ISIS expands in the Midlands and the South East

ISIS Equity Partners plc (‘ISIS') is delighted to announce the appointments of:

Simon Ward, Assistant Director, New Investments, Birmingham

Simon previously was with Catalyst Corporate Finance where he was a founder member of its Birmingham team. Simon originally trained as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers before joining the Royal Bank of Scotland Leveraged Finance team. A graduate of Nottingham University with a BA (Hons) in Economics, Simon has over seven years of corporate finance experience gained across the East and West Midlands.

Daniel Smith, Assistant Director, New Investments, London

Daniel was previously with Royal Bank Development Capital, where he was part of the team that established its Birmingham office. Prior to this Daniel was with Royal Bank of Scotland, which he joined in 1993 as part of its Graduate Development Programme. Daniel graduated from Loughborough University of Technology in 1993 and gained an MBA from Manchester Business School & University of Wales in 2000. Daniel has over 5 years experience of funding mid-market corporate finance transactions and over a year's experience in private equity investment and portfolio management.

Tim Richardson, Business Development Director, London

Tim previously was Head of Client Origination (Growth Companies team) for HSBC Investment Bank and prior to this he worked for Charterhouse Bank, latterly focussing on deal origination. Tim's role at ISIS is focused on originating new investment opportunities.

Mark Advani, responsible for ISIS' new investment activity, said: "I am delighted that we have been able to recruit individuals with the breadth of skills and experience of Simon, Daniel and Tim. ISIS has completed well over 20 unquoted investments and several successful realisations across the UK from our London, Birmingham and Manchester offices since 2000 and with these additions to the team we are well placed to further accelerate our investment rate in the months ahead."

Published: 14 March, 2003