Best Startup
At Best Startup UK we track over 130,000 UK startups and over 500,000 people who hold key positions in these companies. We use this directory of startups to highlight top employees, founders and board members we think deserve more appreciation than they are currently getting.
This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Director operating in the Finance 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.
Gregory Talon
Senior Product Director of Wise
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
Mark Hunter
Director Of Analytics of Wise
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
Jose Galarza
Engineering Director of Wise
Jose Galarza, joined TransferWise 3 years ago. Currently works as a Tech Lead in the London Office and has been one of the engineers focusing on the migration of TransferWise to the cloud and kubernetes.
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About Wise: Wise is a money transfer service allowing private individuals and businesses to send money abroad without hidden charges.
George Saravelos
Managing Director & Global Co-Head of FX Research of Deutsche Bank
George is Global co-Head of FX Research at Deutsche Bank in London, where he is responsible for the fundamental analysis of the world’s major currency markets and is one of the bank’s most prolific writers on global macro issues. He has spearheaded the development of Deutsche Bank’s FX investment index product suite, including the first benchmark index of currency market returns, and has built industry-leading indicators and frameworks for analyzing market drivers. He has also driven Deutsche Bank’s coverage of the macro and political outlook in the Eurozone crisis, particularly Greece. George holds a Masters in international development from Harvard University and a Bachelor in economics from Cambridge University and has also previously worked at the IMF.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Michael Hegarty
Director, Cloud Security Lead of Deutsche Bank
Michael Hegarty is the CISO for UKI and is leading the bank’s Cloud Security Programme. Michael has nearly two decades experience in IT, and a wealth of expertise in building strategic vision and operations of world-class security functions for financial institutions. His current responsibilities include implementing the bank’s security strategy across the region, overseeing major security awareness programmes, and close interaction with platinum clients, regulators, and the bank’s legal entity boards. He is also an advisor on financial sector committees and working groups on the topic of cyber security. Prior to his current role, Michael was handpicked to lead Cyber Security for APAC (overseeing 16 countries), and develop a world-class Security Operations Centre in Singapore, with a 24/7 incident response capability and a team of security experts.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Shaheen Yusuf
Managing Director of Deutsche Bank
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Polina Evstifeeva
Director, Head of Regulatory Strategy at GTB Digital of Deutsche Bank
Polina Evstifeeva is an expert on regulations in the FinTech space and has more than 13 years of experience in the financial industry. As Head of Regulatory Strategy, New Ventures for Deutsche Bank’s Corporate Bank, Polina plays a key role in responding to the impacts of global regulatory initiatives in the FinTech space. She represents Deutsche Bank in various industry associations (e.g. AFME, ASIFMA, UK Finance, EBF) and is involved in a number of industry initiatives related to Cloud, Blockchain and AI. Polina writes articles and is a frequent speaker at industry conferences on regulatory matters. From 2014-2017, Polina led market advocacy work on a number of regulatory dossiers impacting Global Transaction Banking, including the Payment Services Directive 2, UCITS V, AIFMD and the European Capital Markets Union. Prior to that, Polina worked as legal counsel at Deutsche Bank. Before joining Deutsche Bank in 2008, she worked as legal counsel at UBS and Renaissance Capital, focusing on securities trading and asset management. Polina holds degree in law and in Finance & Credit.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Bontle Senne
Director of Strategic Development Practices of Deutsche Bank
Bontle Senne has two careers: one as a leader of Agile transformations and one as a creative. As an Agilist, she is currently leading DB’s global Agile transformation in CIB Tech. She works with Agile coaches in 5 locations on four continents. She has delivered training on Agile foundations and Agile leadership to over 300 colleagues. As a creative, she is a writer for children, blogger, speaker and literary activist on the board of NPO Puku Children’s Literature Foundation and NPO READ Educational Trust. She is also a minority shareholder of feminist trade publishing house Modjaji Books. I regularly speak on African children’s literature at international literary festivals and conferences including the Africa 4 Tech – Marrakesh, Morocco, Frankfurt International Book Fair, Salon du Livre (Paris Book Fair), Etonnants Voyageurs – Brazzaville, Congo, Etonnants Voyageurs – Saint Malo, France, South African Book Fair, Abantu Book Fair and Kingsmead Book Fair.
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About Deutsche Bank: Deutsche Bank, a Frankfurt-based global investment bank, offers financial products and services to corporate and institutional clients.
Sakshi Chhabra Mittal
Investment Director of SoftBank Vision Fund
Sakshi is a member of the SoftBank Vision Fund’s investment team and has played a driving role in the Fund’s investments in some of the world’s most transformative companies. Working across a range of sectors but with particular experience in healthcare and life sciences, she has a focus on the huge opportunities presented through the intersection of computation and biology and the role that the genomic revolution can play in addressing some of the largest issues facing society. Last year Sakshi led a $1bn equity investment into Roivant Sciences and serves on the board of a number of Vision Fund portfolio companies. Sakshi sees businesses from both a corporate and entrepreneurial perspective. She began her career at Pfizer before launching her own textiles brand and has since moved into investment. This experience enables her to often transition into operating roles within portfolio companies to help reinforce their growth strategy. Sakshi joined SoftBank Investment Advisers in 2016 and is passionate champion of women in asset management. She holds an MBA from The Wharton School and a degree in Biotechnology from the University of Birmingham.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
John Cassidy
Investment Director, Life Sciences & HealthTech of SoftBank Vision Fund
John Cassidy is a Life Sciences Venture Capital @ SoftBank.
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About SoftBank Vision Fund: SoftBank Vision Fund specializes in growth capital and social impact investments.
Dominic Jacquesson
Venture Development Director of Index Ventures
As Venture Development Director at Index, Dominic combines his experiences as a startup Chief Operating Officer in New York and London with a passion for data and analytics – which he uses to discover critical information, develop it into insights, and apply those insights into actionable commercial strategies for entrepreneurs. At Index, one of his roles is to design an ecosystem catering to the 150 companies in the global Index family that provides learnings, best practices, and content for the founder/CEO level as well as full-scale leadership teams. His work for such companies as MOO, Electric Word, Biomni, and Institutional Investor has given him a deep respect for the vision and ambition that entrepreneurs bring to the table every day at Index.
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About Index Ventures: Index Ventures is a venture capital firm that helps the entrepreneurs turn bold ideas into global businesses.
Hermann Hauser
Co-founder, Director, and Venture Partner of Amadeus Capital Partners
Hermann Hauser co-founded Amadeus Capital Partners in 1997 with Anne Glover and Peter Wynn. In his long and successful history as an entrepreneur and venture capitalist, Hermann has founded or co-founded companies in a wide range of technology sectors. These include Acorn Computers (where he helped spin out ARM), Active Book Company, Virata, Net Products, NetChannel and Cambridge Network Limited. He was a founder director of IQ (Bio), IXI Limited, Vocalis, SynGenix, Advanced Displays Limited (acquired by Cambridge Display Technology), Electronic Share Information Limited, E*Trade UK and has supported many other start-ups. Hermann’s successes at Amadeus include: CSR plc (LON: CSR); Entropic Research Laboratory (acquired by Microsoft in 1999); Solexa (acquired by Illumina in 2007); and Icera (acquired by Nvidia in 2011). He is currently a non-executive director of XMOS, a company that is revolutionising re-configurable silicon chips; Intune Networks, a pioneer in the field of Optical Packet Switch & Transport; Tobii, the world leader in eye tracking and gaze detection; Plastic Logic, the first company to commercialize flexible plastic transistors (currently used in computer displays); and Cambridge Broadband Networks, a leader in point-to-multipoint wireless backhaul products. Hermann holds an MA in Physics from Vienna University and a PhD in Physics from the University of Cambridge. He is a Fellow of the Institute of Physics and of the Royal Academy of Engineering, and an Honorary Fellow of King’s College, Cambridge. Hermann holds honorary doctorates from the Universities of Bath, Loughborough and from Anglia Ruskin University and was awarded an Honorary CBE for ‘innovative service to the UK enterprise sector’ in 2001. In 2004, he was made a member of the Government’s Council for Science & Technology. In 2012 he became a Fellow of the Royal Society in recognition of his contribution to the translation of science into business, and in 2013 a Distinguished Fellow of BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT. Austrian by birth, Hermann speaks German, English and conversational Italian and French.
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About Amadeus Capital Partners, Intune Networks, XMOS: Amadeus Capital Partners caters to the technology sector with seed, early, and later stage venture, and private equity investments.
Christian Resch
Managing Director, GS Growth of Goldman Sachs
Christian Resch joined Goldman Sachs in 2004 and is a Managing Director responsible for growth equity investments. Christian typically invests between $20m and $200m of capital in individual transaction. Christian holds a Bachelor or Science from the London School of Economics and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Kirk A. Lepke
Executive Director, GS Growth of Goldman Sachs
Kirk A. Lepke is an Executive Director, GS Growth at Goldman Sachs. He was a member of the firm’s investment activities in Europe. Prior to Summit, Kirk worked for Torch Partners and Morgan Keegan Technology Group. He received a BA in commerce, organizations and entrepreneurship, magna cum laude, from Brown University.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Anthony Gutman
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Francois-Xavier (FX) de Mallmann
Managing Director- Investment Banking Division of Goldman Sachs
François-Xavier (FX) is global co-head of the Consumer Retail and Healthcare Group, and a member of the European Management Committee. FX has been global co-head of the Consumer Retail and Healthcare Group since June 2014 and was previously global co-head of the Consumer Retail Group. Prior to this, he was head of Investment Banking Services in EMEA from 2011 to 2013 and head of the Financing Group in EMEA from 2008 to 2011. FX joined Goldman Sachs in 1993 in the London office. He was named managing director in 2003 and partner in 2004. FX serves on the Board of Directors of the International Rescue Committee UK and is a member of the Young Global Leaders Network of the World Economic Forum. He graduated with distinction from Hochschule St. Gallen (lic. oec) and Community of European Management Schools in 1992.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Colin White
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
Colin White is a managing director and technology fellow within the Engineering division at Goldman Sachs. Colin is global head of the Workflow group within Enterprise Platforms, a core engineering group that builds services and capabilities to decrease time to market and drive the level of standardization across workflow-based applications firm-wide.
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Sarah Card
Executive Director of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Russell Berry
Executive Director of Goldman Sachs
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About Goldman Sachs: Goldman Sachs is a multinational financial services firm providing securities, investment banking, and management services.
Lionel Assant
Senior Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Lionel Assant is Senior Managing Director and European Head of Private Equity for Blackstone, based in London. Since joining Blackstone in 2003, Lionel Assant has been involved in various European investments and investment opportunities. Before joining Blackstone, Lionel Assant worked for seven years at Goldman Sachs in the Mergers & Acquisitions, Asset Management and Private Equity divisions. Lionel Assant graduated from the Ecole Polytechnique with a Master’s degree in Economics. He serves as a Director of Tangerine, Intertrust and Alliance Automotive Group. Lionel Assant served on the boards of Gerresheimer, Mivisa and United Biscuits. He is also a Trustee of Impetus-PEF, a charitable foundation which provides resources to improve the lives of children and young people living in poverty.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Kenneth Caplan
Sr. Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer of Blackstone Group
Kenneth A. Caplan is a Senior Managing Director and Global Chief Investment Officer of the Real Estate Group. Since joining Blackstone in 1997, Kenneth Caplan has been involved in over $100 billion of real estate acquisitions and initiatives in the United States, Europe and Asia. These include major acquisitions such as Equity Office Properties, Hilton Hotels, Trizec Properties and La Quinta. Prior to his current role, Kenneth Caplan was Head of Real Estate Europe. Before joining Blackstone, he was at Lazard Frères & Co. in the real estate investment banking group. Kenneth Caplan received an A.B. in Economics from Harvard College, where he graduated magna cum laude, was elected to Phi Beta Kappa and was a John Harvard Scholar. He currently serves on the Board of Trustees of Prep for Prep.
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Caroline Hill
Managing Director, Real Estate ESG of Blackstone Group
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About Blackstone Group: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
Nick Tansley
Managing Director of Blackstone Group
Nick Tansley is the Managing Director at PJT Partners.
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About Blackstone Group, PJT Partners: Blackstone is an investment and advisory firm providing financial solutions for investors and clients.
John Tang
Managing Director, Head of EMEA, Cerberus Technology Solutions of Cerberus Capital Management
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About Cerberus Capital Management: Cerberus Capital Management is a private investment firm that focuses on operational private equity investments.
Sarah Broughton
Managing Director of Starwood Capital Group
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About Starwood Capital Group: Starwood Capital has invested $11.8 billion of equity since 1991 in all asset classes and levels of the capital structure.
Kieron Nolan
Director of Group Technology of Gocompare.com
Kieron Nolan is the Group Director of Technology at GoCo Group PLC, whose brands include GoCompare, weflip, Look After My Bills, MyVoucherCodes and EnergyLinx. Kieron joined GoCompare in 2015 and is responsible for technology teams across the Group. Kieron has been instrumental in driving a technology change and transformation programme which included people, ways of working and technology improvements. Prior to joining GoCompare, Kieron worked at various organisations in senior technology roles across manufacturing, financial services and pharmaceuticals including being part of transforming a start-up organisation into a successful global business. Kieron began his career at Cap Gemini where he was able to spend time working in many technology roles and building his skills. He has also worked at companies including GlaxoSmithKline, Ericsson and SpiraxSarco PLC.
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About Gocompare.com: Gocompare.com is a British financial services comparison website provides comparison details for vehicle, home and pet insurance.
Mark Dowds
Managing Director of Anthemis Group
Mark Dowds does nothing in half measures. An accomplished endurance runner and cyclist, a serial investor and startup founder, Mark has earned a name for his ability to motivate others to get “unstuck”—to innovate in old spaces and displace established industries in the name of relevance. He brings that level of commitment to the world of tech whether he is getting a new initiative off the ground or empowering audiences around the world. In 2012 he co-founded Trov—the world’s first on-demand insurance platform—and today is accountable for all revenue, strategy and growth as the company expands internationally. In two decades he has helped get dozens of ventures off the ground, through his Canadian-based incubators Fresh Initiatives and Creationstep. During his time in Toronto he established a co-working facility that helped nurture the city’s emerging web 2.0 community and half a dozen other start-ups, including ServiceCloud that was acquired by Salesforce.com. Mark was an LP in Bullet Time Ventures, an early seed investor in Uber, Twilio and many more emerging tech start-ups. He currently chairs the board of Generation Innovation – a program designed to bring entrepreneurial experiences to high school students throughout Northern Ireland. He is an advisor to several companies including, Neurovalens, Jumpack, StageTen, WorldBlu, and eHarvestHub. Mark is an electric speaker – tackling topics like disruption, relevance and upending the ways we approach problems primarily in the tech, finance, and insurance sectors. He thrives on pushing people forward to accomplish big things. If he is not on a plane or a stage, these days Mark is on a bike or spending time creating adventures with his two teenagers and wife of 20 years.
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About Anthemis Group, Trōv: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Farhan Lalji
Managing Director of Anthemis Group
Farhan is a Director in the Venture Partnerships team at Anthemis. Previously a Partner and MD of Rokk3r Labs, a global venture builder, Farhan worked with corporates and startups on starting new companies and building products. Farhan has also been an executive at PeerIndex, a social media analytics platform that was acquired by Brandwatch in 2014, Yahoo! and various other start ups and later stage private companies. He is an entrepreneur in residence at King’s College London and a part-time lecturer at London Business School on managing in digital organisations. Farhan holds an undergraduate degree from McMaster University in Canada and an MBA from London Business School. When he’s not geeking out on technology trends and their impact on society he’s watching or reading about NBA basketball.
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About Anthemis Group, Rokk3r: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Iason Nikolakis
Managing Director, Investments of Anthemis Group
Iason Nikolakis is a bright and industrious fin-tech enthusiast, who has developed a valuable mix of client relationship and analytical skills. At Anthemis, he is deeply involved in a range of projects, from strategic advisory to executing M&A transactions. Prior to this, he acted as Assistant Trader at the Foreign Exchange and Derivatives desks at the Treasury of the National Bank of Greece, the oldest and largest financial group in the country. Iason received a B.Sc in Economics from University of Ioannina and a MSc in Investment Management from Cass Business School. He speaks Greek, English, Spanish and French. He is passionate about football and would one day like to go on an extended tour of Latin America.
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About Anthemis Group: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Patrick Watson
Finance Director of Anthemis Group
Patrick Watson is Chief Financial Officer at Anthemis. Previously, Patrick was Chief Financial Officer at private equity firm 8c Capital, where he put in place systems and procedures and readied the firm for investor operational due diligence. Patrick also led the Funds Reporting team at 3i Group plc and, prior to that, was responsible for fund finance for Deutsche Bank’s infrastructure funds. Patrick graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2002 with a degree in modern languages. Before qualifying as a chartered accountant, he studied Italian and French at university and spent a year teaching English in Rome. In his spare time, when not trying to keep up with his young family, he enjoys cooking and going to concerts.
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About Anthemis Group: Anthemis Group is a global platform that cultivates change in the financial system by investing in, growing, and sustaining businesses.
Nick Williams
Managing Director, Consumer Digital of Lloyds Banking Group
Nick is a highly respected executive with a wealth of experience across the public and private sectors. Most notably, Nick has extensive experience in leading transformative change in complex organisations across the Financial Services industry. As Managing Director of the Consumer Digital business at Lloyds Banking Group, he runs the largest digital Retail Banking franchise in the UK. His responsibilities span the 12.5m online users (7.7m via mobile) across Lloyds Bank, Bank of Scotland, Halifax and Scottish Widows. He has transformed the business through unprecedented growth to provide a best in class eCommerce capability whilst maintaining a market leading customer experience. He is passionate about the digital inclusion and financial wellbeing agendas, proactively engaging in public policy setting and external media relations. Nick is also the Groups Ambassador for the North region, managing relationships with central and local government, MPs and LEPs. As the chair of the Northern Executive Committee, he brings focus to the region with the objective of helping northern communities and businesses prosper.
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About Lloyds Banking Group, Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Paul Gordon
Managing Director, SME & Mid Corporates, Commercial Banking of Lloyds Banking Group
Paul Gordon is Managing Director, SME & Mid Corporates, Commercial Banking at Lloyds Banking Group
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Steve Everett
Managing Director, Payments and Global Transaction Banking of Lloyds Banking Group
Steve is Managing Director for Payments within the Global Transaction Banking business, having joined Lloyds Banking Group (LBG) in October 2014. Prior to joining LBG, Steve spent 15 years with RBS performing senior leadership roles spanning global transactions services (GTS), financial markets and corporate banking and leading key strategic programmes which have transformed businesses. His final role was Global Head of Cash Management with responsibility for all payment and liquidity products spanning a network of 38 countries.
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Carolyn Fairbairn
Independent Director of Lloyds Banking Group
Joined the Board in June 2012 Member of the Audit Committee and the Remuneration Committee. Carolyn has extensive digital and on-line, government and regulatory experience gained across a range of sectors including media and financial services. With her broad experience and strong analytical mind, Carolyn plays an active part in reviewing the strategy of the Board and contributing to the debate at Board and Committee meetings. Carolyn has a BA in Economics from the University of Cambridge, an MA in International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania and an MBA from INSEAD. Carolyn is a Non-Executive Director of The Vitec Group and is the Chairman of its Remuneration Committee. She is a trustee of Marie Curie and a Non‑Executive Director of the Competition and Markets Authority and the UK Statistics Authority. Carolyn was a Non-Executive Director of the Financial Services Authority and chaired their Risk Committee, a Director of Group Development and Strategy at ITV plc and Director of Strategy and a member of the Executive Board at the BBC. She is a former partner of McKinsey & Co. and was a policy adviser in the Prime Minister’s Policy Unit. Carolyn began her career as an Economist at the World Bank.
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About Confederation of British Industry, Lloyds Banking Group, Marie Curie UK: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Paul Sullivan
Area Director SME Banking of Lloyds Banking Group
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Miguel Rodriguez Sola
Director Digital Marketing of Lloyds Banking Group
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Paul Sullivan
Area Director SME Banking of Lloyds Banking Group
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Miguel Rodriguez Sola
Director Digital Marketing of Lloyds Banking Group
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About Lloyds Banking Group: Lloyds Banking Group is a major British financial institution formed through the acquisition of HBOS by Lloyds TSB in 2009.
Thierry Edde
Director of Investor Relations of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Tobias Borkowski
Director of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Markus Noe-Nordberg
Managing Director and Head of Europe mid-market Private Equity of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Kenneth Borton
Managing Director of WhiteHorse Capital of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Joe Nathan
Director of Digital & Data Services of H.I.G. Capital
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About H.I.G. Capital: H.I.G. Capital is a global private equity and alternative assets investment firm with $42 billion of equity capital under management.
Abdul Guefor
Managing Director of Intel Capital
Abdul leads Intel Capital’s investment activities in EMEA from London. Investment focus areas include all areas of deep technology including software, AI, transportation, IoT, wireless and the data economy. His recent investments include Aledia, Polystream, Prophesee and what3words. He also represents Intel Capital on the boards of Ozon and Sigfox. Abdul’s exits include CSR, centrum.cz, Epichem, Fortumo, IMS, Mango Telecom, ProGlove and Wirtualna Polska. Before rejoining Intel Capital in 2015, Abdul served as Intel’s Assistant Treasurer from 2010 until 2015, leading the execution of fixed income investments, FX trades and cash management in EMEA. Abdul first joined Intel Capital in 1999. Before Intel, Abdul spent 7 years with PwC Corporate Finance, was a design engineer with Plessey Semiconductors and a robotics researcher with Ikerlán in Spain. Abdul is a UK-qualified Chartered Accountant and holds an honours degree in Electronic Engineering.
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About Intel Capital: Intel Capital invests in innovative startups targeting cloud and AI infrastructure, cybersecurity, and other disruptive technologies.
Karim Saddi
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Karim Saddi is a Managing Director of TowerBrook. He was previously a member and subsequently a partner at Soros Private Equity. He was a member of the Mergers, Acquisitions and Restructurings department of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter in London and Los Angeles. He earned his B.S. from École des Hautes Études Commerciales (H.E.C.), Paris, France.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners, TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Winston Ginsberg
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Winston Ginsberg is a Managing Director of TowerBrook. Prior to joining TowerBrook, he was a General Partner and co-founder of Elwin Capital Partners. During that time he was also a founder and Executive Chairman of OfficeTiger, one of the world’s largest outsourcing companies. He was a member of the Principal Investment Area and the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Goldman Sachs in London and New York. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Lazard Frères & Co. in New York. He earned his M.A. from Pembroke College, Cambridge and received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Filippo Cardini
Managing Director, COO and General Counsel of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Filippo Cardini is COO, General Counsel and a Managing Director of TowerBrook. He is a member of the Management Committee as well as being responsible for investor relations for the firm. He was previously a Partner, COO and General Counsel at Soros Private Equity. He focuses on the Italian market and is extensively involved in structuring and executing all of TowerBrook’s transactions. Previously, he was a senior solicitor at the London-based law firm, Ashursts, in the Private Equity Group in London and Milan. He earned his LLB from Brunel University and completed his Law Society Finals at the College of Law in London. He holds the Series 7, 24, 63, 79 and 99 licenses.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Gordon Holmes
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Gordon Holmes is a Managing Director of TowerBrook. Prior to joining TowerBrook in 2010, he was a Managing Principal at Quadrangle Group, where he headed the firm’s London office. He was previously a General Partner at Forstmann Little & Co., and he began his career at Goldman Sachs, where he worked in the firm’s London, New York and Singapore offices. He earned his B.C.L. from University College Dublin in 1990 and received his M.B.A. from Stanford Business School in 1995
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners, TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Ron van Loo
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Previously, Ron Van Loo worked in operations management consulting, as a Director at AlixPartners in the Enterprise Improvement practice, and at EY in the Operational Transaction Services practice. Prior to that, he worked in various corporate line management roles including over 10 years in Asia whilst at Michelin, most latterly as manufacturing supply chain Director for the Asia-Pacific region. He earned his M.A. in Accounting and Financial Management from Institut Supérieur de Gestion in Paris and his Executive M.B.A. from TRIUM, where he studied at NYU Stern School of Business, the London School of Economics, and École des Hautes Études Commerciales (H.E.C.), Paris.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Nicolas Chavanne
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Nicolas Chavanne is a Senior Principal at TowerBrook. Previously, he was a member of the Mergers & Acquisitions department of Greenhill in London. He graduated from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (E.S.C.P.) in 2000.
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Jose Arellano
Managing Director of TowerBrook Capital Partners
Jose Arellano is a Principal at TowerBrook. Previously, he was an Associate of the Mergers & Acquisitions department, focused on the Financial Institutions industry, at Merrill Lynch in London. He graduated in Business Administration from ICADE (Madrid).
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About TowerBrook Capital Partners: TowerBrook Capital Partners is a London-based investment management firm that funds European and North American companies.
Mike Pitts
Deputy Challenge Director – Transforming Construction of Innovate UK
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About Catalyst Science Discovery Centre, Innovate UK: Innovate UK holds funding competitions for businesses and research organizations in sectors, including emerging technologies.
Stephan Apel
Executive Director of Moelis & Company
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About Moelis & Company, Outlier Ventures: Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base.
Pablo de la Infiesta
Managing Director, Head of the Private Funds Advisory group in EMEA of Moelis & Company
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About Moelis & Company: Moelis & Company is an investment bank that provides innovative strategic advice and solutions to a diverse client base.
Karan Burman
Director of Shawbrook Bank
Structured Finance Associate Director
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About Shawbrook Bank: Shawbrook Bank is a provider of financial services including savings and loans in the UK.
Antony C. Clavel
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Antony C. Clavel joined Summit Partners in 2013. He is a Swiss national and speaks English and Italian. Prior to Summit, he worked for Allen & Company. Based in Summit’s London office, Antony is active in the firm’s investment activities in Europe. Antony holds a BA in mathematics from Oxford University with First Class Honors and an SM in computer science from Harvard University.
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About Summit Partners, Tech Nation: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Matthias Allgaier
Managing Director of Summit Partners
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Gregg J. Nardone
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Gregg J. Nardone joined Summit Partners in 2010. Prior to Summit, Gregg worked for Guggenheim Investment Management as a member of the leveraged credit investing team, and later assumed a trading role. Before that, he worked at Donaldson, Lufkin and Jenrette and Banca IMI Securities. Based in Summit’s Boston office, Gregg is active in the firm’s credit investment activities. His investments include Cal Dive International, Newtek Business Services and Whistler Energy. Gregg received a BBA in finance from The College of William & Mary. In addition, he holds the designation of Chartered Financial Analyst.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Scott Collins
Managing Director and COO of Summit Partners
Scott Collins is the Managing Director at Summit Partners. Scott joined Summit Partners in 1996. Scott manages the firm’s London office, which he founded in 2001. Scott is active in Summit’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia. During his 17 years with Summit Partners, Scott has served on the board of directors of more than 25 companies. Currently he is a director of 360T Group, Acturis Limited, AVAST Software, Bigpoint, vente-privee.com and Welltec International. His prior directorships include Dorn Technology Group (acquired by Policy Management Systems Corporation), Elumen Solutions (acquired by Computer Task Group), Hittite Microwave Corporation (NASDAQ: HITT), Jamba! AG (acquired by VeriSign), Ogone (acquired by Ingenico), SafeBoot Holdings (acquired by McAfee) and Web Reservations International (acquired by Hellman & Friedman). Prior to Summit, Scott worked as a Strategy Consultant with McKinsey & Company in the financial institutions group. Scott also served in a variety of U.S. federal government positions, including at the White House and Department of Justice. Scott holds an A.B. degree in Economics, magna cum laude, from Harvard University and a J.D., cum laude, from Harvard Law School. While at Harvard, Scott was captain of the varsity football team and later served as managing editor of the Harvard Law Review. Scott is a former director of the Harvard Alumni Association and remains active in Harvard-related activities. Scott was a founding Trustee of the Private Equity Foundation, a leading venture philanthropy in the U.K. dedicated to improving the lives of underprivileged youth and he served on the board from 2007 to 2012. Scott holds British and U.S. dual citizenship. Scott’s personal interests include sport and fitness, the arts, and spending time with his children.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Christian R. Strain
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Christian R. Strain joined Summit Partners in 2005. He is a French and U.S. national, and is bilingual in French and English. Prior to Summit, he worked for Apax Partners in Paris where he was a member of the technology team. Based in Summit’s London office, Christian is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia. His board directorships and investments include Bigpoint, Ogone (acquired by Ingenico), Peak Well Systems and vente-privee.com. Christian holds a BA in history from Yale University and an MBA from Harvard Business School. He is active with City Year London.
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About Bigpoint, Ogone, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Han Sikkens
Managing Director and Head of Summit Partners Europe of Summit Partners
Han Sikkens joined Summit Partners in 2004. He is a Dutch national and speaks Dutch and English. Prior to Summit, he worked for Scotia Capital and IBM Corporation. Based in Summit’s London office, Han is active in the firm’s investment activities in North America, Europe and Asia. His board directorships and investments include 360T Group, Acturis Limited, AVAST Software, Flow Traders, Multifonds (IGEFI Group), SafeBoot Holdings (acquired by McAfee) and Welltec International. Han holds a BS in business administration from the University of Groningen, an MSc in international business from the University of Groningen, and an MSc in international finance from the CERAM Graduate School of Management & Technology.
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About IBM, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Thomas M. Tarnowski
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Thomas M. Tarnowski joined Summit Partners in 2013. He is a Danish national and speaks Danish, English, Norwegian, Polish and Swedish. Prior to Summit, he worked for Triton, Credit Suisse First Boston and Citigroup. Based in Summit’s London office, Thomas is active in the firm’s investment activities in Europe. Thomas received an MBA from Harvard Business School and a BBA in finance from Valdosta State University.
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About Salomon Smith Barney, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Johannes N. Grefe
Managing Director of Summit Partners
Johannes N. Grefe joined Summit Partners in 2012. He is a German national and speaks English, German, and Spanish. Prior to Summit, he worked for Vitruvian Partners, TA Associates and Lazard. Based in Summit’s London office, Johannes is active in the firm’s investment activities in Europe. His investments and board directorships include Peak Well Systems. Johannes received an MSc in industrial engineering from the University of Karlsruhe in Germany and an MS in engineering management from Portland State University.
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About Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Giovanni Pericolini
Finance Director & CFO of Medicxi Ventures
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About Medicxi Ventures: Medicxi is a life sciences-focused investment firm.
Anthony Forshaw
Managing Director, Capital Markets Group of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Sandy Purcell
Senior Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey
Sandy Purcell is the Board Member at AudioEye.
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Ann Sharkey
Managing Director of Houlihan Lokey
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About Houlihan Lokey: Houlihan Lokey is a global investment bank that focuses on capital markets, financial restructuring, valuation, and strategic consulting.
Peter Preisler
Managing Director, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Europe & Africa of Oaktree Capital Management
Peter Preisler is the Managing Director, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Europe & Africa at Oaktree Capital Management.
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About Oaktree Capital Management: Oaktree Capital Management is a privately owned investment manager specializing in alternative investment strategies.
Karim Tabet
Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Karim Tabet is a managing director based in our London office. He is currently a director of Digital Platform İletişim Hizmetleri (Digiturk) and Galileo Global Education. Prior to joining Providence in 2002, he was an associate in the principal investment area at Goldman Sachs. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of École Polytechnique.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Andrew Tisdale
Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Andrew Tisdale is a managing director based in our London office. Mr. Tisdale is currently a director of Canal Digitaal Satelliet and HSE24. Prior to joining Providence in 2008, Mr. Tisdale was global co-head of the media and communications group and a member of Morgan Stanley’s management committee for investment banking. During his tenure at Morgan Stanley, Mr. Tisdale held various roles within investment banking, including co-head of the media and communications group for North and South America and, subsequently, the same role for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. He also led Morgan Stanley’s investment banking activities in Brazil. Mr. Tisdale received a Master of Business Administration from the University of North Carolina and a Bachelor of Arts from Vanderbilt University.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Roderik Schlosser
Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Roderik Schlösser is a vice president based in ther London office. Prior to joining Providence in 2006, he was an analyst in the telecommunications corporate finance group at Deutsche Bank. He received a Master of Science in Business Administration from Tilburg University.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
John Hahn
Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
John Hahn is a managing director based in our London office and leads the firm’s European private equity investment activities. He is a director of Digital Platform İletişim Hizmetleri (Digiturk), Grupo Corporativo ONO and UFO Moviez India (UMI). Prior to joining Providence in 2000, he was a managing director at Morgan Stanley. Prior to Morgan Stanley, he worked with Price Waterhouse and Federal Data Corporation. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Anderson School at the University of California, Los Angeles and a Bachelor of Business Administration from the University of Notre Dame.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Charles Vernudachi
Managing Director and head of European business development of Providence Equity Partners
Charles Vernudachi is a managing director based in their London office, where he focuses on business development activities in Europe. Prior to joining Providence in 2014, he was a managing director with Eaton Partners in London, where he oversaw the EMEA distribution of private equity funds and hedge funds. Previously, he was a senior client executive with SEB in London where he was responsible for the distribution of alternative solutions in Europe. From 2007 to 2008, he co-founded a London based placement agent of alternative funds. Prior to that, he was an executive director in the securities division of Goldman Sachs where he was responsible for the distribution of liquid and structured credit products. He started his career with Natixis in Paris. He received a Bachelor of Science from the University Paris Dauphine. He is a CAIA Charter Member and co-founder of the Paris chapter.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Karim Tabet
Senior Managing Director of Providence Equity Partners
Karim Tabet is a managing director based in our London office. he is currently a director of Bitė and Galileo Global Education. Previous boards include Digiturk (Turkey), Com Hem (Sweden), Casema (Netherlands) and Crown Media International. Prior to joining Providence in 2002, he was an associate in the principal investment area at Goldman Sachs. Prior to Goldman Sachs, he worked in mergers and acquisitions at Morgan Stanley. He received a Master of Business Administration from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a graduate of École Polytechnique.
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About Providence Equity Partners: Providence Equity Partners is a private equity firm that focuses on media, entertainment, communications, and information investments.
Faye Poole
Finance Director of Firstminute Capital
Faye is a qualified accountant with over 20 years’ experience in the financial services industry. She has held several finance positions within corporate and retail banking at the Lloyds and NatWest Groups, including Coutts private bank. Faye has several years of experience at a senior level in Fund Finance and Operations at Duke Street Capital, the mid-market private equity fund, overseeing fund vehicles in various jurisdictions before leaving to help run the family office of the founder of the Duke Street funds. Faye has been involved with the Founders Forum ecosystem since 2017, working with Jonathan Goodwin, founder of Lepe Partners Merchant Bank, and now with firstminute capital overseeing finance and fund operations.
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About Firstminute Capital: Firstminute Capital is an early-stage venture fund based in London, investing globally. Backed by 30 unicorn founders and global strategics.
Martin Brennan
Director of Scottish Equity Partners
Martin is a Director at SEP.
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About Pulsant, Scottish Equity Partners, SportPursuit: Scottish Equity Partners is a technology focused growth equity firm operating across the UK and Europe.
Paul Neeson
Director of Scottish Equity Partners
Paul Neeson is a Director at Scottish Equity Partners.
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About Scottish Equity Partners: Scottish Equity Partners is a technology focused growth equity firm operating across the UK and Europe.
Jo Oliver
Director of Octopus Ventures
Jo has been a Venture Partner since 2005 and joined the team in May 2009. Having run several businesses of his own, from publishing surf books to property development, and having made numerous angel investments, including many as an Octopus Venture Partner, Jo finally got the job that he had always wanted. He is a Director in the Ventures team and is involved in the Ventures team’s investment process, portfolio management and fundraising activity. Jo currently sits on a number of the Boards of our investee companies, including: TouchType (SwiftKey); Amplience; Iovox; and Vega-Chi. He is also is a Non-Executive Director on the Titan VCT 5 Board and a member of the Investment Committee of Octopus Investments’ £1bn Specialist Finance business. Jo qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1995. He spent 7 years working as a research analyst at NatWest, Merrill Lynch and Lehman Brothers, where he was the No 1 rated equity research analyst in the European mobile telecoms sector.
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About Amplience, CurrencyFair, iovox, Octopus Titan VCT, Octopus Ventures, Property Partner, Trouva: Octopus is a multi stage European venture capital investor specializing in health, money, deep tech, and consumer.
Enrique Perez Hernandez
Managing Director & Head of EMEA Technology Investment Banking of Morgan Stanley
Enrique Perez-Hernandez is the Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Co Ltd in London. For the last 20 years he’s been the head of EMEA technology and investment banking at Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm and a market leader in securities, asset management and credit services. In 2010 he was promoted and moved from the Madrid offices to London. He previously advised the Madrid branch on takeovers, share and convertible bond issues, and acquisition financing. Enrique is skilled in investment banking, equities, corporate finance, capital markets, business strategy and financial markets. He holds a BA in business administration from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Jessica Alsford
Managing Director of Morgan Stanley
Jessica Alsford is an Executive Director and Head of Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable + Responsible investment research team. Jessica joined the firm in 2005 and spent five years co-heading the Business Services team within Equity Research. In 2010, the team was ranked second in the Institutional Investor and Extel surveys. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Jessica was an equity research analyst at Cazenove. She holds an M.A. in social and political sciences from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA charter holder.
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About Morgan Stanley, Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Frederik Wijsenbeek
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Tactical Value of Morgan Stanley
Frederik is a senior private equity investor with fourteen years of experience in Europe and North America. During that time he has been responsible for twelve successful transactions across multiple sectors with equity investments ranging in size from €25m to €250m. From 2010 to 2013, he was the Head of Direct Private Equity in Europe for OTPP, a $130bn Canadian pension plan with a $12bn private equity portfolio. Between 2003 and 2009, Frederik was a Partner at Bregal Capital, a €2.5bn private equity fund backed by the Brenninkmeijer family. He started his career in New York at Securitas Capital, a $600m private equity joint-venture between Swiss Re and Credit Suisse. Frederik graduated from Stanford University with a BA degree with Distinction in Political Science and a minor in Economics. He subsequently completed an executive education program at Harvard Business School. Frederik is a board member of the ChildLine Schools Service at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (“NSPCC”). He is a Dutch national.
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About Morgan Stanley: Morgan Stanley is a financial services company that offers securities, asset management, and credit services.
Suzanne Heywood
Managing Director of EXOR N.V.
Appointed as a non-executive director in November 2015. Managing director, Exor Group and trustee of the Royal Opera House, Royal Academy of Arts and the Royal Academy of Music.
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About CNH Industrial, EXOR N.V.: EXOR is a diversified holding company that makes long-term investments focused on global companies in diversified sectors.
Nathan Luckey
Managing Director, Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets of Macquarie Group
Nathan is a Managing Director in Macquarie Infrastructure and Real Assets, and holds a number of non-executive directorship roles for companies within MIRA’s investment portfolio. Nathan is a qualified Mechanical Engineer, with expertise across the utilities, telecommunications, transportation and media sectors.
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Karl Smith
Managing Director of Macquarie Group
Karl Smith is responsible for managing the UK Green Investment Bank Offshore Wind Fund. The fund is the world’s first dedicated offshore wind fund and is managed by UK Green Investment Bank Financial Services, a wholly owned subsidiary of the UK Green Investment Bank. It is currently the largest renewables fund in the UK. Karl has extensive experience in principal equity investment, debt investments and financial advisory across the energy and infrastructure sector. He joined the UK Green Investment Bank in 2012 and led the Bank’s principal equity investments in the offshore wind sector. He previously held similar positions at a number of organisations including Babcock & Brown, ABN Amro and Macquarie Bank. Karl holds a Bachelor of Commerce with Honours in Finance from the University of Melbourne.
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About Green Investment Bank, Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Steve Berry
Managing Director of Macquarie Group
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About Macquarie Group: Macquarie Group is a global provider of banking, financial, advisory, investment and funds management services.
Ben Chisell
Director of Product of OakNorth
Ben Chisell is Product Director at Starling Bank, a modern mobile-only bank built to help customers gain better insight into their financial lives, and give them access to all of their financial products in one place through the Starling Marketplace. Ben wants to build a bank that truly puts the customer first, and solves meaningful problems that can have a positive impact on their lives.
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About OakNorth: OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite – proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending
Adam Agius
Director, Debt Finance of OakNorth
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About OakNorth: OakNorth is the creator of the ON Credit Intelligence Suite – proven cloud software that transforms commercial lending
Francesco Casiraghi
Managing Director of Advent International
Francesco Casiraghi joined Advent in 2007. In addition to managing Advent’s coverage of the Italian market, he is a member of the Industrial team. Prior to Advent, Francesco was at Merrill Lynch, where he worked for five years on the investment banking team in their London, Hong Kong, Rome and Milan offices. Prior to Merrill Lynch, he worked at Procter & Gamble as a process engineer. Francesco holds an MA in Industrial Engineering from Parma University. Francesco has worked on Advent’s investments in Circet, Laird Limited and Nexi.
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About Advent International: Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Vasiliki Kardana
Director of Advent International
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About Advent International: Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Vanessa Hackett
Director Software Engineering of American Express
Vanessa joined American Express 20 years ago as an Executive Assistant. She went on to gain experience in analytical as well as project & programme management-related roles in Technology, before advancing to the role of Delivery Director 8 years ago, and the role of Vice President 2 years ago. Vanessa’s global Product Engineering team focuses on enabling digital customer experiences through global APIs, as well as releasing business value through one of the core back-end loyalty platforms. In addition, Vanessa is playing a key role in leading the increased adoption of automation throughout our development pipeline as well as continuing to mature the use of Agile practices and DevOps across her product teams. She is also passionate about building diverse talent, fostering a culture of inclusivity and she mentors people across the organisation. Vanessa is the executive sponsor for the Company’s UK Women in Technology network.
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Director & Counsel EMEA Data Protection Legal team of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Alex Ayers
Director, Information Security Risk and Engagement of American Express
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About American Express: American Express is a global financial services company best known for its credit card, charge card, and traveler’s cheque businesses.
Luke Barrett
Managing Director, Global External Affairs of TPG
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About TPG, TPG: TPG is a private investment firm that manages capital across a family of funds.
Smriti Vicari
Exec Director, Business Strategy, Europe FinTech of Visa
Smriti Vicari is the Head of Fintech at Visa Europe. She oversees Fintech engagement, strategy and delivery activities, ensuring that Visa remains partner-of-choice for Fintechs, platforms and intermediaries. Smriti joined Visa in 2011, initially working in the Strategy team and then forming and leading the CEO Office. Prior to Visa, Smriti held a variety of roles in the US and UK financial services sectors. She began her career as an analyst in a US-based private equity fund-of-funds, where she analysed and recommended investments to multi-billion dollar pension funds, representing some of the largest institutional investors in the country. She then went onto lead a team of analysts at Moody’s Investors Service, assessing credit and investment risk within the Structured Finance group. Smriti held strategy and executive office roles at State Street Bank in London before joining Visa. Smriti holds a Bachelor’s degree in Business from the University of Southern California, and an MBA from London Business School.
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Mark Pettit
Executive Director, Innovation & Strategic Partnerships of Visa
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About Visa: Visa is a multinational financial services company that facilitates electronic payment systems throughout the world.
Ilya Kondrashov
Co-founder & Managing Director of MarketFinance
Having spent three years working within one of the world’s largest legacy financial institutions, Ilya was exposed to the outdated service banks were providing to private businesses. He realised that business owners felt let down by their bank, and set out to build a better alternative. He also represents MarketInvoice in its efforts to promote transparency and fairness within the alternative finance industry, sitting on multiple compliance and regulatory bodies including the P2PFA.
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About MarketFinance: MarketFinance is a FinTech company providing business finance solutions that help companies grow.
Burim Bivolaku
Senior Director, Information Security of IntercontinentalExchange
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Paul Swann
President and Managing Director of IntercontinentalExchange
Paul Swann is the President & Managing Director, ICE Clear Europe, the wholly-owned European clearing house of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE: ICE). Swann was named to his post at ICE in July 2007 and was instrumental in the launch of ICE Clear Europe in November 2008. In his role, Swann oversees all technology, operations and financial functions at the London-based clearing house. Swann has over 20 years experience in European derivatives and equities clearing, and prior to joining ICE, he was most recently Managing Director, Group Risk and Managing Director, Change for LCH.Clearnet Ltd. During his tenure at LCH.Clearnet Ltd., Swann held various leadership positions in technology, operations, and risk management. In those roles, Swann worked closely with ICE on its energy futures and over-the-counter (OTC) clearing business.
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About IntercontinentalExchange: Intercontinental Exchange is an operator of regulated exchanges and clearing houses serving the risk management needs of global markets.
Drew Graham
Director, Digital Strategy of Barclays
Drew is a serial entrepreneur turned banker; a sheep in wolf’s clothing. He joined Barclays as Director of Digital Strategy in April 2019. He was previously the Head of Platform for the Standard Chartered Virtual Bank in Hong Kong. He joined Standard Chartered as Director of Fintech Strategy and Engagement in 2016. Before renting his soul, he founded and led a financial inclusion payments company in Indonesia, a financial services Cloud services company in Hong Kong, an oil and gas technology infrastructure company in Papua New Guinea, a data analytics startup in Berlin and a zip line in Singapore. He is a believer that the only difference between bravery and insanity is success, a keen mentor of entrepreneurs, a passionate advisor to startup accelerator programs and a reluctant wearer of formal clothes.
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About Barclays, Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
Reid Marsh
Managing Director of Barclays
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
James Binns
Managing Director, Global Head of Trade and Working Capital of Barclays
James Binns is the Global Head of Trade and Working Capital for Barclays, which serves Corporate, NBFI and FI clients globally with teams located in UK, Europe, Americas, Asia and the Middle East. Prior to joining Barclays, James spent 4.5 years at Deutsche Bank where he headed Working Capital Advisory and Trade Finance for EMEA and latterly Global Cross Product Solutions. This followed 20 years at HSBC where James was based across Asia Pacific, the Middle East, USA and UK in a number of senior Corporate Banking and Trade Finance roles.
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About Barclays: Barclays is a global financial services company that provides various financial products and services worldwide.
