After 16 years working in senior sales and marketing roles for multi-national blue chip FMCG corporations, including Mars Confectionery and GlaxoSmithKline, Scott left the corporate consumer product world to set up a unique premium quality family leisure concept. In doing so, he personally secured funding totalling £680,000, including venture capital backing, business angel investment, bank debt and DTI Small Firms Loan. Scott has a degree in Economics and Business and an MBA.

After qualifying with Price Waterhouse, Nick worked with private and public companies in the retail and manufacturing sectors. Most recently he was co-founder of the Sportscard Credit Card Company, which was listed on AIM and later sold to on-line bookmaker UK Betting Plc. He is also co-founder and director of an established private restaurant group and has investments in five other ventures.

Bob’s work experience has spanned several industry sectors. He has worked extensively in the oil industry, initially in Africa as a field seismologist, and then oil trading and broking roles in London. After a career break to drive around the world on a motorcycle, he joined an investment bank to work on project finance deals throughout South East Asia. Bob has a degree in Geology and an MBA.

After university and travelling, Oliver decided not to become an accountant, but instead raised private equity and bank debt to start his own venture in the food industry – including a retail catering business in central London and a chain of organic sausage shops in the south-east. In 1997 he sold the business and moved into the world of early-stage investing and fundraising. Oliver is an Executive Director of the British Business Angels Association (BBAA) and has an MBA from Imperial College Management School.

Hayley is the Investor Relations and Marketing Manager at Envestors. She joined the team in 2007 and looks after regular communications to investors, organises all the events, handles marketing, and generally keeps the team in order. Hayley is Canadian and has an Honours Degree in Business and Marketing.  

Tom recently returned to the UK after six years in Shanghai, China. During his time there he was managing director (Asia) of US multinational Tex Tech Industries before founding his own investment consultancy, advising Chinese businesses and HNWIs on outbound investment. Having fronted a small group of Shanghai based angel investors and worked at a London VC, Tom is passionate about early stage investment. He holds a BA in history/economics from Dartmouth College, USA.

Simon Harris MA

Stephen Williams (M&A and Businesses for Sale)