The treble winning Clearwater

But what's stirring below the surface as the one time advisory boutique comes of age?

Hello Rainmakers,

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Clearwater are winners. They did exceptionally well at our recent awards, winning their team of the year category in all three regions.

And one of their winners was so successful he was away doing a deal when his award was presented.

So what’s behind the winning culture?

We’ve got insights from inside the business, and from the leadership team, but of course the biggest vote of confidence was from their peers.

SOMETHING STIRRING BELOW THE SURFACE AT CLEARWATER

“So does this mean we’ve won?” asks Ed Gale.

I’m in the offices of Clearwater in June 2024, just as the awards season is about to get underway.

They have won big at Rainmakers, our awards, but I claim not to know. Afterall, it’s not a decision I make, or have any influence over. Being selected as either an individual, team or deal winner at our Rainmakers Awards is entirely down to the community, who use their one vote per qualifying firm to ensure that the decision is one of consensus and rooted in evidence.

And by any measure, twenty years since they were founded as a buyout from accountancy group Tenon, Clearwater are winners.

In Yorkshire the overall Rainmaker of the Year went to Richard Goldsack from their Leeds-based team, which also lifted the award for “national” team operating locally.