An entrepreneur and private equity investor with over 20 years experience in developing smaller companies. In 1992 he co-founded Cairnsford, a private equity firm investing in smaller UK companies. As Chairman he led a number of market leading businesses including Acis, a provider of intelligent transport systems, Antenna Audio, the world leader in audio and audio-visual interpretation to the culture and leisure sectors, and the themutual.net, a provider of online marketing services. Other Cairnsford investments included Ted Baker and Carluccio’s. Between 1989 and 1992 he was with HIT Investments plc, the venture capital subsidiary of Hillsdown Holdings plc, specialising in turnaround situations which required an active approach to investing. He qualified as a chartered accountant, and from 1985 to 1989 worked at PriceWaterhouse in the business advisory and corporate finance function.
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