Neal was formerly a corporate finance partner of PwC with extensive experience as a lead adviser on M&A activity in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors. Neal is currently a non-executive director and chairman of Octopus AIM VCT plc and a non-executive director of Polar Capital Global Healthcare Trust plc.

Barry has over 30 years’ experience in the venture capital industry, including 14 years as Managing Director of Dresdner Kleinwort Benson Private Equity Limited, a longstanding 'mid-market' private equity fund manager. He is currently a director of Downing One VCT plc and recently retired from the board of Draper Esprit VCT plc.

Malcolm is a Founding Partner of Beringea. Over the last 20 years, he has been responsible for the growth, development and management of the private equity business of Beringea in both the UK and the USA.

In addition to sitting on the boards of ProVen VCT plc and ProVen Growth & Income VCT plc, he sits on the investment committees of Beringea’s four other venture capital funds and as a non-executive director on several portfolio company boards.

Prior to founding Beringea, Malcolm gained Europe-wide industrial, planning and analytical experience in healthcare, engineering and financial services with Baxter International, Uniroyal Inc., and Lloyds TSB Group. Malcolm has a MBA from Kingston Business School and a degree in Business Studies.

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James is an experienced Non-Executive Director, Chair and Adviser with a background in private equity and venture capital investing. James qualified as an Accountant with PwC before moving into analyst and portfolio director roles with Lloyds Development Capital and Gresham Private Equity where he was Head of Portfolio Management. From 2014, James has been Chair of a number of companies operating in various industries, with particular emphasis on managing fund raisings and sale processes.

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Lorna was formerly an executive director of Numis Corporation plc and a director of WestLB Panmure Limited and S G Warburg Securities. She is currently chairman of Dowgate Capital Limited and a director of Dowgate Wealth Limited.

Lorna also serves as a non-executive director on the board of FTSE 250 constituent Finsbury Growth and Income Trust plc and FT-SE 100 company Rightmove plc.

Marc started his career as a corporate financier with County NatWest in 1984. In 1991, he set up his own management consultancy specialising in the media sector. In 1997 he became Chief Executive of one of London’s largest groups of theatres, cinemas and TV companies (Crescent Entertainment). Subsequently, he became Chief Executive of First Call International.

He is co-founder and CEO of Pocket Living, the first private developer in London to specialise in helping hard-working city makers, on low to moderate incomes, own their first home with backing from the Mayor of London and Related Companies in New York.

Anna has over 23 years of experience building and scaling successful businesses. She is currently director of Product Management at Facebook and was previously Chief Product Officer at TotallyMoney.

Anna has also led product teams at companies including JustGiving, Evrythng, Monitise and Skype. She is the founder of ScaleupLean, an advisory business providing strategy consultancy to technology companies

Natasha was President/CEO of Ascential Intelligence for six years, a portfolio of digital intelligence brands including WGSN, the world’s leading trend forecaster, Groundsure, the UK’s top environmental data supplier for conveyancers, and the festival business Money20/20 at Ascential plc, the global information company. Prior to that, she was CEO of Emap from 2010 to 2015.

She started her career in sales and led the commercial teams on consumer brands such as Elle, Red and the EMAP parenting portfolio. Natasha has a long history of growing B2B businesses and selling them to strategic or private equity buyers. Natasha is Chairwoman of Sifted, a Financial Times and PE-backed media business for start-ups, on the Board of Proven Growth and Income Plc, and a Trustee of Just Like Us.

Natasha is currently an advisor to a number of businesses including TED Conferences LLC, Moonshot and Walking On Earth.