BVCA Management Team Awards 2012: South West & Wales shortlist

This regional shortlist is the first stage on a path which climaxes at the national awards ceremony on July 5 in London. From this shortlist winners in each category will be selected by our expert judging panel and all of those will then be entered into the national final. There are a total of six regions: Scotland & Northern Ireland, North East, North West, Midlands, South West & Wales, and London & South East.

The BVCA Management Team Awards is the successor to the Portfolio Company Awards. These are the only awards to celebrate the outstanding work of private equity and venture capital backed portfolio companies. For more information please click here.

Shortlist for Management Team Awards 2012 for the South West & Wales:

Venture Capital-backed Management Team of the Year

Chromogenex Technologies - backed by Finance Wales

Excelerate Technology - backed by Finance Wales

Glasses Direct - backed by Index Ventures, Highland Capital Partners and Acton Capital Partners

NanoSight - backed by Shackleton Ventures and YFM Equity Partners

New Earth Solutions - backed by Impax Asset Management

Mid Market Private Equity-backed Management Team of the Year

A-Gas - backed by Growth Capital Partners (until April 2011), LDC (from April 2011)

Aim Aviation - backed by LDC

Wiggle - backed by ISIS Equity Partners (until December 2011), Bridgepoint (from December 2011)

Large Buyout Private Equity-backed Management Team of the Year

Merlin Entertainments - backed by The Blackstone Group

PHS Group - backed by Charterhouse

Warwick Chemicals - backed by CBPE Capital

Exit Management Team of the Year

A-Gas - backed by Growth Capital Partners

Bottlegreen - backed by Piper Private Equity

Wiggle - backed by ISIS Equity Partners

International Impact Management Team of the Year

A-Gas - backed by Growth Capital Partners (until April 2011), LDC (from April 2011)

Chromogenex Technologies - backed by Finance Wales

Merlin Entertainments - backed by The Blackstone Group

Wiggle - backed by ISIS Equity Partners (until December 2011), Bridgepoint (from December 2011)

Community & Environmental Action Award

Bluestone - Finance Wales

New Earth Solutions - backed by Impax Asset Management

CEO of the Year

Stan Boland, Icera - backed by Accel Partners, Amadeus Capital Partners, Atlas Venture, Balderton Capital and DFJ Esprit (until May 2011)

Humphrey Cobbold, Wiggle - backed by ISIS Equity Partners (until December 2011), Bridgepoint (from December 2011)

Mark Edwards, Aim Aviation - backed by LDC

Peter McGuinness, Chromogenex Technologies - backed by Finance Wales