SLIDE 16 Building Company Capability
Investec Ventures provides the following management supports:
- Nominee director - work with the promoting team
to assist in the formulation of strategy
- Member of the remuneration and audit
committees of investee companies, assisting with the implementation of best practice and corporate governance
- Research support. Investees can access
Investec research relevant to their businesses
- Technical support. Investec Ventures has
technology experience within the team and provides guidance and feedback to investees
- Team building. We assist with the identification
and appointment of non-executive directors/chairmen & senior management executives
Investec Ventures has strengthened management teams & Boards with domain expertise:
- Rainmaker - the Chairman (Brian Dunne, former
CFO of Aer Lingus and Air Canada) is well networked into the airline industry and this has led to sales being secured
- Britebill - the Chairman, Cecil Hayes, former COO
- f Norkom plc, invested €500k into the business and
Vincent Ryan (ex Changing Worlds) has added sales & marketing skills
- AMCS - the Chairman, Mike Wynne is a former CEO
- f Greenstar and brings a network of contacts from
the industry in the UK and the US
- Zamano - John Rockett (retired Former Head of AIB
Investment Managers) has added financial and governance skills to the board, while Pat Landy has lead the restructuring & repositioning of the business
- Terminal4 - Strategic Reviews carried out by Sean
Blanchfield (R&D / technology) and Aidan Gallagher (Sales) have helped stabilise & returned T4 to growth
- Micks Garage - supporting the recruitment of two
senior managers (CFO & COO)
We play a key role in selecting & helping to put together the right management teams
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