Speakers

Justin brings over 25 years’ experience of supporting growing private businesses to his role leading portfolio management at Mobeus. He trained as banker, spent nearly 19 years at 3i and then 5 years at Mobeus, where he and three fellow partners undertook their own buyout in 2021. He represents Mobeus directly on the boards of Star Brands, Inbox Insight, Active Travel Group and The Boundary and is a member of Investment Committee. Outside of work he plays tennis and follows Arsenal and the NFL.

Tim He is a Partner at Summa Equity, a Nordic private equity firm founded in 2016 that manages close to EUR 4 billion in assets. Summa was the first PE-firm to align its strategy with the UN Sustainable Development Goals. Tim focuses on Summa's growth investment strategy and Summa's Tech-Enabled Business thesis. Previously to Summa, Tim was with Kinnevik and Northzone investing in category defining companies like Livongo Health, Budbee, Vivino, Pleo, and Lunar. Tim holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, MFE from Saïd Business School, University of Oxford, and a BSc in Economics from the University of Copenhagen.

John is a Director in the NorthEdge portfolio team.
He is a chartered accountant having worked for KPMG earlier in his career, ahead of joining the Co-operative Group M&A team.
John then spent 8 years in industry, firstly as CFO of £80m turnover Individual Restaurants and latterly as CEO of NorthEdge portfolio company East Coast Concepts.
Initially joining East Coast Concepts as CFO following the NorthEdge investment, he then won CFO of the year in his category across both the 2018 North West Finance and the 2019 FD Excellence awards, before being promoted to CEO in 2020.

As Founder of WovenLight, Simon is focussed on achieving superior returns by weaving the skill of modern data science with the craft of private investing lifecycle in a highly differentiated approach.
Simon’s career in applied data started more than 25 years ago. He was a Co-Founder of QuantumBlack, an analytics firm with its roots in Formula 1. QuantumBlack grew to be a global presence helping organisations improve their performance through advanced analytics and was subsequently acquired by McKinsey & Co. Simon started his career at Reuters in product management and then moved to ABN AMRO in Amsterdam. In due course he progressed to building technology companies. WovenLight is the fourth firm Simon has built; with two sold and one failed. Simon lives in south-west London with his wife, two children and faithful hound.

Amy Newlan is SVP, Global Head of Client Development at Maestro with 15+ years of experience helping private equity professionals optimize the performance of their investments by leveraging technology solutions.
Amy spent the early part of her career at Portfolio Advisors, a private equity fund of funds, where she gained a deep foundation in private equity operations. She then moved to Sydney, Australia where she led the launch of J.P. Morgan’s Private Equity & Real Estate Services division in Asia. Amy returned to New York and joined iLEVEL in 2013, heading up the Americas Sales Team following Ipreo’s acquisition of the company.

Steven is responsible for Soho Square’s overall Portfolio management provision and provides valuation oversight across the portfolio. Steven sits on a variety of portfolio company boards. Prior to joining Soho Square, Steven was Head of Asset Management at ESO Capital and earlier in his career worked at both KPMG and PwC in valuations and corporate finance.
Steven is a Chartered Accountant, has a B.Acc (Hons) in Accountancy from the University of Dundee, an MSc in Accounting & Finance from The London School of Economics, and has a Chartered Institute of Securities & Investment Diploma.

Henry is joint Managing Partner and co-founder of FPE Capital. He is passionate about building businesses and has spent all his career with growth companies both as an investor and as an operator. Prior to FPE Capital he was a Director of Quester, one of the largest growth capital investors in the UK. This followed eight years at AFA Systems, a financial services software company which he co-founded and joined full-time immediately prior to its IPO in 1996. From its foundation, Henry was part of a small team that drove the development of the group, both organically and by acquisition, resulting in an 8-fold increase in revenues. He returned to private equity, following the sale of AFA in 2004 to a trade buyer.

Parminder has built a solid reputation as both an investor and operator, taking VGC Partners from a deal-by-deal investor to private equity and growth capital investor with a track record of generating superior returns for investors whilst driving operational performance in the portfolio. Parminder has a BA Management Studies from The University of Leeds and an MBA from London Business School.

Aidan is one of the founding Partners of Endless and is responsible for some of Endless’ biggest investments, including BSW Timber, Menzies Distribution, Karro Food Group and Imtech. “The most enjoyable part of my job is seeing individuals come together as a team with a clear objective and take a troubled business and make it highly successful.” Aidan spends his spare time with his five children in the great outdoors – his regular haunt being the Lake District for some fell running and walking.

Ashim is part of the ESG team. Before joining, he was a Managing Director and Global Co-Head of ESG at HSBC Global Research, with a focus on climate and energy transition. Ashim also held related roles at Newton Investment Management, PIRC and Magnetar Capital. He holds several post-graduate qualifications, including an MSc in Environmental Policy and Regulation from the London School of Economics, and is a CAIA charter holder

Recently appointed as Managing Partner for Eton Bridge Partners, Steve is leading the business to deliver his vision of being the most trusted partner in executive search, interim management and consulting. He is passionate about leading and growing the already outstanding team of people to take the business through the next phase of growth.
Having successfully built the Business Transformation practice from a start-up into a market leader, Steve has extensive experience of supporting PE backed portfolio companies and their management teams in value creation activities. Steve brings an interesting perspective to the topic of ‘How to get the best from management teams’ as Private Equity firm, Elysian Capital are investors in the business.

Sam is the Director of Strategic Alliances & Private Equity at Globalization Partners. He has extensive experience in private equity value creation, business development, value selling SaaS, creating strategies, and partnering with leaders to provide business transformation solutions. He has spent most of his career in London and New York. At Globalization Partners, Sam leads the European Private Equity business solutions channel, focusing on helping firms, and their portfolio companies shape their global workforce strategies while driving growth and value.

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Since 2020, Johanna is Director at FSN Capita and part of the operational team. She is working closely with FSN portfolio companies to improve their value creation process through implementing a strategy plan and applying systematic processes for value creation. Prior to FSN, she was Head of DACH for a tech start-up in Munich, building and leading the sales and account management teams. Before that, she worked for more than five years at Booz & Company and Strategy& (part of PwC network) as Project Manager in Strategy consulting. Johanna holds an MBA from INSEAD Business School from France and Singapore and an M.Sc. in Business Sciences from the Johannes Kepler University in Austria. During her M.Sc. studies, she also spent one year at the Goizueta Business School of Emory University in Atlanta.

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Avent is Head of Investment and Director at Earth Capital and a member of the Investment Committee.
Avent is responsible for new investments with a particular focus on innovative high growth technologies in the sustainability sector, as well as working with the management teams of portfolio companies to develop and deliver on their strategic plans.
Earth Capital is a private equity investment group focused on deploying capital into sustainable technology businesses across the energy, food and water sectors. Avent has over 25 years’ experience in investing, portfolio management and corporate finance advisory, with a strong track record of private equity technology deals.
Prior to joining Earth Capital, Avent was a Senior Fund Manager at The FSE Group and before moving into investment management, was an Assistant Director in the London Corporate Finance team at BDO UK.