Board

Committee memberships:

Member of the Audit Committee,
Nomination Committee,
Remuneration Committee and
Investment Committee.

Directorships: Chairman and Managing Partner of Source Squared.
Serves on the State Board of Advisors for The Salvation Army and the Advisory Board of the Cambridge Conservation Initiative at Cambridge University in the UK. Also a director of ZetaMotion Limited and Cambridge Photon Technology and Chairman of Acumentrics Inc and Aircuity Inc.

Experience: James has expertise in a wide range of sectors. He was a founding partner of Boston Ventures, one of the leading US media private equity funds, responsible for building the firm’s practice in the information services industries.

Committee memberships:

Chairman of the Audit Committee
Member of the Nomination Committee
Remuneration Committee
Investment Committee

Directorships: Has a number of other roles with not-for-profit organisations in Cornwall, and is also a director of two substantial private businesses based in Cornwall.

Experience: Peter is a chartered accountant and prior to his retirement in 2010, was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. He has been involved as Chairman of the shareholder group in a private company in the brewing sector and has worked closely with the board of this business.

Committee memberships:

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee
Member of the Audit Committee
Nomination Committee
Investment Committee

Directorships: Number of advisory roles and has a particular interest in mentoring smaller organisations both in the commercial and in the not-for-profit sectors to develop their businesses.

Experience: Graham is a lawyer and spent most of his career as a corporate law partner in London advising on mergers and acquisitions, takeovers, and other corporate transactions in both public markets and private equity and venture capital.

Committee Memberships:

Chairman of the Investment Committee and the Nomination Committee

Directorships: Previously chairman of The Rayne Foundation and a non-executive director/trustee of a number of charitable trusts and foundations, and also a director of Noven Inc.

Experience: Robert has expertise in a wide range of sectors, including real estate, media, consumer, technology and energy. He established the Company’s investment activities in the early 1980s as Investment Director and later Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of London Merchant Securities plc.

Committee Memberships:

Member of the Investment Committee and the Nomination Committee

Role and Experience: Managing Director, with overall responsibility for running the Company’s operations going forward, working with and supporting the activities of the investment teams as well as overseeing the administrative and regulatory matters. Nick is a chartered accountant and was a partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers. For the last 20 years he has worked as a consultant to and as CEO and CFO in alternative asset investment businesses including real estate, private equity and renewable energy.