External Affairs Advisory Group

Objectives

The group works to promote and explain the key benefits of private equity and venture capital to the media, investors and businesses.

  • Sharing views and best practice
  • Building and enhancing engagement between the industry and the media and other key stakeholders
  • Maintaining a close dialogue and working relationship with other national associations in Europe, the US and beyond
  • Building and enhancing engagement between the industry and the media and other key stakeholders
     

The BVCA Governance Handbook provides directors, members and employees of the BVCA with a summary of our governance structure. This includes information on how our Council, Committees and Advisory Groups are constituted and is supplementary to the Articles of Association.

Advisory Group Members

 

Melissa Cameron, Chair

Advent International

 

Andrew Kenny

The Carlyle Group

 

Catherine Armstrong

ICG

 

Dafina Grapci-Penny

Blackstone

 

Erin Clark

Apollo

 

Fiona Laffan

ICG

 

Guillaume Cravero

Ardian Investment

 

James Burnham

Hamilton Lane

 
Jason Lobo

Bain Capital

 

Kathryn van der Kroft

3i

 

Michelle Lamprecht

Cambridge Innovation Capital 

 

Philip Shapiro

Synova Capital 

 

Sam Grey

LDC

 

Vanessa Maydon

Permira

Abigail Wye

Future Planet Capital 

 

Annabel Arthur

KKR

 

Christian Jones

Bridgepoint

 

Dania Saidam

PAI Partners

 

Emma Chandra

Clayton Dubilier & Rice

 

Gill Corish

Apax Partners

 

Henry Philipson

Beringea

 

James Chessun

Blackstone

 

Jenny Blinch

Partners Group

 

Kelly Howard 

Adams Street Partners

 

Patrick Humphris

CVC

 

Philippe De Backer

KKR

 

Sarah Gestetner

Inflexion 

Alison Raymond

Cinven

 

Carsten Huwendiek

CVC

 

Clare Glynn

ICG

 

Eleanor Chambers

TDR Capital

 

Fiona Kehily

Neuberger Berman

 

Gordon Scott

The Carlyle Group

 

Imogen Tripuraneni

LDC

 

James Isola

Oakley Capital 

 

Katharina Gebsattel

Warburg Pincus

 

Mariella Reason

Pantheon

 

Peter Folland

Advent International

 

Rebecca Flower

Blackstone

 

Tom Eckersley

Hg Capital

For further information please contact the BVCA

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