The Board
Executive Team
Midlands
London &
South East
North, North Wales
& Northern Ireland
Scotland
BGF - james-austin James Austin
Investment Director
BGF - edwin-davies Edwin Davies
Investment Associate
BGF - ned-dorbin Ned Dorbin
Senior Investment Manager
BGF - alex-garfitt Alex Garfitt
Investment Manager
BGF - paul-oldham Paul Oldham
Regional Director

South West And South Wales

Hartwell House, 55 – 61 Victoria Street, Bristol, BS1 6AD

0845 266 8864

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



  • Investments

  • £3.92m of growth capital to support development of new products and expansion into international markets
  • Reading based business given support to build relationships with global brands
  • £8.76m part of a larger combined investment and will create 100 new jobs
  • First Welsh business to be backed by BGF and over 100 jobs to be created as business aims to double in size
  • 4 June 2012 - Business Growth Fund invests £4 million of growth capital in Primrose, the rapidly growing online garden products retailer.
  • 1 June 2012 - Founded in 2004 by Clive Nation as a specialist ATM services group, Cennox has been successfully built up through organic growth and acquisition to comprise of two main businesses: ATM Parts and Mainet. Blue chip customers include Barclays, HSBC, Nationwide, IBM, Bank Machine, Loomis and G4S.
  • Benefex enables large organisations to tailor their rewards and benefit packages to individual employees, communicate effectively online with staff, and outsource administration and support of their schemes. With over 50% growth in turnover year on year, Benefex continues to expand rapidly with turnover approaching £10m in 2012.
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