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Venturing and Investment

'Addressing major venturing and investment issues regularly occurs on board agendas in companies of all sizes.'

Intramezzo's Power8 Programme brings rapid access to highly experienced executives selected for their track record and experience in raising money, growth, turnaround, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, spin-outs, IPOs or important issues around valuations. The Power8 Programme involves compounding the value available from a sepecially selected cluster of senior executives, delivered through a single point of contact - Intramezzo.

This impressive group is backed by the fast search capability of Intramezzo, one of the UK’s leading search firms, and brings precision selection of key individuals from many thousands of domain and market specialists, offering specific experience at short notice.

Our clients range from the ventures themselves to Venture Capitalists, Business Angels, Banks and Advisors.

Stuart Wright - Dr Stuart Wright has spent the past eight years managing high technology businesses. Most of this has been in the new business start-up arena centred on the development and exploitation of intellectual property, often with investment leveraged using government grants. He led one corporately ventured technology start-up from laboratory experiment to trade exit and was COO of another during its spin-out from its parent with second round VC funding. These roles followed other high technology corporate management experience and a period managing leadership development programmes at national scale. Stuart’s early career was in technical R&D.

Sector Specialisation: Materials R&D, Intellectual Property, Engineering - Mechanical, Manager - General, Chief Operating Officer, Manager - Venture Launch/Start Up

Annette Nabavi - Annette has held a number of senior management positions in investment banking with ING Barings, in consultancy with the PA Consulting Group and in general management, principally in the telecoms and IT industries. She is an expert in corporate strategy and planning and in financing and growth strategies, currently mainly focused on small high growth businesses. She was a founding director of XchangePoint Holdings Ltd, a company running an Internet Interconnect Platform in the London Docklands. She has in-depth Corporate Finance experience with a track record of successful acquisitions and fund raisings.

Sector Specialisation: Mergers and Acquisitions, Internet/New Media/On-line, Investment Banking, Telecoms, Director - New Ventures, Director - Business Planning, Internet/New Media/On-line, Business Services, Telecoms, Director - Non-Executive

Philip Jarvis - Philip Jarvis has spent recent years specialising in the transition from R&D to revenue of complex technology early stage and University spinouts. From tech beginnings Philip spent eight years with Xerox, culminating in leading regional turnaround activity across the emerging economies. With a strong commercial and operations background Philip has launched a number of start ups including one investment banking services business in Russia and a global managed services organisation out of California. Philip is CEO of DigePrint, a leading innovator in the photonics sector.

Sector Specialisation: ECommerce, Any industry/Cross Sector, IT, Chief Executive Officer, Consultant - Strategy, Director - Global Sales

Robin Pakenham - Robin is an experienced investor and has a successful record of investing and managing private equity for a leading UK and European investment house. A Chartered Accountant working in and around the City for nearly 20 years as a principal in Private Equity and Venture Capital and a corporate financier. He has had exposure to a diverse range of industry sectors and has developed multi disciplined experience across business sectors and issues.

Sector Specialisation: IT, Finance, Mergers and Acquisitions, Chief Financial Officer, Director - Strategy, Director - Investment, Partner

Tod Lockard - Tod Lockard is a newly appointed Global Head of e-Banking for HSBC Private Bank and brings diverse internet and mobile technology business experience to HSBC gained through tenures at American Express and also the internet arm of Sabre Holdings, (Fortune 500 holding company whose brands include GetThere (B2B), Travelocity (B2C), Lastminute.com (B2C). Tod also has experience leading global technology and business development for a venture capital funded start-up in Silicon Valley which achieved global scale and success, an initial public offering and subsequent trade-sale and integration with Sabre.

Sector Specialisation: Professional Services, IT - Software, Travel, Consultant - Director level, Sales+Channel Development, Director - Business Development, Director - Sales & Marketing

Bernard Fisher - Bernard Fisher has focused his career as an entrepreneur, starting up and providing international business development advice to a range of high technology enterprises. Most notably he was a main board director at Sage Software plc between 1989 and 1996. Previous roles include Managing Director of Ashton Tate Inc.'s European subsidiaries and International Managing Director of Ansa Software Inc. Bernard has held non-executive and executive roles on the boards of European and American public and private companies and has run French, German and American businesses. He is currently Chairman of Chemistry Communications Group plc.

Christopher Stainforth - Christopher Stainforth has had over 35 years experience in the city. Initially qualifying as a chartered accountant with KPMG he has held senior roles at Schroders, UBS Phillips & Drew, Guinness Mahon, Ermgassen and Durlacher. He has been involved in and participated in creating and growing investment banking businesses, in cross border M & A and created 5 new companies quoted in London. He has advised on about 500 corporate finance transactions involving a wide variety of transaction types and sectors. He has also helped in starting a number of businesses and served on the board of over 20 public companies. He is currently a partner of Saphire Finance and is on the board of 4 public companies.

Stewart Niblock - Stewart has spent most of the last 8 years developing, launching, managing and growing innovative branded ventures across a diverse range of sectors and markets. Stewart currently advises a number of corporate and independent groups on venturing, brand extension, organic startups and rapid growth scenarios. He has worked with major clients including Rolls Royce, Hertz, BT and Masterfoods, and has experience in aviation, automotive, financial services, leisure & entertainment, telecomms and online portals. Stewart previously worked as Head of New Projects at easyGroup, where he was responsible for many of the earlier brand extensions under the “easy” umbrella.