Leeds's 10 Most Impressive & Successful Directors in the Financial Services Space

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This list showcases the top Leeds based Director operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.

The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:

Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.

Our Data – We source our data from OSINT (open source intelligence) and public directories such as Companies House UK, Crunchbase, SemRush and many more. The data from these sources should be treated with a degree of caution and verified yourself.

Dale Alderson

Investment Director, Yorkshire & North East of LDC

Dale joined LDC in 2012 following six years at Deloitte within the Corporate Finance team working both in the North East and London. He has strong experience in both originating and executing transactions including management buyouts, corporate sales and acquisitions, and distressed refinancing across a range of sectors and investment size. He has also provided strategic advice relating to long-term growth plans, acquisition strategy and stakeholder management to a number of large corporate clients in the region. Dale was involved in the recent investment in NRS which is his first board position within the LDC portfolio. Prior to joining Deloitte, Dale began his career at Ernst & Young in 2001, where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

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About LDC: LDC is a private equity company which provides funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies.

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Jane Gilbert

Investment Director of LDC

Jane joined LDC in Sept 2012 from Permira, where she spent 4 years as an investment executive in the London office. Whilst at Permira, Jane’s experience involved leveraged buy-out investments, value creation strategy development, portfolio management, debt restructurings and exit processes; across a wide range of sectors, but with a greater emphasis on healthcare. Prior to Permira, Jane worked in the investment banking division of Lehman Brothers, originally within UK mergers & acquisitions and latterly in the healthcare investment banking team. Jane has a First Class Bachelor’s Degree in Medicine, specialising in pharmacology from Christ’s College, Cambridge.

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About LDC: LDC is a private equity company which provides funds for buyouts and development capital transactions in UK unquoted companies.

Michael Rice

Portfolio Director of Endless LLP

Mike joined Endless in 2011, bringing with him four years in professional practice as a qualified chartered accountant. With his experience in retail, manufacturing, food production and logistics, Mike has a lot to offer any team.

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