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Name: Xavier Woodward
Personal assistant: Julie Rushworth
Telephone: 0161 912 6500
Email: xavier.woodward@isisep.com
Title: Investment Director
I spend a lot of my time meeting new businesses and assessing whether there is an opportunity for ISIS to invest. My main area of focus is the financial services sector and I always enjoy meeting entrepreneurs who find innovative ways of doing things better.
I am based in ISIS’ Manchester office, live in Leeds and work all over the country.
After graduating from Oxford University, I trained as an accountant and then spent 13 years as a corporate finance adviser with Societe Generale and latterly KPMG. I eventually decided that it was time to stop advising and start doing, and joined ISIS. I had worked with the team as an adviser and liked the people and their approach to deal-making, which is both thoughtful and entrepreneurial.
About me
Little known fact: I used to play guitar for the legendary Electric Penguins and had pink hair. In 1993 I worked as a ticket tout and real estate agent in St Petersburg, Russia.
Most likely to say?
Let’s gather the data.
Outside of work I… have 3 children, so don’t have a huge amount of time to myself. I do manage to play a very aggressive game of 5-a-side football on Sunday evenings.
Perfect day:
Meet an exciting new management team, complete a deal then dinner with my wife!
What makes me get out of bed in the morning?
Meeting new businesses and management teams. Whether or not there is a deal to do, I always learn something new.
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