Investment Committee and Non Executive Directors

The Investment Committee comprises the Key Executives alongside senior executives with significant private equity/venture capital and/or broad business experience as follows:

Tim Farazmand

Non-executive director, Catalyst. Tim has been a managing director of Lloyds Development Capital, London since 2002, and was the chief investment officer of Catalyst between 2001 and 2002. He was previously a director of Royal Bank Private Equity and an investment manager with 3i.

John Bates

Investment Committee, Catalyst. John is Professor of Entrepreneurship, London Business School; a director and founder of Sussex Place Ventures; the former chairman of Multimap; the chairman of The London Technology Network; and a former member of NESTA's investment committee.

Jeremy Gough

Investment Committee, Catalyst. Jeremy is chairman of Climate Change Capital Private Equity and has been a senior partner of Graphite since 1998. He was previously a founder director of Morgan Grenfell Development Capital; a director of Close Investment Management and a senior investment controller with 3i.

Andy Hobsbawm

Investment Committee, Catalyst. Andy is a leading expert on the internet and online media in Europe, the chairman of Agency.com; the founder of Online Magic and of The Green Thing; and previously was US publishing director of PowerPC News.