The Board
Executive Team
South West &
South Wales
London &
South East
North, North Wales
& Northern Ireland
Scotland
BGF - richard-bishop Richard Bishop
Head of Investments
BGF - paul-brindley Paul Brindley
Investment Associate
BGF - ian-downing Ian Downing
Investment Director
BGF - mark-freer Mark Freer
Investment Director
BGF - gurinder-sunner Gurinder Sunner
Investment Manager
BGF - james-syrotiuk James Syrotiuk
Investment Manager
BGF - tim-whittard Tim Whittard
Investment Director

Midlands

The Midlands team is based at 45 Church Street, Birmingham, B3 2RT.

0845 266 8862

Click on the photographs to find out more about individual team members, their roles and their experience.



  • Investments

  • Investment in Milton Keynes based Celaton, whose software automates all inbound company information
  • Shuropody, the UK’s leading specialist footcare provider received a £3m growth capital investment on 10 September 2012 from Business Growth Fund (BGF) in order to increase Shuropody's geographic footprint across the UK with an active roll out programme.
  • Headquartered in Lincoln, GCI Com has a turnover approaching £50 million and employs 220 staff across 9 UK locations. The group was formed in 2000 and has since grown rapidly, through a mix of organic growth and 19 strategic acquisitions. Today, it is one of the fastest growing managed communication providers in the UK.
  • 7 March 2012 - Wow! Stuff is the leading UK toy development company behind blockbuster toys such as the Air Swimmers and My Keepon, both of which were named in Hamley’s Top 5 toys for Christmas 2011 and Toys R Us’ USA Fab 15 list for 2011.
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