BVCA Management team Awards 2015: the winners

The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is delighted to announce the winners of the BVCA Management Team Awards 2015 produced in association with Grant Thornton.
These awards, now in their seventh year, were announced last night (25 June) at a ceremony in London last night, with around 60 companies from across the UK vying for a total of eight highly sought after prizes to recognise and celebrate the achievements of the UK’s leading businesses backed by private equity and venture capital.
After almost eight months of nominating, investigation, interviewing and judging, the winners are:
Winner |
Backed by |
Category |
Large Buyout Private Equity-backed Management Team of the Year | SPTS Technologies | Bridgepoint |
Mid Market Private Equity-backed Management Team of the Year | Anesco | CBPE Capital |
Venture Capital-backed Management Team of the Year | Convergence Pharmaceuticals | SV Life Sciences, Apposite Capital, New Leaf Venture Partners |
International Impact Management Team of the Year | FanDuel | Pentech Ventures and KKR |
Exit Management Team of the Year | FDM Group | Inflexion |
Community & Environmental Action | Skyscape Cloud Services | Business Growth Fund |
Best for Innovation | Creo Medical | Finance Wales |
CEO of the Year | Christian Nellemann, XLN Telecom | ECI Partners (sold in October 2014) |
Mo Merali, Partner and Head of Private Equity at Grant Thornton UK LLP, added:
“This years’ entrants for the BVCA Management Team Awards represented some of the best-performing private equity and venture capital-backed companies in the UK and it’s truly been a pleasure to see so many excellent nominations in each category. We had such strong candidates from every region and in such a diverse range of sectors, but the national winners truly distinguished themselves as supreme examples of fantastic management teams that have excelled in their market. Congratulations to them all.”
Notes to editor
- The BVCA Management Team Awards, produced in association with Grant Thornton UK LLP, are the only awards to celebrate the achievements of private equity and venture capital-backed management teams. There are eight regions in total, each with their own judging panel, and all winners were automatically forwarded to the national final, the results of which were revealed at a ceremony in London on 25 June 2015. Please click here for more information.
- The national judging panel included: Bill Priestley (Chair), Electra Partners; Richard Young, BVCA; Mark Advani, Livingbridge; Jonathan Diggines, EV Group; Robert Easton, The Carlyle Group; Tim Farazmand, LDC; Andrew Ferguson, Maven Capital Partners; Jeremy Hand, Lyceum Capital; Jane Houghton, BVCA; Hugh Lenon, Phoenix Private Equity; Ross Marshall, Dunedin; Mo Merali, Grant Thornton; Paul Oldham, Business Growth Fund; David Staziker, Finance Wales.
- The British Private Equity & Venture Capital Association (BVCA) is the industry body for the UK private equity and venture capital industry. The BVCA has over 500 member firms, representing the vast majority of UK-based private equity and venture capital firms and their advisers.
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