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		<title>Henry Jones</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 16:55:23 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Henry is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Value Creation at Bridges, where he works closely with our investment professionals, impact specialists and portfolio management teams to optimise the commercial and impact performance of our portfolio companies. An experienced business leader and operator, Henry has over 25 years of experience in disruptive services and technology [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Henry is Chief Operating Officer and Head of Value Creation at Bridges, where he works closely with our investment professionals, impact specialists and portfolio management teams to optimise the commercial and impact performance of our portfolio companies.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>He is also a Non Executive Director at Sensat, an infrastructure data visualisation platform.</p>
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		<title>Kyle Bentwood</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Jan 2024 13:48:57 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Kyle leads origination efforts for the firm&#8217;s private equity investment strategies. He is responsible for generating new opportunities by sourcing mission-driven businesses with ambitions to address social and environmental challenges at scale. Kyle works closely with the teams to develop and explore attractive investment themes and business models. He leads on managing advisory relationships and [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Kyle leads origination efforts for the firm&#8217;s private equity investment strategies. He is responsible for generating new opportunities by sourcing mission-driven businesses with ambitions to address social and environmental challenges at scale.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
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		<title>Chris Gibson</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Jan 2025 13:15:25 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Chris is a Portfolio Director in the Private Equity team. He focuses on partnering with purpose driven management teams to grow businesses through the early growth stage.]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Chris is a Portfolio Director in the Private Equity team and focuses on partnering with purpose driven management teams to grow businesses through the early growth stage.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>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.</p>
<p>Chris qualified as a Charted Accountant with KPMG in South Africa after studying Finance &amp; Accounting at the University of Cape Town.</p>
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		<title>Emma Moberly</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 12 Mar 2024 15:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Emma joined Bridges in 2022 and is a Manager in our Private Equity team, where she works on due diligence of new investment opportunities and value creation within the portfolio. Previously, Emma worked in the strategy team at the Wellcome Trust and at L.E.K., where she supported clients on commercial due diligence and strategy projects. [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Emma joined Bridges in 2022 and is a Manager in our Private Equity team, where she works on due diligence of new investment opportunities and value creation within the portfolio.</p>
<p>Previously, Emma worked in the strategy team at the Wellcome Trust and at L.E.K., where she supported clients on commercial due diligence and strategy projects.</p>
<p>Emma has a 1<sup>st</sup> class degree in History from Oxford University and an MBA with distinction from London Business School.</p>
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		<title>Will Slynn</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 09:20:48 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Will is an Associate in our Sustainable Growth Funds team, where he works on investment strategy, origination and assessing new investment opportunities. Prior to joining Bridges, he worked as a strategy consultant at Fairgrove Partners, where he supported clients on commercial due diligence and strategy projects. Will holds an MSc in Environmental Technology with distinction [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Will is an Associate in our Sustainable Growth Funds team, where he works on investment strategy, origination and assessing new investment opportunities.</p>
<p>Prior to joining Bridges, he worked as a strategy consultant at Fairgrove Partners, where he supported clients on commercial due diligence and strategy projects.</p>
<p>Will holds an MSc in Environmental Technology with distinction from Imperial College and a BSc in Economics &amp; Management from University of Bristol.</p>
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		<title>Orinta Svarubaite</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:31:02 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Orinta joined Bridges in 2022 as an assistant to our Sustainable Growth Funds team. Prior to this, she worked as a Customer Success Executive in a website design company, and has also worked as an Office Receptionist in a charity focused on protecting wetlands and wildlife. Orinta holds a BA in Recreation and Tourism from [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Orinta joined Bridges in 2022 as an assistant to our Sustainable Growth Funds team.</p>
<p>Prior to this, she worked as a Customer Success Executive in a website design company, and has also worked as an Office Receptionist in a charity focused on protecting wetlands and wildlife.</p>
<p>Orinta holds a BA in Recreation and Tourism from the University of Klaipeda.</p>
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		<title>Oliver Wyncoll</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Mar 2024 12:25:07 +0000</pubDate>
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					<description><![CDATA[Oliver joined Bridges in 2014 attracted by its impact focus. He has extensive experience in working with high-growth companies, both as a lender and investor. Oliver leads the investment activities of the Sustainable Growth team, identifying and managing investments in high-growth entrepreneurial businesses that contribute to sustainable solutions for many of the major challenges faced [&#8230;]]]></description>
										<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Oliver joined Bridges in 2014 attracted by its impact focus. He has extensive experience in working with high-growth companies, both as a lender and investor. Oliver leads the investment activities of the Sustainable Growth team, identifying and managing investments in high-growth entrepreneurial businesses that contribute to sustainable solutions for many of the major challenges faced by our society and planet.</p>
<p>Having worked at both HSBC and BZW (Barclays), Oliver joined Rabobank in 1996, establishing their London acquisition finance business. He then joined Langholm, a specialist investor in the consumer sector (backed by Unilever and Rabobank), where he became a Partner. During his 12 years at Langholm he was a board director on all of the fund’s UK companies such as Just Retirement, and led investments in Dorset Cereals, Tyrrells Crisps, Bart Ingredients and Purity Soft Drinks. At Bridges, he has led a number of investments including World of Books, Wholebake and Vegetarian Express.</p>
<p>Oliver has a BSc in Economics from Reading University.</p>
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