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Richard Wyatt, Executive Chairman
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Richard has over 25 years experience in the UK stockmarket having trained as an
investment manager at James Capel in 1980. He has managed the listings of a
considerable number of companies during his career. He joined Schroders' in 1996
as one of the founders of their UK securities business. This was sold in 2000 to
Citigroup as part of its purchase of Schroders investment banking business. He
then became Head of European Equities at Citigroup. More recently, he partnered
with Lazard to acquire Panmure Gordon & Co. and then merged this business with
Durlacher, to create a leading corporate and institutional broker. He is a
non-executive Director of Archant plc.
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Lord Stevenson of Coddenham, Non-executive Director |
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Lord Stevenson spent the first 20 years post university as a serial
entrepreneur; then for 15 years chaired large companies (Pearson plc, GPA plc
and HBOS plc). He is a Non Executive Director of The Western Union Company and
The Economist.
Outside business, he is Chairman of Aldeburgh Music, a Director of Glyndebourne
Productions and Chancellor of the University of the Arts in London. He was
Chairman of the Trustees of the Tate Gallery in the 90s and has recently stood
down after eight years as Chairman of the House of Lords Appointments
Commission. Until September 2000 he was the Prime Minister’s Special Adviser on
the application of ICT in education. He sits on the cross-benches in the House
of Lords.
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Edward Forwood, Managing Director |
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Edward has had an 18 year career in managing, advising and investing in
technology and other companies. Prior to that, he trained in corporate finance
at Hill Samuel and Ernst & Young, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant
with KPMG. Edward has been a director or investor representative of some 25
growth companies over the past 20 years. He was the founding chief executive of
kVault Software Limited in 1999 and negotiated its key financings from
inception, concluding with a sale in 2004 to a large US company for $225
million. During this period Edward was active in the City in private equity and
prior to that co-lead two management buy-ins of technology and engineering
companies.
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Edwina Reid |
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Edwina joined Loudwater in February 2007 from Panmure Gordon & Co, where she
worked alongside Richard Wyatt & Edward Forwood in the set-up of Panmure Capital
Partners which subsequently became Loudwater Investment Partners in 2007. Edwina
manages the operations of Loudwater Investment Partners and assists in the
investment assessment process. Edwina graduated with an MA in History from the
University of Aberdeen in 2004.
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Charles Somerset |
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Charles joined Loudwater Investment Partners from Accenture in February 2007,
where he had conducted due diligence operations, business modelling and
structuring and pricing of outsourcing engagements. Charles holds a degree in
Economics and Politics from Bristol University is a qualified Chartered
Financial Analyst.
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Olivia Birkby |
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Olivia graduated from the University of Bristol in 2009 with a degree
in English Literature. She has since completed the Quest Graduate Course in Business
and Secretarial Training, and is now
responsible for co-coordinating the administration of Loudwater Investment
Partners.She also assists in research projects.
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