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One of the first venture capitalists in the UK with 25 years' board level experience as chairman, chief executive and director, Stephen has been involved for over 20 years with ECI, a venture capital company specialising in mid-market buy-outs, where he is now non-executive chairman; he was until recently chairman of Ovum PLC and is a founder trustee of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA). Stephen was named the Personality of the Year Award at the Private Equity Awards in April 2007.

A successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist and management consultant, Nat was most recently a partner in Accenture where he also chaired their UK charitable foundation. He is vice chairman of Crime Concern and is working on his doctoral thesis in 19th century Anglo-American relations at the University of London.

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Adrian is Senior Managing Partner at Apax Partners, the global private equity group. Prior to holding this position he was Chief Operating Officer from 2001-2006. Earlier on in his career, Adrian worked in the computer industry and as a management consultant, before joining Apax over 20 years ago. He is a former chairman of the British Venture Capital Association (BVCA). His own charitable trust focuses on education and science.

Andy is co-founder of Ailsa3 Ventures Ltd, a small privately funded, private equity investment vehicle set up in 2003. He led the management buy-in of White Rose Environmental Ltd and prior to that Andy held a variety of senior corporate roles in the environment sector, including Board Director of Yorkshire Water.

Ian Meakins joined Travelex as Chief Executive Officer in January 2007 and is a member of the Group Board and chair of the Executive Committee. Prior to this, Ian was Chief Executive Officer of Alliance UniChem plc until its merger with Boots in July 2006 and he was previously President, European Major Markets and Global Supply for Diageo plc.

Doug’s business career spans over 30 years in both the US and UK and most recently includes assisting venture capitalists with fundraising. Doug has a long history of hands-on roles with charities focusing on education, international development and mine disposal. Doug is founder chair of the European Venture Philanthropy Association (EVPA).

Chris is Founding Director of the charity BasicNeeds, which works with mentally ill people in eight countries in the third world. Prior to this he founded and directed two other charities, Thrive (formerly Horticulture Therapy) and Action on Disability and Development (ADD). In 2000 he was awarded an MBE for his work in disability.

Amelia Fitzalan Howard spent the first part of her career in the art world at Christie’s where she worked for 9 years. She then left Christie’s to move to the voluntary sector and started work with School-Home Support in 1995, becoming CEO in 1998. In 2005, Amelia moved to The Henry Smith Charity, a UK grant maker which distributes c £25m per annum, where she is Head of Grants. Amelia also sits as a Magistrate in East London and is a Trustees of Andrews Charitable Trust.

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