Bridges Ventures

"Founded in 2002, Bridges Ventures is a private investment firm majority-owned and managed by its Executive Directors and the Bridges Charitable Trust. We benefit greatly from the support, expertise and contact networks of the private equity companies that have backed us since inception, Apax Partners, 3i and Doughty Hanson.

"It is a founding principle of our firm that all the funds that we raise aim to achieve dedicated social and/or environmental goals as well as aiming to achieve financial returns for investors."

Board
Accessed June 2013:


 * Peter Englander- Non-Executive Chair
 * Peter Williams (3i)- Non-Executive Director
 * Stephen Marquard- tNon-Executive Director
 * Michele Giddens- Partner and Co-Founder
 * Philip Newborough- Managing Partner and Co-Founder
 * Rory Maw- Partner and CFO
 * Antony Ross- Partner and Head of Social Entrepreneurs Fund
 * Simon Ringer- Partner and Head of Property Funds

Advisory Board
Accessed June 2013:


 * Chair of Advisory Board: Sir Ronald Cohen
 * Keith Alderson, Managing Director, Corporate and Business Banking Division, of The Co-operative Financial Services
 * David Blood, Managing Partner of Generation Management LLP
 * Jeremy Isaacs, Partner, JRJ Group
 * Gordon Lawson, Founding Partner of Pendragon Capital
 * Harvey McGrath, Co-chair of the Mayor of London's Enterprise Panel
 * Charles McVeigh III, Chairman of Citigroup's Corporate and Investment Banking-Global Wealth Management Partnership
 * Jeremy Newsum, former CEO of Grosvenor Estate
 * Lord Noon MBE, Chairman of Noon Products
 * Nick O'Donohoe, Chief Executive of Big Society Capital
 * Chai Patel, former Chief Executive of the Priory Group
 * Sir Michael Peat, Former Principal Private Secretary to HRH the Prince of Wales
 * Tom Singh, Founder and Non-Executive Director of New Look
 * Nicholas Woolf, Trustee of Barts and The London Charity
 * Philip Yea, former Chief Executive of 3i

Bridges Sustainable Property Fund
Launcged in 2009 "The Bridges Sustainable Property Fund is managed by Simon Ringer, Managing Director, Sustainable Property Fund, with the assistance of an investment committee comprising John Harrison, co-founder of MWB Group Plc, John Duggan, formally CEO at Gazeley Limited, and Philip Newborough, Michele Giddens and Rory Maw of Bridges Ventures. Simon has worked in the property industry for over 20 years with a focus on fund management whilst at PRICOA Property Investment Management (now Rockspring), and as a Director of Charterhouse Bank (now HSBC) having created and managed its property fund management business and a variety of funds and joint ventures whilst at Jones Lang LaSalle Corporate Finance. "

Contact
Web: http://www.bridgesventures.com

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