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EV announces appointment of Simon Ward
06/11/2009
EV, the UK-based venture and growth capital fund manager has today announced that it has recruited Simon Ward to its investment team.
Simon joins EV as Investment Director and will lead on strengthening the company’s presence and networks in the East & West Midlands and the Southern regions.
He has worked in the Midlands corporate finance market for the last fifteen years and most recently, was an Investment Director with ISIS Equity Partners where, as well as covering the local intermediary market, he led its national sector focus on business services and financial services. Prior to this, he was a founding member of the Catalyst corporate finance team in Birmingham. He qualified as a chartered accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers in Nottingham and also worked for the leveraged finance team at Royal Bank of Scotland. A graduate of Nottingham University, Simon now lives in Sutton Coldfield.
Jonathan Diggines, Chief Executive at EV, commented, “Simon joins us at a very important time for EV. The launch of our EV Growth Funds is providing much needed equity for SMEs and the recently announced extension of the Coalfields Funds, investing in the former coalfield areas of England, now mean that EV is able to invest up to £2million in equity in a wide range of corporate solutions, anywhere in the UK.
Whilst other venture capital houses are drawing back, EV is growing strongly. We have recently rebranded to signal our growing capabilities and I am really pleased to welcome Simon, whom I have known as an experienced investor, to work from our new Birmingham office, investing throughout the Midlands and Southern England”.
Speaking on his appointment, Simon said, “I am delighted to be joining EV and to continue to build its presence in the Midlands and Southern regions. I strongly believe that growing SMEs, entrepreneurs and their professional advisors need more locally delivered funding solutions and I look forward to being able to provide them”.
Submitted by Deborah Moon