ABOUT US

GP Bullhound, an international technology investment banking group with offices in London, San Francisco, Stockholm and Berlin, has served companies and their founders and investors since 1999.

We provide advice on mergers & acquisitions and private/public placement as well as research and asset management to a diverse range of corporate clients, institutional investors and high net worth individuals.

We specialise in digital media, eCommerce, gaming, social, online marketing, application and infrastructure software, consumer devices, integrated technology, telecommunication, solar, water and energy efficiency.

With a true love for entrepreneurship and innovation coupled with deep global buyer relations, we have completed transactions for many category leaders such as 192.com, Apertio, AudioAsics, Avito.ru, Bluewater Bio, CLX Networks, Concentrix, Cramer Systems, Funcom, Fjord, Essence, Glasses Direct, Handbag.com, Heliatek, King.com, Lastminute.de, Player X, Nanoradio, Neonode, Newbay, Steelseries, The Cloud, Tradedoubler, Tunigo/Spotify and Xjet Solar.

We have an international team of 35 experienced corporate financiers focused on the technology sector, and as a firm we have closed over 140 successful transactions since 1999.

Hugh Campbell

Managing Partner

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Hugh Campbell
Managing Partner

Hugh Campbell is one of the Founding Partners of GP Bullhound. Hugh has an extensive experience in M&A and capital raising transactions in the Technology, Cleantech and Digital Media sectors, involving recent mandates such as 4energy, Interactive Investor, Avito.ru and Figleaves. Hugh is a frequent speaker at events and conferences including CEBIT, the Mobile Web Summit and the Mobile Games Forum. He started his career with Citibank in M&A before moving on to Goldman Sachs where he worked in Equity Research. Hugh is from an entrepreneurial publishing family who sold John Murray Publishers, founded in 1769, to Hachette in 2002 and founded an e-learning business, Pastest Limited, in 1970 where Hugh still sits on the Board. In 2000, Hugh left Goldman Sachs and spent most of the year working and living in Beijing, China before going back to his investment banking roots by co-founding GP Bullhound. Hugh graduated from Pembroke College, Oxford and holds a BSc in Psychology, Physiology and Philosophy.

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Christian Lagerling

Managing Partner

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Christian Lagerling
Managing Partner

Christian is one of the Founding Partners of GP Bullhound. He has spent the past fifteen years advising global companies on technology transactions and investments with a particular focus on cross-border M&A and Private Placements. Christian has particular experience and expertise in the Consumer Internet, Software and Mobile sectors. He moved to San Francisco in 2006 to open up the firm's US west coast office, and also oversees the firm’s research activities. Having started his career in management consulting, Christian moved to London to finish his degree studies at LSE and then joined the investment banking division of Barclays Capital. Christian holds a B.Sc. in Finance and Economics and a M.Sc in Finance as well as the FINRA Series 7, 24 and 63 securities licenses.

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Manish Madhvani

Managing Partner

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Manish Madhvani
Managing Partner

Manish is one of the Founding Partners of GP Bullhound. Since 1997 he has executed M&A and capital raising transactions involving some of the best known global internet, technology and media companies including: Sony, The Telegraph, WPP, Concentrix, Figleaves, Flirtomatic, Euroffice, eCommera, Handbag, Hearst Corporation, Newscorp and Private Outlet. Manish is currently Chairman of the Investor Allstars and Media Momentum judging panels and is on the board of Private Outlet a Pan European fast growing online fashion company. He is a regular speaker / panellist at conferences including Digital Hollywood, The Global E-commerce Summit, TiE, Internet World, Red Herring, White Bull, BVCA and EVCA. Manish started his career at Barclays Capital's Private Equity team, investing up to $200m in fast growing Technology and Media companies. Manish who has advised the Treasury on Entrepreneurship and was short listed for business person of the year at the KPMG Awards, graduated from Southampton University with an LLB in Law / MA in Marketing.

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Per Roman

Managing Partner

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Per Roman
Managing Partner

Per Roman is one of the Founding Partners of GP Bullhound. Per has completed trade sale and fund raising transactions and has made investments in and for European technology and Internet companies for well over a decade. Recent transactions includes leading digital companies like Avito.ru, Neonode and Tradedoubler. He appears as a regular technology commentator at industry conferences such as Red Herring, Next10, SIME and EVCA as well as on channels such as CNN, CNBC Europe, BBC World and Bloomberg TV. He started his banking career at Lehman Brothers Inc., focused on technology M&A and equity capital market transactions. Per also has experience from the software industry where he held roles in Europe and the US for Autodesk, Inc. Per graduated from Stockholm School of Economics and holds an MSc in Finance.

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SIR Martin Smith

Chairman

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SIR Martin Smith
Chairman

Martin has been involved in the financial services sector for more than 30 years. He was a Founder and Senior Partner of Phoenix Securities, becoming Chairman of European Investment Banking for Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette following the sale of Phoenix to DLJ. He was a Founder of New Star Asset Management Ltd. and has a number of other directorships and business interests, including senior adviser to Bain Capital, Director of Odgers Ray and Berndtson and Chairman of Finsbury Worldwide Pharmaceutical Trust. His pro-bono interests include serving as Chairman of the Smith Centre at the Science Museum, Governor of the Royal Academy of Music, and Director of Glyndebourne Arts Trust. His family have recently initiated the creation of the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at Oxford University.

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Peter Read

Board Director

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Peter Read
Board Director

Peter loves working with talented entrepreneurs, as an angel investor and/or advisor in digital media and entertainment companies: 4Info, Adjust Your Set, BookingBug, Ceros, ChicChickClub, Comedy.com, Eyeclick, Fandango, Gidsy, InGrooves, iTrigga, JustGiving, Knitting Factory, LivePlanet, Metacafe, MindCandy, Mippin, Mixlr, MoviePilot, MusicNation, MyHeritage, Preview Networks, Readmill, ReturnPath, Rightster, RjDj, RootMusic, Slingshot, Songkick, Sportsnewmedia, The Astrologer, Tripbirds, uberVU, Umee, Weeworld, etc; and alongside top tier investors: Accel, AlleyCorp, Balderton, Benchmark, Betaworks, Greylock, Index, Oakley, Passion, Seedcamp, Sequoia, SVAngel, TAG, UnionSquare, Venrock, Walden, etc Peter was previously an advisor and/or director with Neven Vision (acquired by Google), Saynow (Google), Fizzback (Nice Systems), Techlightenment (Experian), Shopwiki (Oversee), Launch Music (Yahoo), LoveFilm (Amazon), Skype (eBay), Mobix Interactive (Seachange), Kindo (MyHeritage), Playahead (Modern Times Group), HSX (Cantor Fitzgerald), H2G2 (BBC), iFilm (MTV), and Meevee (eUniverse)Peter is MD of Entertainment Insights Limited and was previously President of Nielsen Entertainment in Los AngelesPeter is a Special Partner at Vitruvian Partners; a Senior Advisor to AOL Ventures and Stella Capital; a Director of Bioss; a Governor at Beaconsfield High School; a digital advisor to Oxfam, Sport England, and The Roundhouse; and a voting member of BAFTA. He was an Associate Producer on Rabbit Fever and an (uncredited) actor in Flyin' Ryan which both received some of the worst reviews in movie history

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Graeme Bayley

Partner / COO

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Graeme Bayley
Partner / COO

Graeme joined GP Bullhound in 2009 and is responsible for GP Bullhound's Finance, Compliance, IT, HR and Operations. He started his career at Deloitte Haskins & Sells (now PwC) where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before working in corporate finance. He then moved to HSBC Investment Bank where he ran the Growth Companies Team, later joining Noble & Co as a Director in Corporate Finance before taking on the management of Noble's finance, compliance and operations. Graeme is a Fellow of the ICAEW and holds their Corporate Finance qualification along with a BSc in Physics from Southampton University.

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Guillaume Bonneton

Partner

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Guillaume Bonneton
Partner

Guillaume was a senior banker at Jefferies in their European digital media practice and was previously part of the team at LongAcre, a corporate finance boutique acquired by Jefferies in 2007. Guillaume will continue to focus on the digital media sector and brings expertise in Europe in areas such as online travel, digital marketing and lead generation. His deals include sale of a majority stake of Zoover to Tomorrow Focus, private placement for Campadre, two rounds of fundraising for DailyMotion, the secondary LBO of Easyvogage by GIMV and UFG, and the sale of Kelkoo by Yahoo!. Prior to that, Guillaume was a Vice President at Deutsche Bank within the European Media Corporate Finance group.

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ALEC DAFFERNER

Partner

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ALEC DAFFERNER
Partner

Alec is head of GP Bullhound's San Francisco office. With over fourteen years of technology investment banking experience, Alec has executed over 50 transactions for emerging growth companies in the U.S. and abroad, raising over $10 billion in capital and advising on over $2.5 billion in mergers and acquisitions. Prior to joining GP Bullhound in 2008, Alec was an Executive Director at UBS in the Global Technology Investment Banking group where he focused primarily on the Internet and Digital Media sectors. Prior to joining UBS in 2001, Alec worked at Volpe Brown Whelan Company in San Francisco where he focused on Internet, Communications and Software-related technology companies. Alec is a graduate of the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania.

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Lord Clive Hollick

Partner

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Lord Clive Hollick
Partner

Lord (Clive) Hollick was appointed a Partner of GP Bullhound in 2010. Lord Hollick is currently a director of ProSiebenSat.1, Honeywell International Inc, BMG Music Rights Management ag and senior director at Diageo plc. Previously, he was a partner at KKR where he headed the Media industry team in Europe, served as Chairman of SBS Broadcasting and a director of The Nielsen Company (formerly VNU Group). He was CEO of United Business Media, an international publishing, information, broadcasting and market research group. He began his career as an investment banker with Hambros and then built up a global money and securities broking business that subsequently became ICAP plc. He has also held positions as a director of Logica, Havas, TRW and BAe Systems and was Chairman of the South Bank Centre, Europe's largest arts centre. He founded the IPPR think-tank in 1986 and became a member of the House of Lords in 1991. He holds a B.A. and Doctorate from Nottingham University.

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SIMON NICHOLLS

Partner

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SIMON NICHOLLS
Partner

Simon is a Partner of GP Bullhound, which he joined in 2011. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Simon was a Managing Director at Ingenious Corporate Finance, the M&A advisory business of the Ingenious Media Group, which he joined in 2003. Simon has advised on a wide range of M&A and capital markets transactions with 15 years experience focussing on the media, digital media & internet sectors. He has advised on transactions in digital media, e-commerce, digital marketing, data analytics, marketing services, broadcasting, video on demand, television production, professional and business information, consumer publishing, music, media services and media technology. Prior to joining Ingenious in 2003, Simon was a Director in UBS Warburg’s European Corporate Finance Media team, where he advised on large-cap international media & internet transactions. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte & Touche and is a graduate of Durham University.

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Julian Riedlbauer

Partner

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Julian Riedlbauer
Partner

Julian joined GP Bullhound as a Partner in August 2012 and is head of the German office. Previously Julian was the founder and Managing Partner of the M&A boutique Pure Equity Advisors which was acquired by GP Bullhound. Before founding Pure Equity Advisors, Julian was a Managing Director at Corporate Finance Partners, an international financial advisory firm focusing on the sectors Internet, Media and Technology. In 2011 alone, he completed M&A projects with an aggregated transaction volume of EUR 300m. Prior to working as an advisor, Julian build up extensive M&A experience on the sell- and buy-side as an entrepreneur and manager of leading IT and internet companies. From 1991 to 1998, Julian founded and managed Connect Service Riedlbauer GmbH, a leading networking-equipment distributor. He sold his company in 1998 to the competitor NT plus. Since then, Julian constantly worked in the top management of TMT-companies, e.g. at AddCom (sold to Tiscali) and for 4.5 years at the ElectronicPartner Group with a responsibility for EUR 1bn annual revenues as managing director of EP:Germany and comTeam.

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Andre Shortell

Partner

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Andre Shortell
Partner

Andre joined GP Bullhound as a Partner in 2010. Prior to joining, Andre was an independent adviser to companies and investment funds in the clean tech sector. Andre also spent 26 years in a number of senior roles in Citigroup including MNC Corporate Banking Head for CEEMEA, India Corporate Head, Global Autos Specialist and New Issues Head in London. He also ran Merchant Acquiring for Citibank and led the sale of that business in 2005. Andre brings to the team 10 years of involvement in renewable energy as well as experience in Corporate Finance, M&A and Emerging Markets. He also brings a broad international experience having spent much of his career in Europe and Asia as well as close personal ties to Brazil. Andre has a MA degree in International History from the London School of Economics.

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Cecilia Roman

Director of Marketing

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Cecilia Roman
Director of Marketing

Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Cecilia Roman was working at Morgan Stanley in the MSCI team. Before this, Cecilia was at GP Bullhound in its build up phase. As the Head of Marketing and Client relations she was responsible for third party contacts, brand building and developed the distribution network. Cecilia started her career as a Strategy Management Consultant, working at Arthur Andersen focussing on e-business and internet companies. Cecilia holds an M.Sc in Business and Economics from Stockholm University.

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Ali Dagli

Director

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Ali Dagli
Director

Ali Dagli is a Director at GP Bullhound focusing on Digital Media. He has over 11 years of digital media sector experience, including 9 years in investment banking. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Ali was a vice president at Investment bank, GCA Savvian, spearheading the firm's online gaming and consumer Internet franchise, providing strategic advice to industry front-runners as well as emerging growth companies. His transaction expertise ranges from Industry-shaping M&A transactions including Funzio/GREE and NewToy/Zynga, and large private placements for companies such as Federated Media and Zazzle. Prior to GCA Savvian, Ali was doing equity research at UBS Financial. Ali holds B.Sc. in Engineering and Certificate of Finance from the University of California, Berkeley as well as the FINRA Series 7, 63, and 79 securities licenses.

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Antony Northrop

Senior Adviser

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Antony Northrop
Senior Adviser

Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Anthony was a founding member of Touchstone Securities where he focused on advising companies in the satellite communications industry.

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Matt Rogers

Senior Adviser

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Matt Rogers
Senior Adviser

Matt Rogers is based in Sydney, Australia and has completed over 40 successful capital raising and M&A transactions for growth companies. He has held positions as a senior banker with Investec Australia’s on balance sheet PE team, as Head of Credit Suisse’s European Technology Private Equity team, and with UBS and Macquarie Bank in Australia. Matt graduated with an MBA with Distinction from INSEAD Business School and an Honours Degree in Economics from the University of Sydney.

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Sasha Afanasieva

Vice President

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Sasha Afanasieva
Vice President

Sasha is a Vice President at GP Bullhound. Since joining in 2009, she has been involved in a number of transactions in the Internet, Digital Media and Cleantech sectors, including the successful sale of Euroffice, as well as the private placement of Avito. Sasha has also published research papers on the mobile and Russian Internet markets. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Sasha worked at Merrill Lynch in the UK Investment Banking team. Sasha graduated from Oxford University with a BA. Honours degree in Economics and Management.

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Claudio Alvarez

Vice President

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Claudio Alvarez
Vice President

Claudio joined GP Bullhound in 2007 and is a Vice President. He focuses on the Digital Media, Internet and Software sectors, and has been involved in some of GP Bullhound's most high-profile transactions, which include Figleaves.com, eCommera, Fjord, Euroffice.com and Sunglassesshop.com. Claudio previously worked as an equity research analyst at Execution Noble in the telecoms group, where he covered large cap fixed and mobile telecom operators in Western Europe. Claudio graduated from Wesleyan University with a dual BA in Economics and Philosophy.

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Carl Bergholtz

Vice President

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Carl Bergholtz
Vice President

Carl joined GP Bullhound in September 2008. He has a broad experience across technology sub-sectors and cleantech and has worked on numerous transactions including the growth financing of Avito, Russia's leading online classifieds website, and the organic photovoltaic developer Heliatek's $27m private placement. Additionally, Carl has authored several research reports including "Electric Vehicles and Batteries - Charging Ahead" and "The Era of the Touch Interface is Upon us". Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Carl worked as an analyst at Jefferies International (formally know as Jefferies Broadview) covering the TMT and cleantech sectors. While there he worked on a number of M&A and capital markets transactions. Carl graduated from the Stockholm School of Economics with a Masters Degree in International Economics and Business.

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Mark Klimmek

Vice President

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Mark Klimmek
Vice President

Mark joined GP Bullhound in August 2012 and is a Vice President in the Berlin office. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Mark worked for a private equity fund, being responsible for the origination and execution of deals. Before that Mark spent six years as a management consultant with McKinsey&Company focusing on projects in banking, private equity and corporate finance. Mark graduated from the European Business School, Oestrich-Winkel, and holds an MBA from the University of Pittsburgh, Katz Graduate School of Business.

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PER LINDTORP

Vice President

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PER LINDTORP
Vice President

Per joined GP Bullhound in 2011. He has a broad experience across the technology sector and in particular within mobile and fixed communications. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Per spent more than ten years as an equity research analyst covering primarily the telecom equipment sector and was Head of Telecom Equipment research for ABN AMRO/RBS in London. He has also worked for Ericsson. Per holds an M.Sc. in Electrical Engineering from the Royal Institute of Technology with a major in Telecommunication Systems.

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Alistair Malins

Vice President

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Alistair Malins
Vice President

Alistair joined GP Bullhound in 2012 from the Technology team at Jefferies International. He has broad experience across technology sub-sectors including e-commerce, digital media, software and semiconductors and has more than 8 years of experience in Mergers & Acquisitions. Alistair has been involved in cross-border transactions involving clients listed in the US, UK, Ireland, Sweden and South Africa as well as raising growth capital for private companies across multiple geographies. Prior to Jefferies, Alistair worked at a end online travel agency Black Tomato and as an associate at Merrill Lynch and Slaughter and May. Alistair graduated with a degree in Geography from Oriel College, Oxford University and is a qualified solicitor of England and Wales.

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David Raabe

Vice President

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David Raabe
Vice President

David joined GP Bullhound in 2012.

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ALEXIS SCORER

Vice President

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ALEXIS SCORER
Vice President

Alexis joined GP Bullhound in 2012 as a Vice President. He has broad experience across the technology industry and has led successful M&A transactions in sectors including software, IT services, telecoms, internet and digital media. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alexis was Director of Corporate Development at Experian where he was responsible for deal origination and execution for the EMEA region. He previously spent more than 10 years working in the technology sector and held international Corporate Development roles at HP Enterprise Services and EDS, where he worked on numerous acquisitions and divestments across Europe. Alexis holds a BSc Joint Hons. in International Management and Modern Languages from the University of Bath and an MBA from Imperial College Business School.

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Stirling ADELHELM

Associate

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Stirling ADELHELM
Associate

Stirling joined GP Bullhound in June 2012. Previously, Stirling was an Investment Banking Analyst at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Technology Mergers & Acquisitions group in Palo Alto, CA and also worked as an Associate in the Corporate Development and Mergers & Acquisitions group at Visa Inc. Stirling has worked on a number of transactions in the communication equipment, Internet, software and computer storage sectors. He holds a B.S. in Business Administration from the University of Southern California where he graduated cum laude.

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Christoph Amels

Associate

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Christoph Amels
Associate

Christoph joined GP Bullhound in August 2012. Previously Christoph was in the Mergers & Acquisitions team of Ernst & Young and at Pure Equity Advisors, working on transactions in the internet, software and telecommunication sectors. Christoph graduated from the University of Hanover with a Master's Degree in Business and Economics.

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Alessandro Casartelli

Associate

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Alessandro Casartelli
Associate

Alessandro joined GP Bullhound in 2011. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alessandro was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the Consumer and Retail team working on M&A and financing transactions in a range of consumer and retail sub-sectors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Accounting, Finance and Control from Bocconi University in Milan.

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Malcolm Ferguson

Associate

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Malcolm Ferguson
Associate

Malcolm joined GP Bullhound in 2010. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Malcolm was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the TMT Investment Banking team working on transactions in a range of sectors including; clean tech, directories, corporate telecoms and mobile equipment. He holds a BBA in Management from Lancaster University.

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florent roulet

Associate

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florent roulet
Associate

Florent joined GP Bullhound 2010, and has since then been involved in several Cleantech and Digital Media transactions such as 4energy and King.com. Prior to joining the firm, Florent was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the TMT Investment Banking team. There, he worked on a variety of M&A transactions in several TMT sub-sectors and geographies. Florent started his career at Bryan, Garnier & Co, a Paris-based investment bank focused on the European TMT market. He is a graduate from EM LYON Business School with a MSc in Corporate Finance.

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Carl Wessberg

Associate

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Carl Wessberg
Associate

Carl joined GP Bullhound in 2012. Carl has several years’ experience from investment banking in the Technology, Media, and Telecoms industries through positions at Credit Suisse Investment Banking Division in London and, more recently, at JZ Capital Partners in Stockholm. Carl holds a Master of Science (Economics and Business with major in Finance) from the Stockholm School of Economics where he graduated in June 2008. During his studies, Carl worked as an Analyst at the Swedish Private Equity fund, Valedo Partners.

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Iman crisby

Business Development Manager

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Iman crisby
Business Development Manager

Iman joined GP Bullhound in 2013 as a Business Development Manager. During the past ten years, she has worked within Sales and Marketing in the Education, Online and Event industries for companies including Berlitz, Cint and the French Trade-Fair industry. Iman holds a degree in Business Administration from Institut Supérieur de Gestion, Paris.

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Liljana Xheka

Analyst

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Liljana Xheka
Analyst

Liljana joined GP Bullhound in February of 2012, and has since then been involved in several Cleantech and Digital Media transactions. Liljana has also co-authored research reports on the Social Games and OLED Technology sectors. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Liljana worked as an M&A analyst covering financial institutions at Citigroup. Liljana holds a B.B.A. in Finance and Investments with a concentration in Mathematics.

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Anthony Augustin

Analyst

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Anthony Augustin
Analyst

Anthony joined GP Bullhound in 2012, and has since then been involved in several Cleantech and Digital Media transactions. He holds a BSc in Computer Science, the FINRA Series 79 and 63 securities licenses, and is fluent in French.

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RAVI GHEDIA

Analyst

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RAVI GHEDIA
Analyst

Ravi joined GP Bullhound in 2012. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Ravi was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in the TMT Investment Banking team working on transactions in a range of sectors including Software, SaaS, Mobile Payments, IT Services and FTA TV. He holds a MEng in Civil Engineering from Imperial College London.

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PHILIPPE GREMILLET

Analyst

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PHILIPPE GREMILLET
Analyst

Philippe joined GP Bullhound in 2011. He graduated with a MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics. He also holds a Bachelor’s degree in Economics from Lund University.

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Daniel Herter

Analyst

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Daniel Herter
Analyst

Daniel joined GP Bullhound in January 2013. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Daniel was at Nomura in the Healthcare team working on M&A and financing transactions in a range of healthcare / pharma sub-sectors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School in London.

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MALCOLM HORNER

Analyst

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MALCOLM HORNER
Analyst

Malcolm joined GP Bullhound in 2012. Prior to joining the firm, Malcolm was at Deloitte LLP in the Corporate Finance M&A Advisory team where he worked on a variety of M&A transactions. Malcolm is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and a graduate from The University of Birmingham with a Bachelor of Commerce (Hons).

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OLOF RUSTNER

Analyst

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OLOF RUSTNER
Analyst

Olof joined GP Bullhound in 2012. He holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, with a major in Finance, from the Royal Institute of Technology.

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Will Sheldon

Analyst

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Will Sheldon
Analyst

Will joined GP Bullhound in 2013. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Will was at UBS in the Software & IT Services Equity Research team, working across a range of sectors including enterprise application software, SaaS, fintech, and data centres. Will graduated with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oriel College, Oxford University.

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Nataly Bean

Operations Manager

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Nataly Bean
Operations Manager

Nataly is the Operations Manager in the London office

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HARRI Needham

Finance Manager

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HARRI Needham
Finance Manager

Harri joined GP Bullhound in January 2013. She holds a bachelor’s degree in Accounting and Finance (Hons) from Cardiff University.

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susanna andersson

Personal Assistant

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susanna andersson
Personal Assistant

Susanna is the Personal Assistant to Per Roman.

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Beverley boettcher

Personal Assistant

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Personal Assistant

Beverley is the Personal Assistant to Hugh Campbell

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charlotte carew-gibbs

Personal Assistant

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Personal Assistant

Charlotte is the Personal Assistant to Simon Nicholls and Graeme Bayley

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tish cortez

Personal Assistant

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tish cortez
Personal Assistant

Tish is the San Fransisco Office Manager and the Personal Assistant to Christian Lagerling and Alec Dafferner.

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Fraenze Gade

Personal Assistant

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Fraenze Gade
Personal Assistant

Fraenze is the Personal Assistant to Julian Riedlbauer.

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Ellie Mewburn

Personal Assistant

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Ellie Mewburn
Personal Assistant

Ellie is the Personal Assistant to Andre Shortell and Guillaume Bonneton.

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Birte Schroder

Personal Assistant / UK Events Assistant

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Birte Schroder
Personal Assistant / UK Events Assistant

Birte is the Personal Assistant to Manish Madhvani.

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Aliyah plummer

Receptionist

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Aliyah plummer
Receptionist

Aliyah is the Receptionist at the London office.

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ANTONY NORTHROP, Senior Adviser
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NATALY BEAN, Operations Manager
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ALEXIS SCORER, Vice President
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SIR MARTIN SMITH, Chairman
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PER LINDTORP, Vice President
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CHRISTIAN LAGERLING, Managing Partner
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GRAEME BAYLEY, Partner / COO
Graeme joined GP Bullhound in 2009 and is responsible for GP Bullhound's Finance, Compliance, IT, HR... Read more »

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MALCOLM FERGUSON, Associate
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CLAUDIO ALVAREZ, Vice President
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HUGH CAMPBELL, Managing Partner
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PHILIPPE GREMILLET, Analyst
Philippe joined GP Bullhound in 2011. He graduated with a MSc in Finance from Stockholm School of Economics.... Read more »

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CHARLOTTE CAREW-GIBBS, Personal Assistant
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OLOF RUSTNER, Analyst
Olof joined GP Bullhound in 2012. He holds an M.Sc. in Industrial Engineering and Management, with a... Read more »

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CARL BERGHOLTZ, Vice President
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WILL SHELDON, Analyst
Will joined GP Bullhound in 2013. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Will was at UBS in the Software &... Read more »

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RAVI GHEDIA, Analyst
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DAVID RAABE, Vice President
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DANIEL HERTER, Analyst
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FLORENT ROULET, Associate
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IMAN CRISBY, Business Development Manager
Iman joined GP Bullhound in 2013 as a Business Development Manager. During the past ten years, she has... Read more »

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JULIAN RIEDLBAUER, Partner
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CECILIA ROMAN, Director of Marketing
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SIMON NICHOLLS, Partner
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MATT ROGERS, Senior Adviser
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HARRI NEEDHAM, Finance Manager
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CHRISTOPH AMELS, Associate
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ALISTAIR MALINS, Vice President
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ALESSANDRO CASARTELLI, Associate
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LORD CLIVE HOLLICK, Partner
Lord (Clive) Hollick was appointed a Partner of GP Bullhound in 2010. Lord Hollick is currently a director... Read more »

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ANTHONY AUGUSTIN, Analyst
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PETER READ, Board Director
Peter loves working with talented entrepreneurs, as an angel investor and/or advisor in digital media... Read more »

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BEVERLEY BOETTCHER, Personal Assistant
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MALCOLM HORNER, Analyst
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MANISH MADHVANI, Managing Partner
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CARL WESSBERG, Associate
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ALI DAGLI, Director
Ali Dagli is a Director at GP Bullhound focusing on Digital Media. He has over 11 years of digital media... Read more »

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BIRTE SCHRODER, Personal Assistant / UK Events Assistant
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PER ROMAN, Managing Partner
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Hugh Campbell
Managing Partner

Christian Lagerling
Managing Partner

Manish Madhvani
Managing Partner

Per Roman
Managing Partner

SIR Martin Smith
Chairman

Peter Read
Board Director

Graeme Bayley
Partner / COO

Guillaume Bonneton
Partner

ALEC DAFFERNER
Partner

Lord Clive Hollick
Partner

SIMON NICHOLLS
Partner

Julian Riedlbauer
Partner

Andre Shortell
Partner

Cecilia Roman
Director of Marketing

Ali Dagli
Director

Antony Northrop
Senior Adviser

Matt Rogers
Senior Adviser

Sasha Afanasieva
Vice President

Claudio Alvarez
Vice President

Carl Bergholtz
Vice President

Mark Klimmek
Vice President

PER LINDTORP
Vice President

Alistair Malins
Vice President

David Raabe
Vice President

ALEXIS SCORER
Vice President

Stirling ADELHELM
Associate

Christoph Amels
Associate

Alessandro Casartelli
Associate

Malcolm Ferguson
Associate

florent roulet
Associate

Carl Wessberg
Associate

Iman crisby
Business Development Manager

Liljana Xheka
Analyst

Anthony Augustin
Analyst

RAVI GHEDIA
Analyst

PHILIPPE GREMILLET
Analyst

Daniel Herter
Analyst

MALCOLM HORNER
Analyst

OLOF RUSTNER
Analyst

Will Sheldon
Analyst

Nataly Bean
Operations Manager

HARRI Needham
Finance Manager

susanna andersson
Personal Assistant

Beverley boettcher
Personal Assistant

charlotte carew-gibbs
Personal Assistant

tish cortez
Personal Assistant

Fraenze Gade
Personal Assistant

Ellie Mewburn
Personal Assistant

Birte Schroder
Personal Assistant / UK Events Assistant

Aliyah plummer
Receptionist