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Jonathan
Powell is the Chairman and a co-founder of Longbow.
Subsequently, after a year as Chairman of a small venture
capital business, he formed Longbow in 2004 with a number
of partners. As well as acting as Chairman of the partnership,
Jonathan is Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and sits
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Edward Beckett
is the managing partner and a co-founder of Longbow. Edward
has built up a broad range of experience as a director and
as a CEO over the past 10 years which has included MBOs,
MBIs, refinancing, and acquisition and disposal activities. |
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Edward Rudd
is a co-founder of Longbow and is jointly responsible for
sourcing, appraising and structuring investment opportunities.
Previously, Edward was Finance Director at a private equity
firm. He is a Chartered Accountant, having qualified with
KPMG. Before embarking on a career in private equity, he
worked in the corporate finance department of Barclays de
Zoete Wedd. |
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Julian Hickman
joined Longbow in December 2005. In 1998, after a career
as a pilot in the Army, he joined Rensburg as an investment
manager. He moved from there to Cazenove, where he established
and built the personal pension business. He has also been
involved in a number of small businesses. |
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Robin Finlayson
is a co-founder of Longbow and Managing Partner of its Scottish
office. After a career with Ernst and Young, where he was
Managing Partner of the Edinburgh Office, Regional Head
of Entrepreneurial Services and Head of Taxation, Robin
became a Director of Caledonian Heritable Investments Ltd,
a £26m private investment company he helped to establish
in 2000. |
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Ron Petersen
is a co-founder of Longbow and is responsible for identifying
new business opportunities and assisting their corporate
development. Initially, Ron spent over 20 years with Armstrong
World Industries, managing global businesses from a London
base. In 1992, Ron began to specialise in turning underperforming
or early stage companies into profitable and valued concerns.
Companies he has been involved in this area include Insituform
Group, Bridon, Brunel Holdings, and Oystertec. He is currently
acting CEO of CyDen Ltd, a company for which Longbow arranged
the equity finance. |
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Gilmour Thom
joined Longbow in August 2005. Gilmour had been a stockbroker
for 37 years, 19 of which were in London where he had been
a partner in L. Messel & Co. He returned to Scotland
in 1989 and was a director of Bell Lawrie White & Co.
Ltd and then Sutherlands Ltd. He has specialised in smaller
companies and corporate finance related business. He qualified
as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse & Co. |
| Non-executive Partners |
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Nigel Rudd
was until recently Chairman of Alliance Boots. He is a founder
and Chairman of Pendragon, Chairman of BAA, Vice Chairman
of Barclays Bank and a non-executive director of BAe Systems.
A founder of Williams Holdings, he built up the business
from a start up into a FTSE 100 diversified conglomerate
before overseeing the de-merger of the component interests.
Last year he oversaw the sale of Pilkington to Nippon Sheet
Glass, the acquisition of Reg Vardy by Pendragon and the
merger of Alliance Unichem with Boots and subsequent sale
to KKR/Pessina. Nigel offers a wealth of experience in building
successful businesses and serves on Longbow’s Supervisory
Committee. Nigel is a Chartered Accountant and is Chairman
of the Boardroom Issues Group of the CBI. |
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Kevin Doyle
is a co-founder of Longbow and has an entrepreneurial background.
Kevin is based in Edinburgh and currently heads up Caledonian
Heritable Investments Limited, a £26m private investment
company. Prior to that, he built up and sold Coronation
Inns to Scottish & Newcastle in 1993. Kevin also has a broad
range of other investment interests both in the UK and overseas. |
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Colin Bothway
is a co-founder of Longbow and has a range of property based
interests through his position as Chairman of Daveney, a
private leisure and investment company, and as a director
of Howards Group, a private property services company. Colin
has been an active investor in early stage companies for
more than 25 years and is a member of Longbow’s Supervisory
Committee. |
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Nicholas Lyons
is a Non-Executive Partner of Longbow and a member of the
Supervisory Committee. For 8 years until 2003, Nick was
Managing Director of Lehman Brothers (Europe) investment
bank. During his time there, he was a member of the European
Operating Committee, Global Co-Head of Recruitment and Programmes
and Co-Head of European Financial Institutions. Before joining
Lehman Brothers, Nick worked at JP Morgan and Salomon Brothers
for 14 years. Nick is also a non-executive director of Catlin
Insurance Company and Miller Insurance Services Ltd. |
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Charles Crick
joined Longbow in March 2005. Charles was head of corporate
finance at Numis Corporation PLC, the investment bank, from
1997 until December 2004 (jointly from 2003) when he retired.
He was also a main board director at Numis during this time
when the market capitalisation of the company grew from
some £8 million to in excess of £150 million.
Before joining Numis, Charles was a solicitor in private
practice specialising in banking and corporate finance.
He trained and spent the early part of his career at Allen
& Overy. |
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Bill Husselby
is the chairman and owner of Cogent Elliott Group (the longest
established UK independent advertising agency). Past involvement
includes William Holdings, Jewson, Milton Keynes and Rolls
Royce. Current involvement includes Jaguar, Land Rover,
Network Q, Aga, Fortnum & Mason and Arriva Trains. Bill
is also a Director of Welsh National Opera, Director of
Birmingham Opera Company, Member of the Norwich Diocesan
Board and Chairman of the Lady Katherine Leveson Foundation.
He is currently a Deputy Lieutenant of the West Midlands
and has been Vice Chairman of West Midlands Industry 96
and High Sheriff of the West Midlands. |
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Dr Keith Powell
graduated with a PhD in the genetics of haem synthesis.
After working on vitamin B12 synthesis at Glaxo, he joined
the University of Newcastle to work on DNA repair. He then
moved to ICI and then Zeneca where he led many groups including
“Discovery”, introducing high throughput screening.
Hhis final position was as “Head of Intellectual Property”.
Keith then spent several years in California as Head of
the Chemistry business of Maxygen before returning to the
UK and joining the Bloomsbury Bioseed Fund as Entrepreneur
in Residence. Keith is now Chairman of Domainex Ltd and
CEO of Polytherics Ltd. |
| Chairman, Supervisory
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Colin Harris
is Chairman of Longbow’s Supervisory Committee. After
graduating, Colin qualified as a solicitor and spent the
early part of his career in private practice before joining
international insurance brokers Alexander & Alexander.
He became senior legal counsel before leaving to join Newton
Investment Management in 1985. He then went on to become
Chief Executive of the firm and retired from Newton in 2002.
During the intervening 17 year period Newton had enjoyed
a period of rapid growth with funds under management rising
from around £300 million to over £23 billion
by 2002. Colin now undertakes a portfolio of roles and continues
to work with Stewart Newton (the former Chairman and Founder
of Newton Investment Management) where he assists with the
management of various private equity interests. |
