Bill founded Vollman Brothers in 2002. From 1999 until 2001, he was an executive director within the UK M&A team at Lehman Brothers, with responsibility for major transactions and new business. Previously Bill spent ten years at Morgan Grenfell and Deutsche Bank (1989 to 1999), becoming a director in 1998 and heading one of three London-based execution teams. Bill qualified as a chartered accountant from Price Waterhouse and graduated from Southampton University with an honours degree in Civil Engineering.