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This list showcases the top United Kingdom based Associate operating in the Financial Services space. If you think a Associate 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.
Sarah Shanfield
Associate of Felix Capital
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About Felix Capital: Felix Capital is a venture fund that focuses on digital commerce, digital media, and information technology companies.
Charlotte Clune
Associate of Atomico
Charlotte is an Associate at Atomico. Based in London, she works on sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities in the consumer space across Europe, as well as supporting Atomico and its portfolio companies on operational projects and research. Prior to joining Atomico, Charlotte was an Associate at The Blackstone Group in New York, followed by roles in the pre-seed and seed-stage investing ecosystems in New York and Oxford, respectively. Charlotte holds a BA in History (with distinction) from Yale University as well as an MBA (Hons) from the University of Oxford, where she was a Forté Foundation Scholar. Outside of work, when not searching for the best Sunday roast in London, Charlotte is often dreaming about big-wave surfing and the prospect of space tourism.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Luca Eisenstecken
Senior Associate of Atomico
Luca Eisenstecken is an Associate. Based in London, Luca is part of the investment team where he works on sourcing and due diligence of investment opportunities and portfolio management for Germany, Austria and Switzerland. He has worked with Automation Hero. Prior to joining Atomico, Luca spent two years at San Francisco-based private equity firm Vector Capital, where he worked on multiple growth equity investments and buyouts across diverse technology verticals, including the growth investment into CPQ software firm CloudSense. Luca began his career at MergerTech Group, a Bay Area-based technology investment bank, where he advised clients on M&A and financing processes. Luca holds a Master of International Business with a concentration in Corporate Finance from Hult International Business School in San Francisco, as well as a BA in International Management with a concentration in hospitality management from IUBH School of Business & Management in Germany. He is fluent in German and English, with some basic knowledge of Italian. As he lived in California for half a decade, he will not get tired of reminding you how much better the weather is over there.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Nicole Lai
Associate of Atomico
Nicole Lai works as an Associate at Atomico. Before joining Atomico, she was a Partner Associate at Real Ventures for 2 years. She also worked as a Scientific Project Lead at Moonshot Health.
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About Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Sarah Guemouri
Senior Associate of Atomico
Sarah Guemouri is a Senior Associate based in London. She focuses on research to support the sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities, provides regular insight on key technology trends, and helps compile the State of European Tech report. She is passionate about new ways of integrating data into work as machine learning and AI continue to mature, and using data to solve for biases and make the world a better place. Before joining Atomico, Sarah worked at App Annie, where she supported business development in EMEA and was responsible for mobile strategy consulting. Before that, she spent time in investment banking at J.P. Morgan in London, and in private equity at BNP Paribas in New York. She has a Master of Science in Corporate Finance and a Master in Management from EDHEC Business School. While Sarah’s preferred method of data analysis is Excel, her preferred method of dream analysis are short story classes where her nighttime imaginings often serve as inspiration into writing. Sarah is also the only Atomican who has ever lived full time on a sailboat and had her own yoga venture.
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About Atomico, Atomico: Atomico is an international investment firm that focuses on helping disruptive technology companies scale globally.
Rukshan Mehra
TMT Investment Banking Summer Associate 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.
Ziv Reichert
Associate of LocalGlobe
Ziv Reichert is an Associate at LocalGlobe.
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About LocalGlobe: LocalGlobe is a venture capital firm that focuses on seed and impact investments.
Ed Stubbings
Associate of Riverstone Holdings
Ed Stubbings is an Associate of Riverstone, focused on Limited Partner relations, fundraising, and communications. He is based in London. Prior to joining Riverstone in 2014, Mr. Stubbings was an Associate Director in the Private Funds Group at UBS. During his tenure, he managed a number of buyout, private debt and infrastructure fundraising processes for leading financial sponsors. Prior to UBS, Mr. Stubbings worked in the leveraged finance team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Stubbings graduated from the University of Durham with MA and first class BA (Hons) degrees in Theology.
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About Riverstone Holdings: River Stone is a private investment firm founded in 2000.
Archie Cochrane
Associate of Anthemis Group
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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.
Alex Steiner
Associate of Anthemis Group
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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.
Alexander Mayall
Associate of Anthemis Group
Alex Mayall is a member of Anthemis’ Advisory team, where he identifies and evaluates emerging technologies that will have impact on financial services. He also provides his technical know-how to the team’s venture design efforts. Before joining Anthemis, Alex worked for two years at Exceedra Software Ltd in an infrastructural role, performing information security accreditation, cloud and database administration and database software development. Alex has a Bachelors in Physics from St. Catherine’s College, Oxford, and a Masters in Cybernetics from the University of Reading with a focus on terahertz technology. He’s a keen futurist and has produced a wide variety of content on the subject. In his spare time, you can find Alex listening to podcasts or watching sci-fi movies.
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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.
Stanimir Vasilev
Associate of Anthemis Group
Stanimir is an Infrastructure Analyst at Anthemis and monitors day-to-day information technology processes for the company. He is responsible for developing, testing and implementing new software systems across different business lines. Stanimir previously worked at Kelway, an IT services and solutions provider. He worked closely with luxury brand LVMH to provide dedicated user and desktop support for projects spanning across mainland Europe. Stanimir was born and raised in Bulgaria, where he received his Bachelors from the University of Food and Technology. Outside of work, you can find Stanimir tucked away in a good book or playing sports with friends.
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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.
Katrina Cruz
Associate of Anthemis Group
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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.
Gabby Wright
Associate of Anthemis Group
Gabby is an Associate, working across ecosystem development and marketing at Anthemis. Prior to joining the firm, Gabby worked on various personal projects within childcare, during which time, she opened her own child care provision. Previously to that, she worked as a product analyst for Barclays Stockbrokers. Gabby has a Bachelors in Business Administration with Child Development from the University of Greenwich. Outside of work, Gabby has a passion for Irish Dancing. She has competed internationally and starred in Lord of the Dance. She also enjoys travel, Pilates and spending time with her young family.
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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.
Luís Torres
Associate of Anthemis Group
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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.
Gabby Wright
Associate of Anthemis Group
Gabby is an Associate, working across ecosystem development and marketing at Anthemis. Prior to joining the firm, Gabby worked on various personal projects within childcare, during which time, she opened her own child care provision. Previously to that, she worked as a product analyst for Barclays Stockbrokers. Gabby has a Bachelors in Business Administration with Child Development from the University of Greenwich. Outside of work, Gabby has a passion for Irish Dancing. She has competed internationally and starred in Lord of the Dance. She also enjoys travel, Pilates and spending time with her young family.
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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.
Laura Alves
Associate of Apax Partners
Laura Alves is an Analyst in the Investor Relations team. She joined Apax Partners in 2011 and is currently based in London. Laura holds a BA (Hons) in Modern Languages and European Studies from the University of Bath.
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About Apax Partners: Apax Partners is an independent global partnership focused solely on long-term investment in growth companies.
Imogen Mulliner
Associate of Sapphire
Imogen Mulliner is an Associate at Sapphire Ventures.
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About Sapphire: Sapphire is a venture capital firm that partners with visionary teams and venture funds to build companies.
Shaun Dunlop
Investment Associate 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.
Robert L. Fee
Associate of Summit Partners
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About NewCo, Summit Partners: Summit Partners is an investment firm that is currently investing in to growth equity, fixed income, and public equity opportunities.
Chris Bon
Senior Associate of Summit Partners
Chris focuses primarily on the growth products and services sector in Europe. He is a dual French and British citizen, and is bilingual in French and English. His investment experience includes Normec, OnRobot and Sipartech. Prior to Summit, Chris worked in M&A advisory at J.P. Morgan in London. He holds a BCom in economics, with high honors, from the University of Toronto and an MSc in finance, with distinction, from HEC Paris.
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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.
Jono Pagden
Senior Associate of Summit Partners
Jono focuses primarily on the healthcare and life sciences sector in Europe. He is a dual British and South African national. His investment experience includes Advance Medical (acquired by Teladoc) and zahneins. Prior to Summit, Jono worked on the Retail/Healthcare and U.K. M&A teams at Goldman Sachs. Jono holds a Bachelor of Business Science, with honors, in accounting and finance from the University of Cape Town.
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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.
Lina Wenner
Associate Partner of Firstminute Capital
Lina joined firstminute from the Boston Consulting Group, where she worked alongside global corporates across Consumer, Energy and Heavy Industrials, advising on digital strategy, restructuring and M&A as a member of the corporate finance team. She gained an MPhil in Management from the University of Cambridge and a Bachelor’s degree in Psychology, Economics and Statistics from the University College Utrecht, the Netherlands, where she graduated with Summa Cum Laude. At firstminute, Lina leads on sourcing for the Nordic and German-speaking regions and has a strong interest in digital health, robotics, direct-to-consumer brands and femtech. She sits as a board observer of Evolution AI.
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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.
Taylor Rampton
Associate of Scottish Equity Partners
Taylor works principally on deal origination, execution and support, and assists with the financial analysis and assessment of new investments. He joined SEP as an analyst in March 2017 from BlackRock Private Equity Partners. Taylor is based in SEP’s London office.
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About Scottish Equity Partners: Scottish Equity Partners is a technology focused growth equity firm operating across the UK and Europe.
Magda Lukaszewicz
Investment Associate of Balderton
Magda joined Balderton in 2018. Prior to Balderton, Magda spent three years at Goldman Sachs, where she first worked in the financing group covering Nordics and later moved to the Consumer, Retail & Healthcare M&A team, where she was an associate and worked on a number of Nordic transactions. Before joining Goldman Sachs, Magda was involved in politics and worked in startups. Magda has an MSc in Business & Economics from Lund University, where she was admitted to the Venture Lab for a one-year entrepreneurship programme. She also studied Business at Copenhagen Business School.
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About Balderton: Balderton is a venture capital firm focused exclusively on backing European-founded startups.
Magda Posluszny
Associate of Speedinvest
Magda Posluszny is an Investment Associate at Speedinvest. Prior to joining Speedinvest, She was part of the investment team at Seedrs, Europe’s leading online investment platform for early-stage and growth equity. Ms. Posluszny received a bachelor’s degree in Linguistics at Jagiellonian University in Cracow and a bachelor’s degree in Business, major in Logistics at the Cracow University of Economics.
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About Speedinvest: Speedinvest is a venture capital fund investing in pre-seed, seed, and early-stage tech startups.
Manuel Tagliavini
Senior Associate – Principal Analyst MEMS and Sensors of IHS Markit
Manuel Tagliavini, a principal research analyst at IHS Markit, covers MEMS and sensors technology. Manuel joined IHS Markit in 2017. His key areas of focus are MEMS and Sensors for Consumer Electronics & Mobile and he is responsible for the tracking of sensors in handsets, tablets, laptops, sports and fitness products and other IoT applications. Prior to IHS Markit, he spent over 10 years with STMicroelectronics working in various roles including product engineering, program management and marketing and business development in the company’s MEMS division. Manuel earned an Executive Master of Business Administration (MBA) at SDA Bocconi School of Management, and his Master’s of Science in Electronic Engineering from the University of Parma, both in Italy.
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About IHS Markit: IHS provides information and analysis to support the decision-making process of businesses and governments in regards to various industries.
Diana Krantz
Associate of Molten Ventures
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About Molten Ventures: Molten Ventures is Europe’s largest listed tech VC firm. We inject the most visionary companies with energy to help them transform and grow.
Ajit Mehta
Debt Finance Associate 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
John Messamore
Associate of Advent International
John Messamore joined Advent in 2011 from Evercore Partners where he worked in the European M&A team. Prior to Evercore, John completed internships in M&A at Lazard and in private equity at Roark Capital Group and Valcapital Gestión.
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About Advent International: Advent International is a global private equity firm that invests in the business and financial services.
Brett Cook
Senior Associate of F-Prime Capital
Brett Cook joined Fidelity Biosciences in 2013. Prior to Fidelity Biosciences, he was a Business Analyst at McKinsey & Company. At McKinsey, he advised hospital & health systems, pharmaceutical / medical device, non-profit, and retail clients. His engagements covered a variety of topics, including strategy, organization, operations, and pricing. Brett received his B.S.E. in Biomedical Engineering from Duke University, graduating cum laude and Tau Beta Pi.
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About F-Prime Capital: F-Prime Capital is a venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology.
Stephanie Opdam
Associate of Notion Capital
Stephanie Opdam is an Associate at Columbia Lake Partners. She is responsible for the screening of investment opportunities, financial analysis, structuring, due diligence and portfolio management of debt relationships with technology companies. Prior to joining CLP, Stephanie worked as an Intern Structured Finance at NIBC Bank and as an Intern Product Development at ITPreneurs in the Netherlands. Stephanie graduated with a Bachelor of Science (BSc), International Business Administration (with distinction) from the Erasmus University Rotterdam and obtained a Master of Science (MSc), Finance & Private Equity (with merit) from the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE).
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About Notion Capital: Notion is an early-stage venture fund that focuses on technology and cloud computing markets.
Nermine Chatila
Associate of Raed Ventures
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About Raed Ventures: Raed Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm that partners with exceptional founders building transformative companies in MENA.
Teemu Mattila
Associate of DN Capital
Prior to joining DN Capital, Teemu worked in the Investment Banking division of Goldman Sachs in London focusing on Consumer Internet. During his three years at Goldman Sachs, he worked on various transactions in the European Internet sector and covered multiple early-stage, high-growth clients. Teemu majored in finance at Aalto University School of Business, and spent two semesters abroad studying entrepreneurial finance at USC Marshall School of Business and entrepreneurship at Auckland University of Technology.
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About DN Capital: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Ragnar Jongen
Associate of DN Capital
Ragnar founded two companies in e-commerce and sales in his home country, the Netherlands. He also experienced strategy consulting at McKinsey in Amsterdam before joining DN. His education was focused on entrepreneurship and finance. He wrote a bachelor thesis about (blockchain) disruptions in the payment industry and his master thesis was about crowdfunding.
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About DN Capital: DN Capital operates as an early-stage venture capital firm.
Ian Meadows
Associate Partner of Ernst & Young
Ian Meadows is an Associate Partner in Insurance at EY based in London. Ian leads Specialty Insurance Technology and is a director of the Insurwave Joint Venture. His current focus is to support the modernisation efforts across London and into international markets.
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About Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Barry Borhani
Associate Director of Ernst & Young
A senior executive with over 30 years’ experience in Oil & gas and engineering; recent roles in Global super majors (BG-Group/Shell), Big 4 Consultancy (EY and PwC) and Management Contracting companies (KBR, Halliburton). Strong project management /Project controls , contract and procurement, analytical expertise obtained whilst working on major global programs ($100MM to $23 Billion) in Europe, Asia and the Middle East.
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About CPEC.ai, Ernst & Young, Harvey Milton: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Mark Brockway
Corporate Finance Associate Partner of Ernst & Young
Mark Brockway served as Finance Director at BWB Consulting Ltd.Brockway served as a Senior Member of Corporate Finance Team at Corven Group. He served at Grant Thornton Corporate Finance, LLC, KPMG Corporate Finance, and BDO Stoy Hayward Corporate Finance. Brockway serves as a Director of Ernst & Young LLP.
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About Ernst & Young, Ernst & Young: Ernst & Young is a provider of assurance, tax, transaction and advisory services.
Michael Beetz
Associate Director of Astorg
Michael Beetz joined Astorg in 2016 and is a member of the Investment team. Prior to this, Michael was an Associate Principal at Palamon Capital Partners. Before that, he was a Senior Associate at Coller Capital. Michael started his career in the Investment Banking Department of UBS based in London. Michael holds an MA (Hons) from the University of Oxford and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
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About Astorg: Astorg is an independent private equity group with over €8 bn of assets under management.
Chris Beckett
Associate Director of Data Science (Product and Marketing) of Monzo
Chris Beckett is the Associate Director of Data Science (Product and Marketing) at Monzo Bank.
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About Monzo: Monzo is a digital-only bank platform and marketplace that allows customers to access a range of products and services.
Irma Gross von Trockau
Operations Associate of Mustard Seed
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About Mustard Seed: Mustard Seed invests in world-class early-stage businesses that seek to generate compelling financial and societal returns.
Christian Scherrer
Investment Associate of Kinnevik AB
Christian Scherrer serves as an Investment Manager at Kinnevik.
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About Kinnevik AB, Kinnevik AB: Kinnevik is an entrepreneurial investment group focused on building digital consumer businesses.
Jing Gan
Investment Associate of Kinnevik AB
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About Kinnevik AB: Kinnevik is an entrepreneurial investment group focused on building digital consumer businesses.
Declan Goodwin
Associate Director of Vistra Group
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About Vistra Group: Vistra’s specialist colleagues provide tailored trust, fiduciary, fund and corporate services.
Jon Duffy
Associate Director of Endless LLP
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About Endless LLP: Endless is an investor that specializes in supporting management buyouts, acquisition of non-core businesses, and turnaround investments.
Joakim B. Jespersen
Associate of Lexington Partners
Joakim Jespersen is an Associate of Lexington Partners primarily engaged in the analysis of non-U.S. equity co-investments. Prior to joining Lexington in 2021, Mr. Jespersen was an associate at Warburg Pincus and prior to that, he was an analyst in investment banking at Bank of America Merrill Lynch. Mr. Jespersen graduated from Copenhagen Business School with a BSc in international business and from London Business School with an MSc in financial analysis.
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About Lexington Partners: Lexington Partners is an independent manager of secondary private equity and co-investment funds.
James Wain
Senior Investment Associate of True.
James was part of PwC’s retail and consumer M&A team before True. And before that, he was with The Hut Group as Head of Commercials, responsible for online retailer, ProBikeKit.
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About True.: True is a consumer-focused investment and innovation firm reimagining what good business looks like.
Luke Ferris
Associate Partner ADAPT of Bain & Company
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About Bain & Company: Bain & Company is a management consulting firm that provides solutions on change in management, strategies, and technology.
Melissa Donohoe
Associate of Kreos Capital
As a Senior Analyst, Melissa supports all aspects of the deal lifecycle including pre-investment analysis and post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Melissa worked as a Strategy Analyst at Accenture, focusing on pre- and post-deal M&A and Growth Strategy. Previously, Melissa worked in Monetary Policy & Macro-Economic Research at the Central Bank of Ireland. Melissa holds an MA in International Studies, studying Economics and Finance at both the Graduate Institute Geneva and the University of St. Gallen.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Melissa Donohoe
Associate of Kreos Capital
As a Senior Analyst, Melissa supports all aspects of the deal lifecycle including pre-investment analysis and post-investment monitoring. Prior to joining Kreos, Melissa worked as a Strategy Analyst at Accenture, focusing on pre- and post-deal M&A and Growth Strategy. Previously, Melissa worked in Monetary Policy & Macro-Economic Research at the Central Bank of Ireland. Melissa holds an MA in International Studies, studying Economics and Finance at both the Graduate Institute Geneva and the University of St. Gallen.
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About Kreos Capital: Kreos Capital is a growth debt firm that provides financing solutions for high-growth companies across Europe and Israel.
Ginny Watsham
Investment Associate of GMG Ventures
Ginny Watsham is an investment associate at GMG Ventures. Before joining GMGV, Ginny was a strategy consultant at EY-Parthenon, working in the Education, Consumer Goods, TMT, Business Services and Healthcare industries. She has an MEng with 1st class honours in civil engineering from the University of Warwick.
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About GMG Ventures: GMG Ventures is an early stage venture capital fund that invests in companies related to media-tech.
Ben Purvey
Associate of Bridges Fund Management
Ben is a member of the Property Funds Team at Bridges, working on all real estate related investment activities. Prior to joining Bridges, Ben was an Associate in the European Real Estate Investment Banking team at Barclays Capital. Here he gained experience in the origination and execution of various M&A, equity, debt and structured finance transactions focusing solely within the real estate sector. Ben studied Real Estate & Corporate Finance at the McIntire School of Commerce (University of Virginia) and holds a First Class Honours B.Sc. in International Business Management from the University of Birmingham.
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About Bridges Fund Management: Bridges Fund Management is a specialist fund manager dedicated to sustainable and impact investment.
Sam Evans
Associate Partner of Delta Partners Capital Limited
Sam is an Associate Partner at Delta Partners a leading specialist global TMD Advisory, Corporate Finance and Investment firm headquartered in Dubai. Sam has extensive experience across the telecoms and media sectors both in consulting where he was previously a Partner with Redshift Strategy leading international telecoms engagements as well as working for Spectrum Strategy Consultants, and industry where he was Strategy Director for GSMA and worked for Virgin Media in their commercial team. He has advised clients across North America, Europe, Africa, Middle East and Asia including mobile operators, content distributors, network infrastructure providers, device vendors and payments networks. He has a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.
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About Delta Partners Capital Limited, Redshift Strategy: Delta Partners is a Private Equity arm focuses on the telecoms, and provide funding to fund companies’ growth in emerging markets.
David Delfassy
Investment Associate of MTech Capital
David Delfassy is a venture capital investor at MTech Capital.
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About MTech Capital: MTech Capital is a venture capital firm investing in InsurTech – technology companies operating in the insurance industry.
Jack Prescott
Senior Associate of MTech Capital
Jack Prescott is a Senior Associate at MTech Capital.
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About MTech Capital: MTech Capital is a venture capital firm investing in InsurTech – technology companies operating in the insurance industry.
Bethany Dudley
Associate Sales Director of Foresight Group
Bethany Dudley joined Foresight Group in 2007 and currently works as an Associate Sales Director in the London office. She has over 10 years of experience. Bethany is responsible for sales of Foresight products in the in the south-east of England, East Anglia and Northern Ireland. Bethany holds a BA in Politics from the University of Leeds as well as an IMC qualification. She has also been awarded the STEP Certificate for Financial Services – Trusts and Estate Planning.
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About Foresight Group: Foresight is an infrastructure and private equity investment manager that manages funds on behalf of institutions and retail clients.
Laali Vadlamani
Investment Associate of Charterhouse Capital Partners
Laali Vadlamani currently works as the Investment Associate for Charterhouse Capital Partners. She previously worked at Epiris as the Private Equity Investment Analyst.
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About Charterhouse Capital Partners: Charterhouse Capital Partners LLP is a private equity firm specializing in buyout investments.
Gabriele Dini
Associate Partner of Breed Reply
Investment and corporate finance professional with track record in life sciences and technology, specializing in bridging innovation and finance. Solid technical expertise, with a MSc in engineering and experience in multinational academic and industrial environments, complemented by an MBA with focus on strategy and finance and a Masters in Finance. Strong knowledge of research, product development, and operations, enriched by a continuous interaction with corporate-level functions; extensive venture capital experience, from origination, to due diligence, deal structuring and strategic support to the entrepreneurs as in-house consultant and board member.
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About Breed Reply, Breed Reply: Breed Reply is Europe’s active operational investors for early-stage companies delivering ‘internet of things’ solutions.
Jared Casey
Associate Product and Market Manager of SWIFT
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About SWIFT: SWIFT is a member-owned cooperative through which the financial world conducts its business operations with speed, certainty and confidence.
Lyall Davenport
Investment Associate – Harbert European Growth Capital of Harbert Management Corporation
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About Harbert Management Corporation: Harbert Management Corporation is an independent investment firm focused on private & public market strategies.
Nicolas Slotine
Associate of Forestay Capital
Nicolas Slotine serves as a senior analyst at Forestay Capital.
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About Forestay Capital: Forestay Capital is dedicated to investing in the tech sector and reflects Waypoint’s focus on innovative, forward-looking industries.
Angela Sormani
Senior Research Associate of Preqin
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About Preqin: Preqin provides financial data and information on the alternative assets market.
Elena Chatzimichali
Data Science Lead (Associate Director) @ HSBC Global Markets of HSBC Global Banking and Markets
Elena is a Data Scientist working for HSBC Global Banking and Markets. With a strong academic background in Computer Science, Elena holds a PhD in Machine Learning and an MSc in Bioinformatics. Over the past ten years she has also actively been involved in lecturing, supervising and developing a wide range of specialised courses for both academic and professional audiences. Her research work focuses on the development, implementation and optimisation of complex statistical models and novel computational tools for the financial services and healthcare sectors.
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About HSBC Global Banking and Markets: HSBC Global Banking and Markets is an emerging markets-led, financing-focused business that provides investment and financial solutions.
Lou Ann Yong
Associate of TempoCap
Lou Ann Yong currently serves as an Associate of TempoCap.
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About TempoCap: TempoCap is a growth and secondary direct venture investment firm.
Kathy Gromotka
Associate of Downing Ventures
Kathy joined the Downing Ventures team as Associate in March 2018. At Downing, she is responsible for sourcing deals for the growing Ventures portfolio. Prior to this, she worked at Microsoft where she was responsible for sales strategy and operations management. She also worked at Bloomberg, working within sales and product development for the education division before being promoted to manage a New York-based sales team. Kathy holds an MBA from Oxford University.
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About Downing Ventures: Downing Ventures, a division of Downing LLP, invests venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses.
Daniel Cheung
Associate of Downing Ventures
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About Downing Ventures: Downing Ventures, a division of Downing LLP, invests venture capital into early and growth stage technology businesses.
Andrew Stirrat
Associate Director of Clydesdale Bank
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About Clydesdale Bank: Clydesdale Bank growth finance provides a range of innovative debt solutions for early stage, high growth businesses.
Ross Goodwin
Associate Director of Clydesdale Bank
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About Clydesdale Bank: Clydesdale Bank growth finance provides a range of innovative debt solutions for early stage, high growth businesses.
Barry Nixon
Associate Director of Clydesdale Bank
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About Clydesdale Bank: Clydesdale Bank growth finance provides a range of innovative debt solutions for early stage, high growth businesses.
Barry Nixon
Associate Director of Clydesdale Bank
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About Clydesdale Bank: Clydesdale Bank growth finance provides a range of innovative debt solutions for early stage, high growth businesses.
Aran Batth
Associate of Financial Conduct Authority
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Associate Director and Digital Specialist of Citigate Dewe Rogerson
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Associate of Ardent Advisors
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Associate of TAP Advisors
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Associate of TAP Advisors
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