Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director since July 2014. Also a non-executive Director of Gore Street Energy Storage Fund plc and IntegraFin Holdings plc. Independent.
Formerly the Chief Executive of the Law Debenture Corporation p.l.c. from 2002 to 2016. Chief Operating Officer of SVB Holdings PLC, now Novae Group plc, a Lloyd’s listed integrated vehicle, from 1997 to 2002. Previously, Finance Director of N M Rothschild & Sons Limited from 1995 to 1997, having joined the bank in 1981. She originally trained at what is now KPMG.
Audit and Compliance - Chairman
Nominations - Member
Remuneration - Member
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Chief Executive
Board of Directors
Simon was appointed Chief Executive in May 2012 after joining 3i in October 2011 as Chief Investment Officer. Prior to joining 3i, Simon was Chairman of Greenhill & Co International LLP, having previously been Co-Chief Executive Officer of Greenhill & Co. Inc. Before founding the European operations of Greenhill & Co, he was the Managing Director of Baring Brothers International Limited.
Simon has a law degree from London University and an MBA from London Business School.
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director
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Non-executive Director since October 2016. Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc. Independent.
Formerly Finance Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (“DMGT”) from 2011 to 2017. Non-executive director of ZPG Plc. Prior to joining DMGT he was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of News International. He originally qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse (now part of PwC).
Valuations - Member
Nominations - Member
Audit and Compliance – Member
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Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Senior Independent Director since June 2020. Non-Executive Director since November 2013. Chief Executive of Social Finance Limited. Independent.
Until 2009 Head of UK Investment Banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Limited and a member of its Global Banking Operating Committee. From 2012 to 2017, a non-executive director of the Start-Up Loans Company.
Nominations - Member
Remuneration - Member
Valuations - Chairman
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Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director since November 2018. Also a non-executive Director of Fevertree Drinks plc and Travis Perkins plc. She is also a member of the Supervisory Board of Tui AG. Independent.
Formerly a Non-Executive Director of Tui Travel plc, UTV Media plc, Wembley National Stadium Limited, Shed Media plc, HBOS plc and Inchcape plc. Prior to that Coline was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer Europe of Clear Channel International Limited and had previously worked for McKinsey.
Audit and Compliance - Member
Remuneration - Chairman
Nominations - Member
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Non-Executive Director
Board of Directors
Non-Executive Director since January 2020. Also a member of the supervisory boards of Societe Generale S.A. and The Netherlands Development Finance Company. She is also a non-executive director of Bumi Armada Berhad in Malaysia.
She was previously on the boards of Holland Casino, VU University and VU Medical Center, Stage Entertainment and Duin & Kruidberg.
Prior to that Alexandra was Head of Global Banking and Markets in Western Europe for Royal Bank of Scotland and had previously worked for many years for ABN AMRO.
Audit and Compliance Committee - Member
Nominations - Member
Valuations Committee - Member
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Chairman
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Non-Executive Director since April 2015 and appointed Chairman with effect from close of 2015 AGM. Chairman of Rio Tinto plc. Independent on appointment.
Until April 2017 Chairman of Tullow Oil plc. Formerly an executive director of Anglo American plc and chairman of the Tarmac Group. Nonexecutive director of AngloGold Ashanti Ltd, Newmont Mining Corporation and Sandvik AB. Senior Independent Director of Amec Foster Wheeler plc. Previous career in investment banking with N M Rothschild and S.G. Warburg.
Nominations - Chairman
Remuneration - Member
Valuations - Member
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Group Finance Director
Board of Directors
Julia is Group Finance Director of 3i Group plc having been appointed to the Board on 1 October 2008. She is a member of the Executive and Investment Committees.
Julia began her career at Arthur Andersen, and held a variety of tax and financial roles at Hanson plc, Tomkins plc and Cable & Wireless plc before joining 3i in 2006.
Julia is also the Senior Independent Director of Legal & General Group plc, and a member of the ICAEW (ACA) and the Chartered Institute of Taxation.