Speakers Biographies

	Adrian Beecroft, Chief Investment Officer, Apax Partners Adrian Beecroft has a degree in Physics from Oxford and an MBA from Harvard. He worked for ICL in the computer industry and for the Boston Consulting Group before helping to start Apax Partners in the early eighties. He led investments by Apax in a variety of early stage companies, several of which grew into significant businesses employing hundreds of people. He was the firm's Chief Investment Officer for many years and is now the Senior Managing Partner. He has been intimately involved in the firm's international growth: over the past 25 years Apax has grown from three investment professionals managing a £10m fund in London to a global business with over 150 investment professionals managing over $30 billion in nine countries.
	Anne Glover, Co-founder & Chief Executive, Amadeus Capital Partners Anne is Chief Executive and co–founder of Amadeus Capital Partners Limited, the European technology investor. Amadeus has £460 million of funds under management and has backed over 60 companies covering computer hardware and software, mobile and fixed communications technologies, clean technologies and medical technologies. These include Cambridge Silicon Radio plc and Optos plc, both now listed on the London Stock Exchange. Anne began her career with Cummins Engine Company, the global leader in diesel engine design and production. She then worked with Bain & Co. in Boston for five years before returning to the UK to join Apax Partners & Co, investing in early stage companies. Before founding Amadeus, Anne was a business angel and Chief Operating Officer of Apax–backed company, Virtuality Group plc, which listed on the London Stock Exchange in 1993. Anne was Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA) in 2004–2005, having been a member of the Council that runs the organisation since 1999 and was also a member of Sir David Walker's high level private equity working group in 2007. She is also a member of the UK government's Technology Strategy Board, the Private Equity Institute at the London Business School, a member of the Women's Enterprise Task Force and serves on the Board of Optos plc and Glysure Ltd.
	Björn Savén, Chairman & Chief Executive, Industri Kapital Björn Savén is Chairman & Chief Executive of Industri Kapital Limited. Mr. Savén joined Enskilda in 1988 and established its private equity business, Enskilda Ventures Limited. He raised its first fund, which was later renamed the Industri Kapital 1989 Fund. Last year, IK raised its sixth fund, Industri Kapital 2007 Fund. Björn Savén holds an MBA from Harvard Business School (1976) in addition to a degree from the Stockholm School of Economics (1972). Mr. Savén is also an Ekonomie Doktor Honoris Causa of the Swedish School of Economics and Business in Helsinki.
	Chihtsung Lam, Founder & Managing Director, Axiom Asia Private Capital Chihtsung Lam is founder and Managing Director of Axiom Asia Private Capital, an Asia focused private equity fund of funds management firm. Prior to founding Axiom, Chihtsung Lam was Executive Vice President at GIC Special Investments, one of the world's largest and most reputable private equity investors. He was a member of its global Investment Committee and Management Committee. He was formerly head of the Global Technology Group, responsible for all VC fund and direct investments in the U.S., Asia and Europe. Chihtsung held four positions at GIC SI during his 12 year stint as a private equity investment professional. Prior to heading the Global Technology Group, Chihtsung was head of the Direct Investment Asia Group, responsible for all direct investments (excluding infrastructure) in Asia, which includes activities in Japan, China, Taiwan, Hong Kong, Korea, Southeast Asia, Australia and India. Immediately before that, he was head of the North America Division, where he was responsible for GIC SI's portfolio of buyout and growth funds in North America. His first position in GIC SI was as an investment manager for the Northeast Asia Division, where he was responsible principally for making investments in China. Prior to joining GIC SI, Chihtsung had two and a half years of Asian investment banking experience at Schroders (now part of Citigroup). His first job was in the Singapore Government, where he was Deputy Director at the Ministry of Communications. Chihtsung has a degree in Philosophy from Cambridge University. Chihtsung was a Singapore Government Overseas Merit Scholar and was both an entrance and senior scholar of Trinity College, Cambridge.
	David Blitzer, Senior Managing Director, Blackstone David S. Blitzer is a Senior Managing Director in the Corporate Private Equity group. Mr. Blitzer is based in London, having established Blackstone's corporate private equity investment efforts in Europe. Since joining Blackstone in 1991, Mr. Blitzer has been involved in the execution of Blackstone's investments in Spirit Group, SULO, Allied Waste, Aspen Insurance Holdings, Houghton Mifflin, Universal Orlando, Centerplate, Cadillac Fairview, Edward J. DeBartolo Corporation, Southern Cross, NHP, Orangina, and United Biscuits. Mr. Blitzer graduated magna cum laude from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Blitzer serves as a Director of Universal Orlando, Orangina, and United Biscuits.
	Douglas Lowenstein, President, Private Equity Council Douglas Lowenstein became the first President of the newly–formed Private Equity Council in February, 2007. Prior to launching the PEC, Lowenstein founded the Entertainment Software Association in 1994 and built it into one of the world's most influential and respected entertainment industry trade bodies. Under his leadership, the ESA developed and implemented government affairs, communications, anti–piracy enforcement, intellectual property policy, and research programs to advance and protect the business and public affairs interest of the $30 billion global video game industry. Prior to joining the ESA, Lowenstein was an executive vice president in the Washington and New York strategic communications firms Robinson Lake Sawyer Miller (now Weber Shandwick). From 1982–86, Lowenstein worked for U.S. Senator Howard Metzenbaum (D–OH), serving the last two years as Legislative Director. Lowenstein spent the first nine years of his career as a newspaper reporter with the Buffalo Courier Express (1973–74), the Capitol Hill News Service (1974–76), and the Cox Newspapers Washington Bureau (1976–82). Lowenstein received a BA degree in Political Science from Washington University in St. Louis. He is the author of a book (Lowenstein: Acts of Courage and Belief), published in 1982 by Harcourt Brace Jovanovich about his late uncle, former Congressman, anti–war and civil and human rights leader Allard K. Lowenstein.
	Genevieve Heng Genevieve Heng is a Director of CLSA Capital Partners Singapore. CLSA Capital Partners is the alternative asset management arm of CLSA Asia-Pacific Markets, one of Asia’s leading research, brokerage and investment banks, and a member of Credit Agricole, one of the world’s top financial institutions. Genevieve joined CLSA in 1996 and is responsible for investments and divestments of portfolio companies in India and South East Asia. Genevieve has over 10 years of experience in corporate finance and direct investment. She is currently the Honorary Treasurer of the Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Genevieve received an MBA from the London Business School, a B.Sc (Honors) from the National University of Singapore and is a CFA charterholder.
	Geoffrey Owen, Senior Fellow at the Institute of Management, London School of Economics Sir Geoffrey Owen is Senior Fellow at the Department of Management, London School of Economics, where he conducts teaching and research in the field of corporate strategy, corporate governance and international competition. Sir Geoffrey was educated at Rugby School and Balliol College, Oxford, where he studied classics. After two years' national service in the Royal Air Force, he joined the Financial Times as a feature writer in 1958. He held several posts on that paper, including those of Industrial Correspondent, Industrial Editor, and US Correspondent based in New York. He was deputy editor of the Financial Times from 1973 to 1980 and editor from 1981 to 1990. Between 1968 and 1973 Sir Geoffrey left journalism, serving first as an executive in the Industrial Reorganisation Corporation and then as personnel director in the overseas division of British Leyland Motor Corporation. Sir Geoffrey joined the London School of Economics in 1991. He is the author of two books – "Industry in the USA" (Penguin 1967), and "From Empire to Europe: the decline and revival of British industry since the second world war" (HarperCollins 1999). He is the co–author (with Tom Kirchmaier and Jeremy Grant) of "Corporate governance in the US and Europe: where are we now?" (Palgrave 2006), and (with Tom Kirchmaier) of "The changing role of the Chairman", published by the Chairmen's Forum in March 2006. Other published papers include: "Where are the big gorillas? High technology entrepreneurship in the UK and the role of public policy", Diebold Institute for Public Policy Studies, December 2004. Sir Geoffrey was a non-executive director of Laird Group plc from 2001 to the end of 2006.
	Guy Fraser–Sampson, Author & Columnist Guy Fraser–Sampson has over twenty years' experience of private equity and is well know as a writer and speaker on the subject. He is the author of two books, Multi Asset Class Investment Strategy and Private Equity as an asset class, both of which went into the Amazon best–sellers' list. He formerly set up and ran for several years the European operations of Horsley Bridge.
	James Caan, CEO, Hamilton Bradshaw James Caan, CEO of private equity firm Hamilton Bradshaw, has been building and selling businesses since 1985 in various sectors including publishing, HR, recruitment, software and franchising. James set up Hamilton Bradshaw in 2004 to address a gap in the private equity market, in the first 24 months it had investments in eight companies, employing over 1000 people and generating revenues of over $800million. The firm offers investment into businesses looking to expand and feel restrained by conventional banks. This, coupled with business input from James and his team enable organisations to maximise their potential. Hamilton Bradshaw is now launching in Pakistan where James feels private equity will benefit the economy enormously. With a turnover of $200 million and operations in some 30 countries, James' is an incredible success story. A graduate of Harvard Business School's prestigious Advanced Management Programme, James was named PricewaterhouseCoopers Entrepreneur of the Year in 2003 and also won the Entrepreneur category in the Asian Jewel Awards the same year. In 2005 he was named as one of Britain's 100 most influential and inspiring Asian people in the Asian Power 100 publication, launched in central London in front of a gathering that included many of the biggest names in British business. James made his name in the executive head hunting field with his company the Alexander Mann Group, which he headed from 1985 to 2002. It ecame one of the UK's leading recruitment companies. James sold the company in 2002, enrolling at Harvard University for a well–earned gap year. James' business expertise is widely sought after by academic institutions. Most recently he has addressed MBA students at London Business School as well as elite students at Oxford University's Said Business School. James lives in London and has homes in the South of France and Lahore, Pakistan. Married with two teenage daughters, he lists sailing, tennis, cinema and dining out among his hobbies.
	Javier Echarri, Secretary General, EVCA Javier Echarri, born in 1964, is currently the Secretary General of EVCA, the European Private Equity and Venture Capital Association. He joined EVCA in 1999, becoming its fourth Secretary General in 2000. Previously he had held the Retail Banking and Institutional Banking Director positions in charge of EU Institutions at ARGENTARIA bank (nowadays BBVA) from 1995. Javier was previously the Secretary General of the Spanish Chamber of Commerce for Benelux, subsequent to a number of different positions in the car-manufacturing and machine–tool industries. His current engagements include non-executive board positions at the European Federation of Junior Enterprises (JADE), the Asia Pacific Venture Capital Association, the buyout firm GED, and the secondary exchange platform Triago X. Javier is a graduate in Economics and Business Studies from the University of Deusto in Spain and has a Post-graduate degree in European Union Economic integration from the University of Amsterdam.
	John Holloway, Director, EIF British, born in 1953, John Holloway started his career in 1976 at the National Westminster Bank, where he spent four years in the Credit Department of the International Division in London. In 1980, he joined the European Investment Bank (EIB) and in over 20 years had different responsibilities in a number of EIB Lending and Credit Departments both in Luxembourg and Rome. In June 2000, following the reform of the European Investment Fund (EIF), he was appointed Director, Investments at the EIF, with the responsibility to develop Venture Capital and Portfolio Guarantee operations in support of European small and medium–sized enterprises.
	Jon Moulton, Founder & Managing Partner, Alchemy Partners Jon Moulton is Managing Partner of Alchemy, a UK–based private equity firm, which has invested £1.9 billion of equity with an emphasis on dealing with troubled companies. It recently completed the raising of a £300m European special opportunities fund. He is a Chartered Accountant, a CF and Fellow of the Society of Turnaround Professionals. Previously worked with Citicorp Venture Capital in New York and London, Permira and Apax. He has been a director of five public companies, numerous private companies and is currently a director of the US–based Irvin parachute business, the Cedar IT business, Sylvan (timber) and Ashmore Group – a major investor in emerging market debt.
	Kelvin Chan, Senior Vice–President, Partners Group Asia Pacific Mr. Chan heads up Partners Group's private equity fund and direct investments activities in the Asia–Pacific region. Partners Group is an independent global alternative asset management firm with current asset under management is in excess of CHF 22 billion. Mr. Chan is a member of Primary Investment Committee within Partners Group, the Singapore Institute of Directors, a panel member of The Enterprise Challenge under the Prime Minister Office of Singapore, and Chairman of Singapore Venture Capital and Private Equity Association. Prior to Partners Group, he was with TIF Ventures which manages US$1.3 billion private equity fund investments on behalf of the Singapore Government, heading up the fund–of–funds investments in Europe, Israel and East Coast USA. Mr. Chan holds a B.Sc. Degree with honors in Biochemistry from National University of Singapore and has an MBA in Banking and Finance from Nanyang Technological University.
	Marek Gumienny, Senior Managing Director, ACA Marek joined Candover in 1987. He is a senior managing director and is a member of Candover's executive committee. He qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse. Marek has been involved in many transactions at Candover, including the buyouts of Swissport, Gala Group, Vetco International, Ferretti and Parques Reunidos, and most recently the take private of Stork.
	Mark G. Heesen, President, National Venture Capital Association As President of the National Venture Capital Association, Mark Heesen is responsible for setting the strategic direction for all Association activities, including public policy efforts, research initiatives, educational programs, and member services. In this capacity, Mark works closely with the NVCA professional staff and Board of Directors to demonstrate the positive impact of venture capital investment on the United States economy. Under his direction, the NVCA has created numerous value–added sub–groups including the CFO Task Force, Strategic Communications Group, Corporate Venture Capital Group, Medical Industry Group and Human Capital forum, all of which are dedicated to supporting NVCA membership in uniquely critical areas. As a spokesperson for the venture capital industry, Mark is often called upon by the financial media, NVCA members, limited partners, and regional associations to present the overarching venture capital perspective to a wider audience. He is a frequent presenter at industry conferences, appears regularly on CNBC, and is consistently quoted in the press in stories concerning venture capital trends. Since 1991, Mark has worked on behalf of the NVCA to enact a wide range of policies that benefit the venture capital and entrepreneurial communities, including a significant capital gains differential, securities litigation reform, numerous SEC and FASB accounting issues, immigration reform, and a streamlining of the FDA and CMS approval processes, among other issues. Prior to coming to the NVCA, Mark was an aide to a former Governor of Pennsylvania and was Deputy Director for Federal Funds reporting to the Texas Legislature. Mark received a law degree with an emphasis in taxation from the Dickinson School of Law in 1984.
	Martin Arnold, Private Equity Correspondent, Financial Times Martin has been with the Financial Times since 1999. He has been the FT Private Equity Correspondent since mid–May. Prior to this, he was Paris correspondent for five years, covering the political scene and most notably the presidential election, as well as at various times the financial, healthcare and energy sectors. Before this, he worked for the FT.com website in London – covering technology, media and telecom – and in New York – covering consumer industries during the dotcom boom and bust of 1999 and 2000.
	Peter Burns, Managing Director, Commonfund Mr. Burns is a Managing Director of Commonfund Capital. His primary responsibilities include oversight of due diligence, manager selection and investment management for the firm’s private capital programs. Mr. Burns is a member of the Investment Committee of Commonfund Capital and oversees our global private equity ex–U.S. programs. He has 19 years of investment, corporate finance and lending experience. Prior to joining Commonfund in 1998, Mr. Burns worked as a Vice President of Taglich Brothers, a New York–based investment bank and brokerage firmPrior to this he was an associate in the Leveraged Funding Group of Heller Financial. Mr. Burns received a B.A. in Economics from St. Lawrence University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Marketing from Columbia Business School. Mr. Burns is based in London. Commonfund Capital, founded in 1988, manages over $10 billion of private capital commitments from our nonprofit investors including educational institutions, foundations, hospitals and operating nonprofit organizations. Our professional staff of 37 serves over 600 institutional investors with private capital programs in venture capital, private equity and natural resources.
	Peter Montagnon, Director of Investment Affairs, ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH INSURERS Peter Montagnon joined the Association of British Insurers as Director of Investment Affairs in October 2000. ABI members are large investors controlling funds worth some £1,100bn. Mr Montagnon's department is responsible for representing the interests of ABI members as investors to the broader public, government and the companies in which the industry holds stakes. Previously Mr Montagnon had spent two decades as a senior journalist on the Financial Times, including spells as Head of the Lex Column and in charge of coverage of the international capital markets. His last assignment, from 1994 to 2000, was as Asia Editor, responsible for the FT's coverage of a region stretching from Pakistan to New Zealand. After graduating in Modern Languages from Cambridge University in 1972, Mr Montagnon joined Reuters news agency as a financial journalist. At Reuters he completed assignments in Hong Kong, Zurich and Washington before joining the Financial Times. Mr Montagnon has been appointed by the European Commission to serve on the new European Corporate Governance Forum. Mr Montagnon is Chairman of the Board of the International Corporate Governance Network.
	Peter Taylor, Managing Partner, Duke Street Capital Managing Partner, joined in 1996 from Vardon (now Cannons Group Plc) where he was Group Finance Director of the publicly quoted leisure company. Previously he spent three years with Bridgepoint working on UK buyout and development capital transactions, including two alongside Duke Street Capital. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, having graduated from Loughborough University of Technology with a degree in economics with accountancy.
	Philip Paul, Founder, Paul Capital Partners Philip Paul founded Paul Capital Partners in 1991. The firm currently has over $4.4B of AUM in three private equity investment areas: funds of funds, secondaries, and healthcare product investments. Mr. Paul co–founded Paul Capital Investments in 2006 as a platform from which to expand Paul Capital Partners' existing funds of funds business. He has more than 20 years of private equity experience, having served on more than 30 VC–based boards of directors. Mr. Paul currently serves on the advisory boards of four venture capital funds. He was previously Chairman and CEO of Hillman Ventures, one of the nation's most active private equity investors in the 70's and 80's. Mr. Paul is a graduate of Stanford University, and has a Law degree from Southwestern University, as well as a certificate in International Law from the Parker School at Columbia University.
	Philip Yea, Chief Executive, 3i Group Plc Philip Yea is the Chief Executive of 3i Group plc, a world leading private equity and venture capital company. Philip joined 3i in July 2004. Prior to 3i, Philip was a managing director at Investcorp, where his main focus was on the performance of portfolio investments. Philip joined Investcorp in 1999 from Diageo. He spent six years as Group Finance Director, both at Guinness and then at Diageo after Guiness's merger with GrandMet in 1997. Philip's 13–year career at Guinness/Diageo mainly involved financial positions but also saw him in a number of wider–ranging roles including the Chairmanship of The Gleneagles Hotel and Guinness Publishing. He was also a director of Moet Hennessy. Philip is a non–Executive Director of Vodafone Group Plc. He has also been a non–Executive Director of HBOS plc and Manchester United PLC. Philip is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants and has a degree in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from Oxford University where he was at Brasenose College.
	Richard Lambert, Director-General, CBI Having studied history at Balliol College, Oxford, Richard joined the Financial Times in 1966. He edited the Lex column in the 1970s, becoming financial editor in 1979. In 1982 he moved to New York as the bureau chief, returning to the UK a year later as deputy editor. He became editor of the Financial Times in 1991 and during his 10 years in this role launched the US version of the newspaper. From August 2002 Richard spent a semester at the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He was subsequently asked to write the Lambert Review of Business–University Collaboration. In Spring 2003 Richard became a member of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee, stepping down in April 2006. He has been Director–General of the CBI since 1 July 2006. Richard is a trustee of the British Museum and a member of the UK–India Roundtable. He was recently invited to join the Prime Minister's National Council for Educational Excellence. He is married to Harriet and has two children. He enjoys the theatre, music and galleries.
	Rod Selkirk, Chief Executive of Hermes Private Equity (HPE) Rod Selkirk is the Chief Executive of Hermes Private Equity (HPE). He joined Hermes in this position in April 2002 prior to which he had been a Managing Director at Bridgepoint Capital, a pan-European buy-out firm. He had been at Bridgepoint for 11 years where he headed up the UK Regional offices and latterly had responsibility for fund-raising. Prior to Bridgepoint he was with 3i for 9 years in the UK and the USA. At Hermes he is responsible for investing and managing approximately £2 billion on behalf of two of the UK's largest pension schemes. Hermes Private Equity invests both directly into companies (where the focus is on middle market UK based buy-outs) and indirectly by committing to other private equity funds. The funds programme is international and encompasses the full range of private equity investing ranging from venture funds all the way across the spectrum to large buy-out funds. Rod was the Chairman of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) from April 2006 to March 2007.
	Saurabh Srivastava, General Partner, Artiman Ventures Saurabh Srivastava focuses on early-stage technology investments in systems and software. As a Partner of Artiman Ventures, he is currently on the boards of airwide Solutions, Digital Radio Express, Dyyno, Lightwire (formerly SiOptical), Kasenna, OpSource and Ortiva Wireless.Prior to joining Artiman in 2000, Saurabh was a Director of Mergers and Acquisitions for Cisco Systems' Corporate Business Development group, where he led the technology strategy for VoIP and wireless mobility teams, focusing on Cisco's technology and acquisition strategies in the voice-over IP, wireless/mobility and VPN areas. At Cisco he led 18 acquisitions and 10 investments. Before joining Cisco, Saurabh worked part time for Philips while completing Stanford's MBA program. At Philips, he worked with a group that created the venture funding arm of Philips in the US. Prior to that, for almost eight years, Saurabh held various operating roles from engineering to engineering management, marketing and pre-sales at Silicon Graphics, Inc., Kaleida Labs and Digital Equipment Corp. He also holds two patents for networking protocol technologies. Education: Saurabh holds a B.S.E.E. from BITS, India, an M.S.C.S. from SUNY @ Stony Brook and an MBA from Stanford University, where he was an Arjay Miller scholar.Saurabh’s investments include airwide Solutions, Adir Technologies, ClickServices, Dyyno Inc., Globespan (Nasdaq: GSPN/CNXT), JetCell (acq by Cisco), Kasenna, Lightwire, Morphics Tech (acq by Infineon), NetForensics, Nuance Communications (Nasdaq: NUAN), OpSource, Ortiva Wireless, Pingtel
	Simon Nixon, Executive Editor, Breaking Views Simon Nixon is Executive Editor of breakingviews.com and has written widely about private equity. He worked for six years as an investment banker before becoming a journalist. Subsequently he was City editor of The Week and a founding editor of MoneyWeek. His writing has appeared in a range of publications, including The Wall Street Journal, The Sunday Telegraph, The Independent and The Spectator. He was a senior scholar at Trinity College, Cambridge, where he gained a first class degree in History, and is a former president of the Cambridge Union.
	Simon Rowlands, Partner, Cinven Simon has been with Cinven for over 20 years. He has been involved in a number of transactions including Spire Healthcare, USP Hospitales, Avio, Partnerships in Care, Aprovia, MediMedia, General Healthcare, Générale de Santé, Amicus Healthcare and Nutreco. He is a member of the Industrials and Healthcare sector teams. Prior to joining Cinven, Simon worked with an international consulting ?rm on multi–disciplinary engineering projects in the UK and Southern Africa. Simon has an MBA, a degree in Engineering and is a chartered engineer.
	Simon Walker, Chief Executive, The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association Simon Walker is Chief Executive of the BVCA – The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association. Between 2003 and 2007 he worked at Reuters, first as Director of Corporate Communications, and subsequently becoming Director of Corporate Communications and Marketing. Before joining Reuters, he was Communications Secretary to HM The Queen at Buckingham Palace. He was previously Director of Corporate Affairs at British Airways and a non–executive director of Comair Ltd (South Africa). He was a special adviser in the Prime Minister's Policy Unit at 10 Downing Street (1996–97). He was previously a partner at Brunswick, the public relations group, and Director of European Public Affairs for Hill & Knowlton in Brussels. He was born in South Africa, and has worked as a journalist and consultant in New Zealand, Belgium and the UK. He is a member of the Better Regulation Commission, a member of the UK–Jamestown Committee and a Trustee of the New Zealand–UK Link Foundation. He read PPE at Balliol College, Oxford, where he was President of the Oxford Union. He was a Knight Journalism Fellow at Stanford University. He is married with two children.
	Stephen Welton, Senior Member, CCMP Capital Advisors Stephen Welton is a Senior Member of CCMP Capital Advisors (UK) LLP, and is a member of the Investment Committee of CCMP Capital, the spin out from JP Morgan. CCMP Capital manages approximately $10bn. Mr Welton focuses on making investments in the industrial, leisure and consumer retail sectors. He has been responsible for the firm’s investments in Edwards Limited, IMO Car Wash and SafetyKleen Europe. Immediately prior to joining CCMP in 2002, he was Chairman and CEO of TV Travel Shop, the market leading television distribution business in the U.K and Germany, which he built up before successfully selling it to USA Interacting Inc. From 1995 to 1999, Mr Welton was Managing Director U.K. of Baclays Private Equity. Prior to that, he co-founded a private equity fund for Henderson Administration. He started his career in the debt and mezzanine market with Security Pacific Eurofinance. Mr. Welton has a law degree from Durham University and is a qualified Barrister-at-law. He serves on the board of directors of Edwards Limited, Safety Kleen Europe, and Waco International.
	Vince O’Brien, Director, Montagu Private Equity, Past Chairman, British Venture Capital Association Vince O’Brien has been a director of Montagu Private Equity for nearly fifteen years and has spent over 20 years working in the private equity industry. A member of Montagu’s management and investment committees, he is currently responsible for all aspects of Montagu’s investor relations and fundraising activities. Prior to joining Montagu in 1993 he worked as a corporate finance advisor with Coopers & Lybrand, focusing on advising management teams looking to lead buyouts. Montagu Private Equity is one of Europe’s best known private equity investors and invests primarily in management buyouts of companies operating across a wide range of industries in the UK, France, Germany and the Nordic region. It has over €3 billion of funds under management and focuses on acquiring companies with enterprise values of €100 million to €1 billion.Vince is also a former Chairman of the British Venture Capital Association. He has therefore been involved in representing the industry across a broad range of issues affecting the BVCA’s members and the UK entrepreneurial environment in general.