An experienced business leader and operator, Henry has over 25 years of experience in disruptive services and technology companies. His previous roles include leading the US West Coast operation and global tech practice at Axiom, a tech-enabled legal services company, during a three-year period when the business tripled in size. He also headed up EMEA and International Growth at Aconex, an Australian construction tech business, where he led the acquisition and integration of its biggest European competitor, ahead of Aconex’s $1.1bn sale to Oracle.

Henry was most recently the CEO of Togetherall, an online mental health support community, where he led a rebuild of the leadership team and technology platform, and a full rebrand, before overseeing a launch in the US and a successful growth capital raise.

He is also a Non Executive Director at Sensat, an infrastructure data visualisation platform.

Tony has over 20 years’ experience in Private Equity, spanning a variety of investment and leadership roles. Most recently he was Chief Investment Officer of British International Investment, the UK development finance institution, having originally joined as head of the Direct Equity team in 2019. At BII, he had responsibility for managing a $10bn impact investment portfolio focused primarily on Africa and South Asia.

Prior to BII, he held senior positions at Onex Corporation, where he set up the firm’s European Private Equity operations, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board in Toronto, where he was a Managing Director in CPPIB’s Principal Investing Group. Earlier in his career, he worked for Permira.  He currently also serves as a Non-Executive Director of Pantheon International plc.

Tony has an MEng in Manufacturing Engineering from the University of Cambridge and an MBA from Harvard Business School.

Emma is passionate about partnering with high-growth, purpose-led companies to help them scale up their operations and impact.

Since joining Bridges in 2015, Emma has led five investments for Bridges, two of which have now been successfully exited: Impact Food Group and Vegetarian Express.

Prior to joining Bridges in 2015 Emma spent ten years working with entrepreneurial growth businesses: as a member of the investment team at Phoenix Equity Partners, with a start-up in Hong Kong, and at Deloitte as a strategy consultant.  She joined Bridges due to its differentiated outcomes-led investment strategy, and is passionate about the opportunity to deliver sustainable growth and investment returns aligned with measurable and positive impact.

Emma studied Modern History at Oxford University.

Prior to joining Bridges, Charlie spent 15 years as a private equity investor in the UK mid-market, leading multiple management buy-outs, bolt-on acquisitions and exits. After qualifying as a chartered accountant with KPMG, he began his investing career with the Private Capital team at Caledonia Investments PLC, a family-backed listed investment trust, where he led minority and majority investments in growing entrepreneurial UK businesses. He then moved to Alteri Partners LLP, a joint venture with Apollo Global Management Inc, where he was a partner, head of the UK, and a member of the investment committee.

He joined Bridges for the opportunity to work with its differentiated impact-led investment strategy, and strongly believes in the potential to deliver both attractive financial returns and positive social outcomes via a private equity investment model.

Charlie is a long-standing trustee of two charities, the Stone Family Foundation and Impetus, both of which have a focus on helping disadvantaged young people in the UK.

He studied Modern History at Oxford University.

Prior to Joining Bridges, Christophe started his career as an investment banker at Merrill Lynch before joining the Private Equity firm TowerBrook Capital Partners. Following his MBA, Christophe joined Centrica where he spent 10 years, starting in the M&A team in the UK and finishing in San Francisco having built its successful corporate venture business. In 2021, Christophe and his team joined HSBC Asset Management where he developed a Climate focused venture and growth strategy.

Christophe has a BA in Economics and International Relations from Colorado College, a post graduate degree in Accounting and Finance from the London School of Economics and an MBA for the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Location: London, UK

Investments: ACCURE, Chargetrip, Groundwork BioAg, SeeTree

Mike works with the team to identify, evaluate, and invest in fast-growing companies and their founders, who are using technology to create better outcomes for people and the planet. He leads on managing relationships across the investment community and seeks to build the Bridges brand among entrepreneurs and limited partners.

Prior to Bridges, Mike worked at HSBC Asset Management as an Investment Director for five years, helping build and launch their first climate tech strategy. Before that, he spent over 10 years in the energy industry at Centrica, where he held a variety of roles spanning energy operations, financial analysis, and business strategy.

Mike has an Honours Bachelor of Arts & Business degree from the University of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada.

Location: New York, U.S

Investments: Amperon, Delos Insurance Solutions, Electric Era, Euclid Power, Huue, Omnidian

Kyle works closely with the teams to develop and explore attractive investment themes and business models. He leads on managing advisory relationships and seeks to build the Bridges brand across the business community.

Prior to Bridges, Kyle worked at Lloyds Development Capital for three years. He began his career in the Commercial Team at start-up Formula One outfit Virgin Racing.

Kyle has a BA Honours degree from Nottingham University, is a qualified management accountant, speaks fluent Spanish and sits on the Board of Trustees for the Bridges Impact Foundation.

He enjoys the challenge of scaling early-stage businesses and is highly motivated by the Bridges investment approach to deliver positive impact without compromising on investment returns.

Prior to joining Bridges, Chris spent 9 years as a Director at the Flowerdale Group overseeing the private equity portfolio, initially based in Hong Kong and then in London. He was also CFO of their largest portfolio business, a US based paper crafting brand, which he helped relaunch, scale globally and then successfully exit. Chris has worked with management teams in the US and across APAC, and he has diverse experience including consumer goods, ecommerce, manufacturing, global supply chains and scaling consumer communities.

Chris qualified as a Charted Accountant with KPMG in South Africa after studying Finance & Accounting at the University of Cape Town.

With over 10 years of experience investing across venture capital, private credit, and public equities, Lynn has a deep investment background covering resource efficiency, energy transition, climate adaptation, and metals and mining. She brings a rigorous, fundamentals-driven investment approach to the team and a strategic financial lens to the portfolio. Prior to joining Bridges, Lynn held investment roles at HSBC Asset Management, Closed Loop Partners, and Morgan Stanley.

Lynn earned an MBA from the Wharton School, an MA in international studies from the Lauder Institute of the University of Pennsylvania, and a BA in economics from New York University.

Location: New York, U.S

Investments: Delos Insurance Solutions, Electric Era, Euclid Power

Philip joined Bridges from HSBC Asset Management, where he was part of the Venture & Growth Capital team responsible for supporting business development for the Climate Growth Partners strategy, working with institutional and wholesale investors across Asia, Europe, and North America. Before this, he was responsible for business development for HSBC AM’s private credit and structured finance strategies. He also spent time working across several other private markets strategies.

Philip holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Nottingham.

He has dedicated his career to working closely with UK SMEs, helping them navigate the challenges of scale to achieve sustainable and fast-paced growth. Tom is passionate about supporting businesses that drive measurable positive change to thrive, improving the lives of vulnerable people across the UK and creating lasting impact – a mission that is central to Bridges’ Inclusive Growth strategy.

Before joining Bridges, Tom was an investor at Agathos, where he worked closely with founders and management teams to drive value at board level. He specialised in the healthcare, education and business service sectors – areas he will continue to focus on in his new role.

He began his career at DC Advisory, advising privately-owned UK SMEs.

Outside of work, Tom enjoys the occasional bike-packing trip and recently completed a 2,000-mile trip to Greece. He also loves exploring the countryside, being impressively bad at golf and spending time with friends and family.

Andreanne has experience investing in venture capital, with a focus on climate, industrial, and health technologies, including biomanufacturing and carbon capture and storage. She brings a strong analytical perspective and technical foundation to the team, shaped in part by her early research work in green chemistry.

Prior to joining Bridges, Andreanne was an Associate at HSBC Climate Growth Partners and an Analyst at Air Liquide Venture Capital.

Andreanne holds an MSc in Sustainability and Social Innovation from HEC Paris and a BA & Sc. in Chemistry and Philosophy from McGill University.

Location: London, UK

Investments: ACCURE, Chargetrip