Directors & advisers
Ian Blackburn
Chairman
Date of Appointment: 01 July 2017
Ian is a FCA who specialised in corporate finance at KPMG before building and selling two listed food groups. He has extensive UK and European strategic, operations and finance experience as chief executive officer and finance director of Perkins Foods plc and Zetar plc. Currently he is an active investor in a number of SMEs and is chairman of Mood Foods (manufacture of Ombar raw cocoa chocolate bars), Kinteract (education sector App), and Slimline Wine (SLiM sugar free wines). He is also a trustee and director of The Rutland Learning Trust.
Sally Duckworth
Director
Date of Appointment: 01 January 2007
Sally has worked in the financial services sector since 1990 and in the private equity industry since 2000. A qualified accountant (Price Waterhouse), former investment banker (J.P.Morgan) and early stage venture capitalist (Quester Capital Management, which ran several VCTs) she understands the investment process and reporting requirements of a VCT. She has been an active angel investor and has held various Board and C-suite roles. She is currently Chairman of Stormagic Limited, a private IT storage technology business, Audit Chair of JPMorgan Japanese Investment Trust plc (JFJ) and Non-Executive Director of Molten Ventures VCT plc.
Sarah Clark
Director
Date of Appointment: 04 November 2022
Sarah has broad international commercial experience in a variety of industries including travel, retail, financial services, fintech and e-commerce in markets spanning Europe, the USA, and the Middle East and Africa combined with a deep understanding of digital technologies. Her experience ranges from running Central Europe, the Middle East & Africa at PayPal Inc to setting up and running European subsidiaries of North American start-ups, LootCrate and Clearco, one of the largest providers of revenue-based finance to ecommerce businesses.
Investment Adviser
Gresham House Asset Management Limited
80 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6EE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 0999
Email: mobeusvcts@greshamhouse.com
Company Secretary and Administrator
Gresham House Asset Management Limited
80 Cheapside, London, EC2V 6EE
Tel: +44 (0)20 7382 0999
Email: mobeusvcts@greshamhouse.com
Registrar
The City Partnership (UK) Limited
The Mending Rooms
Park Valley Mills
Meltham Road
Huddersfield
HD4 7BH
Tel: 01484 240 910.
(Lines are open 9:00 am to 17:30 pm, Monday to Friday, excluding public holidays in England and Wales. Calls are charged at the standard geographic rate and will vary by provider. Calls from outside the UK will be charged at the applicable international rate.)
Email: registrars@city.uk.com
Hub: https://gresham-house-vcts.cityhub.uk.com/login
Corporate Broker
Panmure Gordon (UK) Limited
40 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V 0BT
Tel: 020 7886 2716
E-mail: chris.lloyd@panmure.com
Independent Auditors
BDO LLP
55 Baker Street
London W1U 7EU
Receiving Agent
The City Partnership (UK) Limited
The Mending Rooms, Park Valley Mills
Meltham Road
Huddersfield
HD4 7BH
Sponsors
Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP
1 London Bridge
London SE1 9BG
Solicitors
Shakespeare Martineau LLP
60 Gracechurch Street
London
EC3V 0HR
VCT Status Adviser
Philip Hare & Associates LLP
6 Snow Hill
London
EC1A 2AY
Distributor
Portunus Investment Solutions Limited
Office 416
83 Victoria Street
London SW1H 0HW