macro trends or company-specific narratives.

Valuing the Future: Trends and Innovation

Taylour is most excited about the continued emergence of technology-driven assets, such as cryptocurrencies, automation, and other non-traditional assets. Working on these complex valuations is described as both challenging and deeply rewarding.

Taylour is building better tools to take subjective financial estimates (like a specific risk premium) and ground them in objective data. By automating industry forecasts using reliable external data sources, Taylour is making it possible for analysts to quickly see if a company's plans match up with wider market trends, which helps them calculate the actual risk involved. Taylour relies on powerful mathematical approaches, specifically Option Pricing Models and Monte Carlo Frameworks, to put a number on future uncertainty.

Industry Insights: The Rate Cut Quandary

In the current economic landscape, strategic planning for many companies revolves around potential interest rate cuts.

Taylour notes that while lower rates often correlate with higher valuations, the subsequent impact of these cuts on inflation remains highly complex and uncertain. Companies need to heed this ambiguity. Taylour advises, "The impact future rate cuts may have on inflation is unclear. Companies should be preparing for multiple scenarios."

Looking Ahead & Personal Philosophy

Taylour is currently working toward obtaining the ASA credential and plans to focus more on thought leadership over the next year. The ultimate goal for the work is impactful:

"One of the things that excites me about my work the most is that it helps businesses make better informed decisions... Better outcomes lead to increased opportunities."

Taylour's interest in the field started in college, sparked by a business valuation club. Outside of work, podcasts like Animal Spirits, The Compound and Friends, and Startalk fuel Taylour's thinking and introduce new ideas, influencing a holistic professional perspective.