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  • Benoit Broch
    • Benoit Broch

      Benoit Broch

      Benoit joined ISIS in 2007 as a member of the new investments team, and has completed the investments in TVC and Playforce. 

  • Alison Carnwath
    • Alison Carnwath

      Alison has been a non-executive director of ISIS since December 2000, and currently chairs our Investment Committee and Management Board.

  • Peter Clarke
    • Peter Clarke

      Peter Clarke

      Pete joined ISIS in 2002 to open the Manchester office and head up new investment activity in the region. Following the success of ISIS in the North of England over the past five years Pete has recently taken a new national role taking responsibility for the VCT portfolio, which currently includes more than 20 businesses. 

  • Fiona Dane
    • Fiona Dane

      Fiona Dane

      Fiona joined ISIS in 2001 and focusses on investor relations and fundraising.

  • Sheenagh Egan
    • Sheenagh Egan

      Sheenagh Egan

      Sheenagh joined ISIS in 1997 and is our Chief Operating Officer. Before joining ISIS, Sheenagh spent six years at Grant Thornton, where her experience included both corporate finance, advising on private equity transactions and corporate recovery. 

  • Andrew Garside
    • Andrew Garside

      Andrew Garside

      Andrew joined the new investment team at ISIS in 2005 and leads the new investment activity in the Financial Services sector. 

  • Adam Holloway
    • Adam Holloway

      Adam Holloway

      Since joining ISIS in 1999 to further develop and run the portfolio management function, Adam has handled several successful investments through to exit, including Fat Face, kidsunlimited, Refresco and Tricom.

  • Chris Jewel-Clark
    • Chris Jewel-Clark

      Chris Jewel-Clark

      Chris joined ISIS in July 2008 and is involved primarily in the VCT team.

  • Liz Jones
    • Liz Jones

      Liz Jones

      Liz joined the new investment team at ISIS in 2001. Her completed investments include Care Management Group, MORI, SLR and Martin Audio. 

  • Wol Kolade
    • Wol Kolade

      Wol Kolade

      Wol joined ISIS in January 1993 and is Managing Partner of the business. His role encompasses overall responsibility for the strategic development of ISIS, and active involvement in investments. 

  • Het Marsh
    • Het Marsh

      Het Marsh

      Het is the fund manager of Baronsmead AIM VCT. She worked at 3i from 1998 to 2002 being the fund manager of the 3i smaller Quoted Companies Trust.

  • Samuel Mason
    • Samuel Mason

      Samuel Mason

      Sam joined ISIS in September 2008 from Lehman Brothers M&A and A.T. Kearney before that.

  • Prem Mohan Raj
    • Prem Mohan Raj

      Prem Mohan Raj

      Prem joined ISIS in April 2005 and is our Chief Financial Officer with finance and client reporting responsibility for the institutional and retail funds.

  • Paul Morris
    • Paul Morris

      Paul Morris

      Since joining the new investment team in 2003, Paul has completed investments in businesses such as TVC, Hawksmere, Enotria, Crew Clothing and CableCom.

  • Tim Richardson
    • Tim Richardson

      Tim Richardson

      Tim focuses on deal origination and business development across all sectors. He travels throughout the UK to meet with owners and managers of interesting businesses to understand their funding needs.

  • Daniel Smith
    • Daniel Smith

      Daniel Smith

      Daniel leads ISIS's activity in the leisure sector and his most recent investments include Traveljigsaw, an international online B2C car hire broker and On the Beach, an online retailer of beach holidays.

  • David Thorp
    • David Thorp

      David Thorp

      David joined ISIS in 1995, became Managing Director in 1997 and Chairman in 2001. David launched the Baronsmead VCT in 1995 and there are now five VCTs in the 'Baronsmead Family'.

  • Mark Turner
    • Mark Turner

      Mark Turner

      Mark joined ISIS in 2001 to work specifically with investee companies in the portfolio management team. He has managed numerous investments, including LBM, Enotria, Williams Medical Supplies and The Art Group  whilst leading various successful exits, such as Americana, Staffline, Thomas Sanderson and Blue 8.

  • Ken Wotton
    • Ken Wotton

      Ken Wotton

      Ken joined ISIS in February 2007 as a fund manager on the quote investment team.

  • Gareth Young
    • Gareth Young

      Gareth Young

      Gareth joined ISIS in 2004. He manages a number of investments including Crew Clothing Co., TVC, Empire World Trade and Playforce and has completed exits with RLA Group and Hawksmere.

  • Shani Zindel
    • Shani Zindel

      Shani Zindel

      Shani leads the London buyout team. Her recent investments include Traveljigsaw, Equiom, Enotria and Reach and she numbers MORI, Language Line and Refresco amongst her exited investments.

Birmingham

  • Mark Advani
    • Mark Advani

      Mark Advani

      Mark joined ISIS in 1999 to set up and develop the regional office infrastructure. He has led numerous investments, including Fat Face, Staffline, blue 8, bonmarche, ASSA, Wiggle and Williams Medical Supplies.

  • Richard Bucknell
    • Richard Bucknell

      Richard Bucknell

      Richard joined the new investments team at ISIS in February 2005 and is based in the Birmingham office.

  • Matthew Caffrey
    • Matthew Caffrey

      Matthew Caffrey

      Matt joined ISIS in October 2005 and to date has completed the buyouts of ScriptSwitch, Quantix, Empire World Trade and Green Issues.

  • Charlie Robinson
    • Charlie Robinson

      Charlie Robinson

      Charlie joined the Birmingham office in June 2006 as a member of the new investments team.

  • Simon Ward
    • Simon Ward

      Simon Ward

      Simon joined the new investments team at ISIS in 2002. Based in our Midlands office, he leads ISIS's business services sector focus, and has been involved in a number of investments including Traveljigsaw, Equiom, Credit Solutions and Occam. 

Leeds

  • David Cowan
    • David Cowan

      David Cowan

      David joined the new investment team at ISIS at the start of 2008 and is primarily focused across the North of England. 

  • James Hall
    • James Hall

      James Hall

      James joined ISIS in 2004 and works on new investments across the North of England. He completed the investment in Boldon James in May 2005.

Manchester

  • Andy Gregory
    • Andy Gregory

      Andy Gregory

      Based in the Manchester office, Andy joined ISIS in 2003 to lead investments, primarily focusing in the North of England.

  • James Titmuss
    • James Titmuss

      James Titmuss

      James joined ISIS in 2006 and works on new investments in the North of England and also has a nationwide focus on the financial services sector.


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