Experience

Soho Square Capital

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

• Director

  • Nov 2021 - 2 years 2 months

  London Soho Square Capital is an investment firm focused on financing established and growing UK and European SMEs. With a proven team that has been investing together for over 15 years, Soho Square designs investments to work perfectly for ambitious leaders it partners with, investing capital - typically in the form of senior or preferred capital with minority equity stakes - and know-how into their businesses to help them realise their personal objectives



Oliver James

• United Kingdom
• Staffing and Recruiting
• 700 & Above Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Jan 2022 - 2 years

  Led Soho Squares investment in the fast-growing, multi-award-winning recruitment and consulting group with multiple global offices, focusing on both permanent and contract recruitment in specialist verticals.



Clarendon Fine Art

• United Kingdom
• Artists and Writers
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Aug 2021 - 2 years 5 months

  Led Soho Squares minority investment in Clarendon Fine Art, supporting a great team as they grow the worlds largest gallery group.



Arcus FM

• United Kingdom
• Facilities Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Feb 2020 - 3 years 11 months

  Led Soho Squares investment in Arcus FM, the leading mobile engineer based provider of tech-enabled integrated facilities management services.



Alpine Fire Engineers Ltd

• United Kingdom
• Industrial Machinery Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Mar 2018 - Dec 2022

  Led Soho Squares investment in Alpine Fire Engineers, supporting a great team as they grew the UK's leading active fire systems group. Following a successful 4 year growth investment period, exited to West Bridge at a 4x increase in enterprise value.



Technical Fire Safety Group

• United Kingdom
• Glass, Ceramics and Concrete Manufacturing
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Sep 2018 - Oct 2022

  Led Soho Squares investment in Technical Fire Safety Group in a secondary buyout from Dunedin and NVM. Supported the strong management team in both organic growth, opening new manufacturing facilities, as well as a significant bolt-on acqusition. Exited to Ergon Capital backed svt group at a 4x increase in enterprise value from initial investment.



ESO Investment Partners

• Director

  • Jun 2020 - Nov 2021

  London, United Kingdom



Core Capital Partners LLP

• Partner

  • Sep 2007 - Jun 2020

  London, United Kingdom



PRA Business Events

• United States
• Events Services
• 200 - 300 Employee

• Non Executive Director

  • Oct 2009 - Aug 2017

  Led Soho Squares investment in PRA, helping to create a scalable platform for significant growth in a highly fragmented market. Sourcing and executing 8 bolt-on acquisitions, with a large pipeline of further acquisitions at exit. Exited to CI Capital Partners after a 4x increase in revenues and doubling the number of destination offices to 28 across the USA.



KPMG US

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate

  • Oct 2001 - Aug 2007