Geoff Sankey
Geoff joined The Capital Fund in July 2002. He has a degree in electrical and electronic engineering and in 1979 qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Touche Ross in London. After working as a digital telecommunications design engineer for STC, he moved to 3i, initially as an Investment Controller at the 3i Southampton office and then as a Partner at 3i Ventures in London. During his 9 years at 3i Geoff built and managed a portfolio of private equity investments in businesses at every stage of development, and with particular emphasis on high technology ventures. From 1989 Geoff worked as an independent investment adviser and project manager for, amongst others, ANZ Merchant Bank, Williams de Broë, Ernst & Young, the EBRD and the British Government's Know How Fund. He managed projects in the UK and Russia, including the design and implementation of venture capital strategies. In 1999, Geoff returned to London to work on acquisition and fund-raising projects for quoted and unquoted clients.
Ian Cameron
Ian has thirteen years of private equity and venture capital experience. He joined YFM in 2002 as Investment Director of The Capital Fund. Prior to joining YFM Venture Finance in 2002, he worked with CDC Capital Partners on private equity transactions in the emerging markets, including South Asia and Latin America. Ian's early career was in industry where he worked mostly on environmental engineering, process engineering and project management for companies including Unilever, Cussons International and Babcock International. Ian has a first class degree in chemical engineering from the University of Leeds, an MBA from the University of Bradford Management Centre and attended the Corporate Finance Evening Programme at London Business School.
Helen Reynolds
Helen joined The Capital Fund in October 2003. She gained her venture capital experience working for Seed Capital on the Oxford Technology venture capital Trusts, which invest in early stage UK based technology businesses. Prior to this, she worked for ZS Associates as a management consultant in the pharmaceutical sector. She holds an MSci in Physics from Cambridge University.
Karen Spray
Karen joined The Capital Fund in September 2006. Prior to this Karen worked in an event management agency for 7 years followed by a year at the private equity firm Permira. Karen is the Office Administrator and has a BA Hons Degree in Business Studies.