Experience

AI Seed

• United Kingdom
• Venture Capital and Private Equity Principals
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Founder and General Partner

  • 2017 - Present

  Investment and support for the next generation of artificial intelligence founders



Indie Capital (Acquired)

• Technology, Information and Media

• CTO

  • 2013 - 2017

  Digital media venture builder integrating independent content creation with video, gaming and AR/VR



Bank of America Merrill Lynch

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Mergers and Acquisitions

  • 2011 - 2013

  • Developed M&A strategies, syndicated public and private financing structures and executed a wide variety of accretive transactions across industry sectors and geographies in Europe • Led company due diligence, performed valuations, modelled funding options and devised strategies for raising capital • Specialised in complex corporate finance transactions drawing on multiple funding sources and requiring a mixture of equity, debt and hybrid finance



Inmedico (Acquired)

• CTO

  • 2008 - 2012

  • Led the software development and customer acquisition strategy of a medical diagnostics startup • Sold the company to Natus Medical in 2011



ING

• Netherlands
• Banking
• 700 & Above Employee

• Structured Acquisition Finance, Portfolio Management

  • 2008 - 2011

  • Managed ING’s portfolio of private equity assets • Buy: Evaluated and bought investments in primary and secondary structured acquisition equity and debt instruments • Hold: Valued portfolio assets and accumulated further positions when secondary market prices fell below assessed worth • Sell: Modelled portfolio company outlook and sold when lucrative opportunities exits presented themselves

• Structured Acquisition Finance, Deal Flow and Execution

  • 2006 - 2008

  • Winner of 2008 IFR "Leveraged Finance House of the Year" • Supported private equity and venture capital financing deals from pitch and origination, to financial modelling and valuation and to funding and deal execution, including the - ₤300m Warburg Pincus buyout of Europe’s number 1 manufacturer of specialty survival equipment - €1500m CVC buyout of CEE’s number 1 beer brewing and distribution business (EuroWeek Leveraged Deal of the Year 2009) -… Show more • Winner of 2008 IFR "Leveraged Finance House of the Year" • Supported private equity and venture capital financing deals from pitch and origination, to financial modelling and valuation and to funding and deal execution, including the - ₤300m Warburg Pincus buyout of Europe’s number 1 manufacturer of specialty survival equipment - €1500m CVC buyout of CEE’s number 1 beer brewing and distribution business (EuroWeek Leveraged Deal of the Year 2009) - ₤340m Arcapita buyout of the UK’s number 2 deep sea and heavy haul rail freight operator - €790m Doughty Hanson buyout of a leading global provider of accountancy services - €860m MLPE buyout of Europe and CEE’s number 1 dialysis and diagnostics healthcare provider - ₤580m Warburg Pincus buyout of Europe’s number 1 industrial solvent service provider and distributor



Hollow Pictures (Acquired)

• Managing Director

  • 2008 - 2011

  • Led the successful fundraise, production and exit of the Hollow Pictures, a special purpose vehicle created to finance the independent film Hollow • Hollow was nominated for a British Independent Film Award and acquired for distribution by Tribeca Film



Sloane Robinson Hedge Fund

• Investment Analyst (Academic Consultant)

  • 2006 - 2006

  • Originated new deals, performed due diligence, developed valuation models and executed funding for targets in healthcare, fintech, software and digital media • Led two projects commercializing new technology and spinning out early-stage companies from Oxford University as part of a £12m intellectual property rights deal



Cambridge-MIT Institute

• Technology Analyst (Academic Consultant)

  • 2006 - 2006

  • British Petroleum: Valued return on investment for a technology-led oil and gas exploration and production project • Kodak: Recommended IP and startup acquisition targets for Kodak’s corporate venture capital fund



AMC

• System Design Engineer

  • 2003 - 2005

  • Applied computer modelling techniques to develop novel hydrogel biopolymers • Designed automated industrial processes for manufacturing medical grade biomaterials • Evaluated technical and commercial viability of research and patent strategies