Investment Team

Our investment team has a track record of success. We have invested in more than 30 smaller middle market UK companies, and believe this experience is essential in assisting management teams, and realising strong returns from our investments.

The investment team comprises:

	Stephen Edwards Stephen has over 19 years experience in private equity and corporate finance, having worked with Grosvenor, Mercury Asset Management and ProVen Private Equity prior to co-founding Core Capital in 2004.
	Tel : 0203 179 0919

	Walid Fakhry Walid has over 10 years experience in private equity, corporate finance and investing on his own account, having worked with Gemini Consulting, JP Morgan, eVolution Global Partners and Lago Partners prior to co-founding Core Capital in 2004.
	Tel : 0203 179 0926

	David Steel David joined Core Capital in September 2007 having previously spent 5 years with KPMG Corporate Finance based in London.
	Tel : 0203 179 0918

	Paul Richards Paul has over 20 years experience in corporate finance having worked with Hoare Govett, Colins Stewart and was part of the founding team of Farifax IS Plc in 2005. Paul joined Core Capital in February 2009.
	Tel : 0203 179 0916

	James Smallridge James joined Core Capital in May 2009 having previously spent time as an Investment Manager with RJD Partners and over 8 years with KPMG Corporate Finance based in London.
	Tel : 0203 179 0917

Operating Partners

	Angad Paul Angad became the CEO of Caparo Plc in 2002, and was responsible for the establishment of Caparo's relationship with Core Capital.
	Tel : 0207 317 0155

	David Dancaster David is the Group Finance Director of Caparo Plc and has played a major role in the groups extensive acquisition programme.
	Tel : 0207 486 1417

	George Pohle George joined Core in 2010 as Operating Partner with over 25 years of global line management and strategic consulting experience with IBM, Mainspring, Lucent technologies, MAC group/Gemini Consulting and with extensive experience working across Asia, Europe and the Americas.
	Tel : 0203 179 0925

Non-Executive Directors

In addition, the boards of Directors for the Core Venture Capital Trusts comprise:

Peter Smaill

Peter was a Director of NatWest Equity Partners Limited (now Bridgepoint Capital Limited) and a Director of the NatWest IT fund. Subsequently he moved to LICA Development Capital Limited (now Nova Capital Management Limited) in London where he was Co Managing Director, before joining Dunedin Capital Partners Limited as a Director until 2004.

Lord Walker

Lord Walker became the youngest Cabinet member of the Conservative Party in 1970 and was a member of all subsequent Cabinets until 1990, when he returned to business activities. He currently chairs Allianz Cornhill Insurance Plc, is Vice Chairman of Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein and is a Non-executive Director of LIFFE and Caparo Plc.

John Brimacombe

John is MD of Jobstream Group plc and an Operating Partner of Sussex Place Ventures. He was a co-founder of NGame Limited and was also President of Mforma Group Inc.. John is a non-executive director of Kelway Holdings Limited, one of the investee companies of the Core VCTs.

Raymond Maxwell

Ray is a Venture Partner of Invesco, and has nearly 30 years private equity experience. Ray is also Chairman of 4D Investments, and serves on the advisory boards of funds managed by Apax, Industri Kapital, Procuritas, Index Ventures, Gemini and Jerusalem Venture Partners. He is a also a member of the Securities Institute.

Paul Richards

Paul was previously head of Corporate Finance at Fairfax IS Limited, and has previously worked with Hoare Govett and Collins Stewart, where he ran the Investment Trust and Corporate Finance practices.

Greg Aldridge

Greg is Corporate Development Director of Interior Services Group plc, the £1bn turnover Aim listed international construction services group. Prior to joining ISG in January 2008 he was a Managing Director in corporate finance at Bridgewell, the investment bank. He was a founder director of Bridgewell and prior to that a corporate finance director of Singer & Friedlander Limited.