Our management team combines a wide range of experience and professional expertise gained from working in leading investment banking, venture capital, legal and accounting firms. We also have varied entrepreneurial experience across a range of sectors. Key executives include:
Matthew Hudson, Chairman
The founder of Tower Gate Capital in 1999, Matthew was formerly a Senior Partner at the law firm SJ Berwin where he helped establish their leading Private Equity and Venture Capital practice. He has also been a director of Cabot Square Capital, a private equity arm of Credit Suisse First Boston and held a senior M&A role at Coller Capital, a leading buyer of secondary interests in venture capital funds. Matthew is now the Managing Partner of the London office of the leading US law firm O'Melveny & Myers as well as Head of the firm's European Corporate Finance and Private Equity practices.
Piers Linney, Director
Piers is a qualified lawyer with a broad range of corporate finance and private equity experience gained at the law firm SJ Berwin and in commerce. He has worked as an investment banker in the M&A groups of Barclays de Zoete Wedd and Credit Suisse First Boston where he has specialised in domestic public transactions, cross border M&A, LBOs and transaction origination. A founder shareholder of Tower Gate Capital, he has also been involved in a number of venture capital backed start-up ventures.
Brett Smithard, Finance Director
A chartered accountant (ex PwC), with diverse experience including corporate finance at Personal Trust, group financial manager of South African quoted mobile communications group, Autopage Holdings, CFO of TNT International Express, and founder of investment and advisory firm, Smithard & Co. |