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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 Venture Capital 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.
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.
Mubashir Mukadam
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mubashir Mukadam (London) joined KKR in 2011 and leads the European special situations business. Prior to joining KKR, he was a managing director with York Capital in London where he helped build the European distressed and event-driven credit business. While at York Capital, Mr. Mukadam also led investments across a range of instruments and sectors and retained oversight over the trading of complex securities. In addition, he served on the informal creditor committees for a number of large European bank liquidations. Prior to joining York Capital, Mr. Mukadam was a director in Deutsche Bank? distressed debt proprietary/broker-dealer group where he sourced and invested across single asset trading names, loan and liquidation claim portfolios, and distressed private equity opportunities. He started his career at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank in the mergers and acquisitions group. Mr. Mukadam holds an M.B.A. with honors from The Wharton School and a B.S. (Honors) from the University of Bath.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Sergio D’Angelo
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Sergio D’Angelo (London) joined KKR in 2005 and has been involved in the investments in Inaer, SBS Broadcasting, Selenia, NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor), ProSiebenSat.1, and Alliance Boots. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Alliance Boots. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. D’Angelo was with the private equity firm BC Partners in Milan for over a year. Prior to that, he worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup in London. He holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, from L. Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mark Brown
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Brown (London) joined KKR in 2013. Mr. Brown was most recently a managing director at GSO Capital, the credit arm of Blackstone, which he joined in October 2007. At GSO Capital, he was part of the fund’s rescue financing efforts across Europe. He served on the board of directors of The Miller Group, Giant Cement LLP, and Alcontrol Laboratories. Prior to joining GSO Capital, Mr. Brown worked for Deutsche Bank as a vice president in the Distressed Products Group where he focused on European distressed corporate loans and special situations. His previous work experience also includes debt advisory at Close Brothers Corporate Finance and audit and private equity/corporate transaction support with KPMG in New York. Mr. Brown trained as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst in South Africa. He currently serves on the board of the holding company of the Italian vending machine business, Argenta.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Stephen Shanley
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Stephen joined TCV in 2012 and focuses on investment opportunities in the internet and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining TCV, Stephen spent several years as an Analyst and Associate with Needham & Company’s technology investment banking group. While at Needham he completed a variety of public and private M&A and capital raising transactions within the Internet & Digital Media and Semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Needham & Company, he was an Associate with KPMGs Transaction Services group focusing on buy-side financial due diligence. Stephen received a B.S. in Economics and a B.S.C. in Accounting from Santa Clara University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
James Hatchley
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Hatchley (London) is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) for KKR with local responsibility for the operations of KKR’s businesses across the MENA region. Mr. Hatchley joined KKR as Co-Chief Executive of Avoca Capital in 2014 where he has responsibility for business strategy, strategic fund raising and oversight of non-investment functions. He joined Avoca in May 2012. Previously, he spent 23 years working in the City of London as an investment banker with Schroders, Greenhill and Freeman & Co. Mr. Hatchley established Freeman & Co.’s European business in 2006. During his time as a banker he provided independent strategic and financial advice to a wide range of banks, insurance companies and selected institutional investors. Mr. Hatchley qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. He has a first class B.Sc (hons) Degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Surrey in the UK.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Johannes P. Huth
Managing Director & Head of KKR EMEA of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Johannes P. Huth (London) joined KKR in 1999 and is a Member of KKR and Head of KKR’s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has participated in investments including Wincor Nixdorf, Zumtobel, Demag Holdings, MTU Aero Engines, DSD, Selenia, Kion Group, NXP Semiconductors, Pro7 Sat1, BMG, Wild, and Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF). He is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Kion. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP BV. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WMF, and member of the Board of Hertha KGaA. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Huth was a member of Investcorp’s Management Committee and was also responsible for the firm’s operations in Europe. Previously, he was with Salomon Brothers, where he was a vice president in the mergers and acquisitions departments in London and New York. Mr. Huth holds a B.Sc with highest honors from the London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He is Chairman of the Trustees of the Private Equity Foundation, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Design Museum, trustee of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt, a governor of the London School of Economics, and trustee of The Education Endowment Foundation.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Philip Wack
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Philip Wack (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Industrials and Chemicals team. At KKR, Mr. Wack has been involved with the investments in KION, Saba Infraestructuras and WMF. Currently, Mr. Wack serves on the board of directors of WMF. Prior to joining KKR, he spent four years at JP Morgan in Frankfurt as a member of the mergers and acquisitions department. He holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz (Germany).
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Valeria Rebulla
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Valeria Rebulla (London) joined in 2009 and heads the Capital Solutions Group in Europe. Since joining KKR Capital Markets, she has played an instrumental role in arranging multiple financings for KKR acquisitions and portfolio companies, including: PortAventura, SBB, Acteon, OEG Offshore, Fotolia, Bond Aviation, Inaer, Versatel, Alliance Boots, Wild Flavours, WMF and NXP. Prior to joining KKR, she was an executive director on Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Capital Markets desk. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s and developed a broad range of skills in the Advisory Group, and subsequently in the venture capital group (then “GS Ventures”), before moving into the Leveraged Finance Division. She holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, from L. Bocconi University.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, Said Business School, University of Oxford: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Ghassan Nicolas Kara
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ghassan Nicolas Kara (London/Paris) joined KKR Capstone in 2009. He was previously an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, where he worked on diverse turnaround engagements in EMEA. Prior to his McKinsey experience, he was owner and manager of an SME in the printing and packaging industry. He holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD, an M.Sc. in finance from Imperial College London and in engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Guillaume Cassou
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Guillaume Cassou (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is responsible for the European Real Estate team. Prior to KKR, Mr. Cassou was an executive director at Goldman Sachs real estate principal investment area in London since 2007 focusing on real estate and real estate-related investments across Europe. Previously Mr. Cassou worked in Goldman Sachs investment banking group from 2001 to 2007, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions, and capital market transactions. He holds an M.Sc. from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Christian Ollig
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christian Ollig (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Consumer industry team, within KKR’s Private Equity platform. At KKR, Mr. Ollig has played a significant role in KKR’s investments in Wild Flavors, Cognita, Hertha BSC, and Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF). Prior to joining KKR, he was a vice president at Lehman Brothers in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, and the Media Group in Frankfurt and New York. At Lehman he was involved in a range of KKR investments, including SBS Broadcasting and Kion. He holds an M.B.A. (Diplom-Kaufmann) with distinction from the University of Cologne and London Business School.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mark Ennis
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Ennis (London) joined KKR Capital Markets in 2013.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Abhishek Kapur
Managing Director – Regional Lead, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mark Howard
Managing Director & Chief Compliance Officer International Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Howard (London) joined KKR in 2011 as a Compliance Officer for Europe and Mid-East. Before joining KKR.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Federica Gironi
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Federica Gironi (London) joined KKR Capital Markets (KCM) in 2013. Since joining KCM, Federica has worked on a variety of financings including PortAventura, SBB/Telemach, Bond Aviation, Northgate, Pets at Home, and Telepizza, and the IPO of Pets at Home. Prior to joining KCM, she was a vice president at Citigroup’s leveraged Finance Group and has previously also worked in the mergers and acquisition division. She holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, in Accounting and Corporate Finance from L. Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mark Danzey
Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Danzey (London) joined KKR Capital Markets (KCM) in 2009.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Jean -Pierre Saad
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jean-Pierre Saad (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is focused on Technology, Media and Telecom investments in EMEA. He has been involved in KKR’s investments in SoftwareONE, SBB/Telemach (United Group), NXP Semiconductors, Acteon and Legrand. Mr. Saad is also responsible for Middle East and North Africa investment efforts. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked in the telecoms and media team of Lehman Brothers in London where he advised KKR on a number of investments including SBS Broadcasting. Mr. Saad holds a Grande Ecole degree from HEC Paris as well as an Engineering degree with high distinction in Computer and Communications from the American University of Beirut.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Ludo Bammens
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ludo Bammens (London) joined KKR in 2009 as the Director of European Corporate Affairs. Before joining KKR, Mr. Bammens was the Director of European Public Affairs at Coca-Cola Company Europe Group. Prior to taking this role he was Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications for the Europe Group of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the largest bottler in the Coca-Cola system. He joined Coca-Cola from Janssen Pharmaceutical (the pharmaceutical branch of Johnson & Johnson) where he was Director of European Public Affairs. From 1986-1991, Mr. Bammens was Deputy Chef de Cabinet of King Baudouin of Belgium. Mr. Bammens is honorary member of the Executive Board of the Belgian Banking and Market Supervisory Authority and former member of the Stakeholder Group of the European Securities and Market Authority(ESMA).
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Meenal Devani
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Meenal Devani is the Investments Committee Member at St Catharine’s College Cambridge.
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About Aprirose, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts, St Catharine’s College Cambridge: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Justin Lewis Oakes
TitleDirector of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Justin Lewis-Oakes (London) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Consumer team and the Pets at Home and Cognita portfolio teams. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lewis-Oakes spent four years in the UK mergers and acquisitions team at Goldman Sachs in London. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Jurcell Virginia
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jurcell Virginia (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is a Director in the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Virginia was responsible for the business development activities for EIM SA in the Netherlands and Southern Africa. Previously, he was engaged with a number of entrepreneurial companies. Mr. Virginia started his career with ABN AMRO where he worked for 7 years in the corporate finance department in Amsterdam and Sao Paulo. His most recent position was as VP Corporate Finance. Mr. Virginia holds a Masters in Econometrics from Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
James Sclater
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Sclater (London) joined KKR as part of Avoca Capital, and is a senior portfolio manager for the European long/short credit business. Before joining Avoca in 2011, Mr. Sclater worked at Ilex Asset Management and Liontrust Asset Management. Previously, he worked for Cairnsea Investments running a long/short equity fund. He originally qualified as a lawyer with Clifford Chance, where he worked primarily in banking and project finance. He then worked for a project management company in Mozambique. Mr. Sclater is a graduate of the University of Bristol where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and politics.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Simon Thorp
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Simon Thorp (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital, and leads KKR Credit’s European long/short credit business. Before joining Avoca in 2011, he managed the Liontrust Credit Fund at Liontrust (formerly Ilex Credit Fund). Prior to this role, he was CEO of Exco plc, a U.K.-based business. He commenced seventeen years of fixed income trading experience with Akroyd and Smithers and spent two years with S.G. Warburg before joining Salomon Brothers to run its U.K government bond trading team. In 1992, he joined the newly formed NatWest Markets, responsible for European government trading and sales before managing credit products. He was co-head of global fixed income and sat on the debt capital markets management committee for four years. He received his B.Sc in Economics and Politics from the University of Keele.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Franziska Kayser
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Clayton Perry
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Clayton Perry (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital and is responsible for the strategic development of KKR’s collateralized loan obligation business. Before joining Avoca in 2010, he worked for Credit Suisse for sixteen years in a variety of roles, most recently running the collateralized loan obligation arranging business. Mr. Perry has a B.A. from Otago University and an M.Sc from the London School of Economics.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Ryan Miller
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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James Marsh
Director, Principal, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Marsh (London) joined KKR in 2012 as a member of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Barclays Capital in its power, utilities & infrastructure group, where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He also worked for three years at the quantitative investment strategies division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
William Needham
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William Needham (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is European Legal Counsel for KKR Credit.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Paul Roberts
Managing Director, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Paul Roberts (London) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2008. Mr. Roberts is part of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, Mr. Roberts was a managing director and co-head of European shares at Goldman Sachs & Co. Previously, he worked in the equity derivatives group of Goldman Sachs & Co. advising institutions on portfolio restructuring and hedging strategies. Earlier in his career, he was the head of derivative sales at SG Warburg, responsible for the distribution of all listed and OTC products. Mr. Roberts holds an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Douglas Watt
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Douglas Watt (London) joined KKR in 2011 and is part of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Watt was with Goldman, Sachs & Co., most recently as part of the U.K. Institutional team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Previously, he worked at BNP Paribas in their equity derivatives team, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Cayman Islands. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in Glasgow where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Watt holds a BAcc (Hons) in Accountancy and Marketing from Stirling University, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
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.
Andrew Crankshaw
Financial Director of Atomico
Based in London, Andrew has been the Finance Director at Atomico since 2008. He manages all aspects of Atomico’s fund operations and reporting, including as Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer. Andrew has 16 years of experience in the private equity and venture capital industries. Prior to joining Atomico, Andrew was employed as the Funds Controller for the British based private equity firm 3i plc where he worked within the Buyouts Division. Before this, Andrew worked at the Swedish private equity firm IK Investment Partners, looking after the fund administration and reporting for five buyout funds, and later assumed additional responsibility for the operational running, administration and board membership of the fund’s many Luxembourg-based holding companies. Andrew is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant, has a BA Honours degree in Accountancy from Birmingham City University, is fully authorised and regulated by the FCA in the UK, and is a member of the Securities Institute by virtue of holding the Investment Administration Qualification. Andrew is a keen skier, cyclist and former rugby player. He recently cycled 400km from London to Paris and really misses the camaraderie of playing rugby, but not the broken bones that comes with it.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
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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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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Anthony Gutman
Managing Director of Goldman Sachs
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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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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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Sarah Card
Executive Director of Goldman Sachs
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Russell Berry
Executive Director of Goldman Sachs
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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.
Nestor Paz Galindo
Managing Director of UBS
Nestor Paz Galindo as managing director and head of sell-side and financial sponsors M&A for EMEA. Paz Galindo will join the bank from JP Morgan in March next year. Paz Galindo has spent all of his professional career to date at JP Morgan. He has held a range of M&A-related roles over 22 years, most recently including managing director of the bank’s European financial sponsors group.
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Marc Wursdorfer
Managing Director of UBS
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Alfredo A. Marti
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Marti is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2008, Mr. Marti served in various leadership positions at BP plc, one of the world’s largest energy firms, including leading the organization responsible for overseeing the financial and operational performance and capital allocation of all of BP’s oil & gas exploration and production businesses worldwide. Other roles at BP included Head of Strategy for BP’s North America Gas business, General Manager of oil & gas production operations in Wyoming, USA, and Joint-Ventures Coordinator in Venezuela. Mr. Marti received his M.B.A. from Stanford University’s Graduate School of Business, where he was an Arjay Miller Scholar. He also holds a summa cum laude degree in Economics from Venezuela’s Andres Bello University and a Corporate Finance diploma from London Business School.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Andy Lund
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Andy joined Advent International in 2011 and is located in Advent’s London office where he focuses on research and analysis initiatives to support the Firm’s fundraising and investor relations activities. Andy was previously a Director at UBS Private Equity Funds Group where he managed several fundraising assignments for leading private equity firms. Prior to attending business school, Andy spent over ten years as a pilot in the UK Royal Air Force flying Tornado fast jets and Puma helicopters in a number of operational theatres.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Robin Duggan
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Duggan is a Managing Director of Riverstone. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2007, Mr. Duggan was the founder of Commodity Optimization Ventures Ltd., a business providing advice to clients in the private equity industry, including Texas Pacific Group. Before the founding of his business, Mr. Duggan served for over 17 years in various positions with subsidiaries and affiliates of BP plc, one of the world’s largest energy firms. From 2004 to 2005 Mr. Duggan was the Vice President of European Business Optimization at Innovene, BP’s olefins and derivatives subsidiary, where he was responsible for commercial activity for olefins and refining in Europe, and also oversaw Innovene’s successful separation from BP in Europe. From 1999 to 2003, Mr. Duggan held a number of senior level positions in BP’s Petrochemicals segment, including serving as the Performance Unit Leader of the Aromatics and Olefins division, Global Business Manager of the Styrene business unit, and the Planning, Performance and Strategy Manager of the Acetyls business unit. Prior to that time, Mr. Duggan held various positions in the BP’s Upstream segment in the United Kingdom, Australia, and Venezuela over a period of 10 years. Mr. Duggan currently serves on the Boards of Directors of Cuadrilla, Enviva, Origo, Patagonia, Proserv Group, ReEnergy and Velocita, and previously was the Chairman of the Board of Seajacks. Mr. Duggan holds a degree in Biochemistry from Oxford University and a Sloan Master’s of Science in Management from Stanford University.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Bob Brown
Managing Director of Riverstone Holdings
Mr. Brown is a Managing Director of Riverstone, focused on Limited Partner relations, fundraising, and communications. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Brown was Managing Director and Global Head of Limited Partner Services for Advent International. Prior to Advent, he was a Managing Director at The Carlyle Group, where he focused on North American fundraising and investor relations. Mr. Brown joined Carlyle in 1999 and during his tenure there raised capital for the firm’s investment partnerships, including funds and coinvestments, and was actively involved in product development, fund formation and marketing strategy for these partnerships. Bob also served on the firm’s Investor Relations Coordinating Committee, focusing on new fund initiatives, capital formation and limited partner relationships. Prior to Carlyle, he was a Vice President in the Private Equity Group at Merrill Lynch from 1994 to 1999. There, he was responsible for raising private equity, real estate, hedge fund, co-investment capital and direct private placements for almost 100 transactions. Mr. Brown graduated with a B.A. from Southern Methodist University and has an M.B.A. from the University of Connecticut.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Gaby Salem
Managing Director of Wharton Asset Management Company Limited
Gaby is the founder and Managing Director of Wharton Asset Management, a private London based family office specialising in private equity investment in diverse sectors including healthcare and biotechnology. Gaby has over 20 years of experience in finance and investment. He is the co-founder of Rexgenero bringing together the licence partner, the investors and management team within Rexgenero. He represents the principal shareholders and funders of Rexgenero.
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About Wharton Asset Management Company Limited: Wharton Asset Management is an investment management company.
Karen Brade
Director of Augmentum Fintech
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About Aberdeen Japan IT, Augmentum Fintech, HeiQ Materials: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
David Haysey
Director of Augmentum Fintech
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About Augmentum Fintech, Marylebone Partners: Augmentum Fintech is a FinTech fund that invests in early and later-stage FinTech companies.
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.
Natasha Bhatia
Director of Business Development of Apax Partners
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Stephen Kempen
Funds Administration Director of Apax Partners
Stephen Kempen is the Funds Administration Director. He is based in London having joined Apax Partners in 2004. Prior to joining Apax Partners, Stephen was a senior manager in the Investment Management division at PwC LLP having previously worked at Towers Perrin (now Towers Watson). Stephen holds a Bachelor of Commerce degree from the University of Cape Town, a Postgraduate Diploma in Accounting from the University of Kwazulu-Natal and qualified as a Chartered Accountant in South Africa.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
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.
Josh Critchley
Managing Director of RBC Venture Partners
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About RBC Venture Partners: RBC Venture Partners invests venture capital and growth equity on behalf of the Royal Bank of Canada.
Stefano Ragni
Director – Global Supply Chain Process Lead of GSK
Stefano Ragni is Global business process owner in GSK for Supply Chain Planning processes, including architecture, people’s roles & responsibilities, cross-functional integration and capability built to enable the business model. Stefano led similar programmes and held operational leadership roles for Integrated Business Planning and Demand Planning in other industries, such as FMCG (eg Heinz) and Automotive (eg Goodyear Dunlop). Beyond his integrated Supply Chain leadership skills, Stefano’s background includes roles in finance, capital engineering and systems implementation.
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About GSK: GSK Venture Fund is a Massachusetts-based venture capital fund focused on investments within the area of bioelectronics.
Adrian Phipps
Global SEO Director of GSK
Adrian is a highly experienced and transformational SEO professional with over 19 years hands-on experience. Starting his career with digital media agencies before progressing client side delivering digital and SEO solutions for the likes of Pfizer, BBC, Volvo, Eurotunnel, Saga and now GSK. Adrian’s most recent achievements have been to drive organic traffic for Saga from 300K sessions per month to over 1 million session per month in 18 months. Moreover, in the same time driving quick answer results from a standing start of 0 to now over 600.
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About GSK: GSK Venture Fund is a Massachusetts-based venture capital fund focused on investments within the area of bioelectronics.
Giovanni Pericolini
Finance Director & CFO of Medicxi Ventures
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About Medicxi Ventures: Medicxi is a life sciences-focused investment firm.
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.
Pauline Cassie
Investor Relations Director of Par Equity
Pauline Cassie is the Investor Relations Director at Par Equity.
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About Par Equity: Par Equity is a leading, early-stage venture capital firm, investing in innovative, high growth technology companies.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Ajay Chowdhury
Managing Director and Senior Partner. Regional Chair: Western Europe, South America, Africa of BCG Digital Ventures
Ajay Chowdhury is a Managing Director and Partner at BCG Digital Ventures.
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About Acacia Capital Partners, BCG Digital Ventures, Cambridge Enterprise, EnActe Arts, Inc., MachineMax, Royal Academy of Dramatic Art: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Andy Lees
Partner & Director of Product Management of BCG Digital Ventures
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About BCG Digital Ventures: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Patrick Rouvillois
Partner & Managing Director of BCG Digital Ventures
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About BCG Digital Ventures: BCG Digital Ventures is a corporate investment and incubation firm.
Charlotte Salasky
Director of Investor Relations of Notion Capital
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Maddy Cross
Talent Director of Notion Capital
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Andy Davis
Director of Backstage Capital
Co-founder of Applyed.
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About Backstage Capital: Backstage Capital is a venture capital fund that invests in new companies led by underrepresented founders.
John Horton
Finance Director of DN Capital
John is the Finance Director of DN Capital having joined the firm in 2013. He is a chartered accountant having qualified at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He was previously Head of Finance at Lion Capital and prior to that CFO of Vision Capital, Elderstreet Investments and a venture capital backed software company prior to its successful sale.
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About DN Capital: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Charles Miller-Jones
Managing Director, London of OMERS Private Equity
Charles is a Managing Director in the London office of OMERS Private Equity, having joined the team in September 2017. He is part of the investment team focusing on direct investments in Europe. He was involved in the acquisition of Alexander Mann Solutions in 2018, and is now a non-executive board director with that asset. Before joining OMERS, Charles spent 12 years at Cinven, where he was involved in a range of private equity transactions and investments, including Smurfit Kappa, PizzaExpress, Gala Coral, CPA Global and Kurt Geiger. Charles has an MA (Cantab) in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University.
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About OMERS Private Equity: OMERS Private Equity has been making private equity investments for OMERS, one of Canada’s largest plans with in excess of $50 billion of
Orla Ralston
Managing Director, Investment Tax, London of OMERS Private Equity
Orla is Managing Director, Investment Tax in the London office, advising the Infrastructure and Private Equity investment teams in relation to the tax and structuring aspects of their transactions across Europe. Orla joined OMERS in July 2016. Prior to joining OMERS, Orla spent 11 years at Goldman Sachs, working alongside the Merchant Banking Division on their European investments in real estate, infrastructure, debt and equity. Orla was previously a tax associate at Slaughter and May, from 1998 until 2005. Orla holds a joint honours degree (LLB) in Law & Accountancy from Queen’s University Belfast and is qualified as a solicitor in Northern Ireland, and in England and Wales.
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About OMERS Private Equity: OMERS Private Equity has been making private equity investments for OMERS, one of Canada’s largest plans with in excess of $50 billion of
Isabelle Pagnotta
Managing Director, London of OMERS Private Equity
Isabelle is Managing Director at OMERS Private Equity Europe, based in London. She leads sourcing, execution and portfolio management of private equity investments in Europe, and is responsible for the origination of deals in France. Since joining in 2012, Isabelle has been involved in OMERS Private Equity’s investments in V. Group, Civica, ERM and Trescal, and has served as Director of Civica and Trescal. Before joining OMERS Private Equity, Isabelle worked at Bridgepoint for four years, and Arcapita for six years, where she assessed and invested in businesses across a range of sectors in both the U.K. and France. Isabelle received a Master’s in Management and a Diplome de Grande Ecole, both from ESCP Europe.
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About OMERS Private Equity: OMERS Private Equity has been making private equity investments for OMERS, one of Canada’s largest plans with in excess of $50 billion of
Jonathan Mussellwhite
Senior Managing Director and Head of Europe of OMERS Private Equity
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About OMERS Private Equity: OMERS Private Equity has been making private equity investments for OMERS, one of Canada’s largest plans with in excess of $50 billion of
Matt Baird
Managing Director, Operations & Strategy, London of OMERS Private Equity
Matt is Managing Director, Operations & Strategy for OMERS Private Equity in Europe, having joined in April 2017. He works with the management teams leading OMERS portfolio companies to help them generate maximum value through the lifetime of the investment. Matt brings over 20 years’ experience working with and supporting senior executives in PE-backed businesses to deliver results. Prior to joining OMERS, he was a Managing Director in Alvarez & Marsal’s Private Equity Performance Improvement practice, where his work included serving in interim CFO/COO roles in client businesses as well as advising management teams. Prior to this, he was a consultant with McKinsey & Company. He started his career with Arthur Andersen. Matt holds a Masters in Engineering, Economics & Management from Oxford University and is a Chartered Accountant.
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About OMERS Private Equity: OMERS Private Equity has been making private equity investments for OMERS, one of Canada’s largest plans with in excess of $50 billion of
George McDonaugh
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director of KR1 plc
I’ve been involved in blockchain technology since 2011. Before then I was an advertising copywriter for London based agencies. I have a masters degree in Anthropology and a further degree in Creative Advertising. I helped form one of London’s most popular blockchain meetups and co-founded kr1 in early 2016 and as such it become the first token focussed investment company in the world. We have the longest track record in the space and a global network of funds, developers and investors.
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About KR1 plc: KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe’s leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.
Keld van Schreven
Co-Founder and Managing Director of KR1 plc
Keld is cofounder of KR1 UKs leading crypto investment public company. First investors in Melonport, Funfair, Rocketpool and Etherisc. Keld is advisor to IXLedger and previously cofounder of several web startups since 1995. www.kryptonite1.co
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About KR1 plc, MAMA: KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe’s leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.
Thomas Teichman
Chairman and Executive Director of Spark Ventures
Tom is the Chairman of SPARK Venture Management and has a long track record in backing, chairing and developing some of Europe’s most successful internet, technology, music, games and software businesses. Additionally, he has 20 years’ prior investment banking experience acquired at Credit Suisse, Bank of Montreal Nesbitt and Mitsubishi Bank, where he held various positions including Head of Corporate Finance, Trading and Syndicate. Tom was Executive Chairman of SPARK Ventures plc for 10 years until 2011 and now chairs SPARK Venture Management, which manages the SPARK Ventures plc portfolio and other significant technology and life sciences portfolios including funds from major institutions and 27 Oxford University colleges and the UK Government. Tom has operated hands-on after his City days in many small and fast growing businesses from start up to IPO or trade sale. Thus, unusually, he combines awareness of the capital markets and the M&A environments with that of entrepreneurial, rapid growth companies with mould-breaking ideas.
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About Simba Sleep, The Garage Soho: SPARK Venture is an early-stage venture capital investor in Europe.
Kiko Duffy
Founder and Investment Director of Spark Ventures
Kiko is an Investment Director at SPARK and was part of its founding team in 1999. Prior to SPARK, Kiko spent two years with NewMedia Investors assisting clients such as Lastminute.com, Silicon.com and System C Healthcare in raising more than £30 million in venture capital. While at SPARK, Kiko has executed a number of investments in the digital media and enterprise software sectors. Kiko currently represents SPARK in investments in Firebox, Elateral, Academia and Community Internet and also assists Tom Teichman in Mydeco.com, Notonthehighstreet.com and We7. Kiko was also responsible for SPARK’s investment in Touch Clarity (sold to Omniture), and managed the sales of Secerno (sold to Oracle), Synaptic Systems (sold to Capita) and Identum (sold to Trend Micro). Kiko holds an MBA in Finance (ESADE 2005) and a BA in Philosophy (University of Manchester).
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About Spark Ventures, The Garage Soho: SPARK Venture is an early-stage venture capital investor in Europe.
Andy Betton
Financial Director of Spark Ventures
Andy is the Company Secretary of SPARK Ventures and the Finance Director of SPARK Venture Management Ltd. He has extensive audit, accountancy and taxation experience gained over six years whilst in a small (10 partner) accountancy firm progressing from graduate trainee to audit manager. He has two years commercial experience gained in a quoted shipbrokers (200 UK staff). He qualified as an accountant in 1996, with an MA in Economics from Cambridge University.
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About Spark Ventures, The Garage Soho: SPARK Venture is an early-stage venture capital investor in Europe.
Sarah Verity-Thomas
Managing Director of Cinven
Sarah is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team and is responsible for Cinven’s client services on behalf of our Limited Partners. Previously, Sarah worked as a Manager in the Private Equity Transaction Services group at KPMG, advising private equity clients on M&A and restructuring deals across a range of sectors. Prior to this, Sarah spent four years with Arthur Andersen, where she worked in the Private Equity Tax group and gained her Chartered Accountancy qualification. Sarah holds an MA in Natural Sciences from Cambridge University. She joined Cinven in 2005.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Hugh Langmuir
Director of Cinven
Hugh joined Cinven in 1991 and became Managing Partner in 2009. He is responsible for the execution of the firm’s strategy, the day-to-day management of the firm and the Investment Committee and Portfolio Review Committee. Before joining Cinven, Hugh worked at Bain & Company and Citigroup in London and Paris. Hugh holds degrees from the University of Edinburgh, Harvard University and London Business School.
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About Cinven: Cinven is an international private equity firm focused on building world-class global companies.
Tarek Bayazid
Managing Director of Cinven
Tarek is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team. Previously Tarek worked as a Vice President in the Alternative Assets Group at Citigroup, advising private equity clients with a broad range of products, including M&A advisory, leveraged finance and private equity fundraising. Tarek holds an MSc in Communications and a BA in History from Boston College. He joined Cinven in 2014.
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Adam Watkins
Director of Cinven
Adam is a member of the Investor Relations and Fundraising team. Prior to Cinven, Adam worked at Deloitte in the Banking & Capital Markets audit division. Adam has a BSc in Physics from the University of Manchester and is a Chartered Accountant. He joined Cinven in 2014.
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Lindsay Sharma
Managing Director of Industry Ventures
Lindsay focuses on originating and valuing the firm’s secondary investments. Prior to Industry Ventures, Lindsay was a Principal in corporate strategy and development at Intuit, leading merger and acquisition activities for the company. Prior to Intuit, Lindsay developed private equity and investment banking industry expertise with Great Hill Partners and Bear Stearns. Lindsay received her MBA from Harvard Business School and a BS in business administration in finance and accounting from Indiana University.
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About Industry Ventures: Industry Ventures is an investment firm that makes venture capital investments and manages over $3.5 billion of institutional capital.
