Jim Strang

Chairman Of The Board

2020 - Current

Chairman of the Board at Hg Capital Trust plc (LON:HGT), a FTSE350 publicly listed investment company (Investment Trust) with a current market cap. of ~£2.0b / $2.8b. The company was founded in 1980 and has compounded growth in Net Asset Value at a rate of 16% over the last 20 years. The Company aims to provide shareholders with consistent long-term returns in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index by investing in private companies where value can be created through strategic and operational change. The investment strategy of the company is to target a fast-growing portfolio of unquoted investments, primarily in technology and technology-enabled business services, which are based across Europe and North America. All investment activity is conducted by the manager of the trust, Hg, who are the 3rd largest Private Equity fund manager in Europe by AuM.

Independent Director

2018 - 2020

Non-Executive Director and Independent Board member. Member of Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Nominations Committee

Independent Director

2021

Non-Executive Director, Independent Board Member, member of the Nomination Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. BGF is an investment company targeting growth capital investments into profitable companies based predominantly in the UK and is the most active investor in growth captial in Europe. BGF typically invests up to £15m per transaction and has invested approx £2b into ~400 businesses since its inception in 2011

Independent Director

2023

Non-Execuive Director and Independent Board Member at Pictet Alternative Advisers (PAA) Holding and Pictet Alternative Advisers (PAA) SA. PAA is the Private Equity investment arm of Pictet Group SA, a Geneva based bank, wealth and asset management business and the second largest banking group in Switzerland. Pictet is an privately owned partnership founded in 1805 with AuA of over $500b and over 5000 employees operating globally

Member of The Supervisory Board

2024

Member of the Supervisory Board and Investment Committee member at Linednstone AG. Lindenstone is a newly formed investment company managing a significnat pool of private capital and investing across the Private Markets

Senior Advisor, Private Equity Group (PEG)

2018

External Advisor at Bain and Company and member of Bain Advisory Network (BAN). Providing independent advice to Bain and Company case teams globally on a range of Private Equity topics, notably stratetgic advice to LPs and GPs and advice on fund strategy. Bain and Company is one of the leading strategic consulting firms and was originally estbablished in 1978. Bain now operates across a network of 63 offices in 38 counties and employs more than 10,000 people. The Private Equity Group at Bain and Company is the leading consulting partner to the private equity industry and its key stakeholders, with a global practice more than three times larger than any competitor. The Private Equity Group serves the needs of both private equity (GP) and institutional investor (LP) clients in matters relating to their investment strategy, organisation and deal related support across the whole deal value chain.

Senior Advisor

2021

Senior Advisor at CVC assisting the leadership team on various projects concerning corporate and investment strategy. Established in London in 1981, CVC is a world leader in private equity and credit with $114.8 billion of assets under management, $162.7 billion of funds committed and a global network of 25 local offices: 16 across Europe and the Americas and 9 in the Asia Pacific region. CVC is the manger of the largest European based Private Equity Fund.

Member of the Board of Advisors

2023

Stanley Capital Partners (SCP) is a European focussed mid-market private equity investor established in 2019. SCP targets fast growing companies in the healtchare and resource efficiency sectors and aims to deliver compelling retuns for investors by working with management teams to transform the businesses in which it invests

Member of the Board of Advisors

2023

Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses based out of Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane’s over 130 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses

Advisory Director

2021

Advisory Director at Campbell Lutyens assisting the leadership team on corporate strategy and investment related activity

Adjunct Professor, Private Equity

2023

Faculty member and Adjunct Professor in Private Equity at London Business School. Currently teaching across multiple degree programmes (MBA, MFin) and also LBS’s open enrollment Executive Education programmes.

Executive Fellow, Private Equity

2019 - 2023