The Power Top 50
Article Date: Feb 05 2009
Key movers and shakers revealed
Business XL's annual ranking of movers and shakers has many new names on it this year as the credit crunch has shaken out some of the old guard.
Here's the full list (2008 positions are in brackets):
1 (4). Jon Moulton, founder, Alchemy
2 (-). Ashish Patel, MD, Intel Capital
3 (13). Anne Glover, co-founder, Amadeus Capital Partners
4 (-). Eric Archambeau, general partner, Wellington Partners
5 (-). Simon Cook, CEO, DFJ Esprit
6 (10). Patrick Reeve, MD, Albion
7 (6). Wol Kolade, managing partner, ISIS Private Equity
8 (8). Martin McNair, general partner, Advent Venture Partners
9 (7). David Hall, managing director of private equity, YFM
10 (14). Bernard Fairman, managing partner, Foresight Group
11 (-). Alex Snow, CEO, Evolution Group
12 (-). Bob Holt, CEO and chairman, Mears Group
13 (2). Peter Cullum, executive chairman, Towergate
14 (9). Richard Feigen, MD, Seymour Pierce
15 (1). Danny Rimer, general partner, Index Ventures
16 (-). Alex Macpherson, chief executive, Octopus Ventures
17 (37). Ross Marshall, chief executive, Dunedin Capital Partners
18 (-). Nick Robertson, CEO, ASOS
19 (-). Steven Nicholls, partner, 3i
20 (-). Charles Ind, managing partner, Bowmark Capital
21 (5). John Dodd, co-founder, Artemis
22 (-). James Dyson, founder of vacuum company Dyson
23 (23). Richard Plackett, fund manager, BlackRock UK Smaller Companies
24 (-). John Hayward, CEO, Pressure Technologies
25 (16). Rod Richards, managing partner, Graphite Capital
26 (-). Sam Smith, MD, FinnCap
27 (-). Dr Mike Lynch, CEO, Autonomy
28 (-). Mary Monfries, partner at PricewaterhouseCoopers
29 (-). David Jackson, CEO, Redhall Group
30 (-). Jeremy Hand, co-founder of Lyceum Capital
31 (-). Jamie Constable, CEO, RCapital
32 (-). Simon Brickles, chairman, PLUS Markets Group
33 (-). Kate Sharp, CEO, ABFA
34 (-). Richard Ford, CEO, WH Ireland
35 (-). Carl Jackson, director, Tenon Group
36 (3). George Coelho, MD and head of venture capital, Good Energies
37 (-). Christina Domecq, CEO and co-founder, SpinVox
38 (22). Ernie Richardson, MD and managing partner, MTI
39 (-). Matthew Riley, CEO, Daisy Communications
40 (-). Marion Bernard, CEO, NorthStar Private Equity
41 (-). Rob Carroll, MD, Catapult Venture Managers
42 (-). Don McLaverty, director of Oxford Investment Opportunity Network (OION)
43 (38). Rob Donaldson, head of M&A and private equity, Baker Tilly
44 (41). Philip Secrett, corporate finance partner, Grant Thornton
45 (25). Mark Wignall, chief executive, Matrix Private Equity Partners
46 (49). Jonathan Kestenbaum, chief executive, NESTA
47 (-). Tim Campbell, founder of the Bright Ideas Trust
48 (-). Stephen Bourne, corporate finance, BDO Stoy Hayward
49 (-). Clive Garston, corporate finance partner, Halliwells
50 (-). Alki David, CEO, FilmOn
Casualties of 2008:
Jonathan Brown, corporate finance chief, Landsbanki (17)
Derek Mapp, non-exec chairman, Staffline (46)
Andrew Monk, founder, Blue Oar Securities (34)
Roger Parry, exec chairman, Media Square (19)
Doug Richard, Library House (45)
Business XL’s Power Top 50 is a completely independent ranking of investors, serial entrepreneurs and advisers to public and private growing businesses, compiled using the expertise of knowledgeable industry insiders and statistical analysis into transaction activity.
Some of the statistics used in the compiling of The Power Top 50 originate from the following sources:
The AIM Guide 2008/9
The essential information on 1,532 AIM companies
New Issues on AIM 2009
A comprehensive assessment of London’s new issue market
The AIM Guide and AIM research reports are available to purchase from Vitesse Media in PDF format. You can order your copy by calling 020 7250 7056 or by email.
