Xan is a founder of Mentmore Capital Partners. He has an MBA from London Business School where alongside his studies he worked for private equity firms Cinven and FPE Capital. He previously worked at Deloitte in the value creation services team working closely with the management teams of PE portfolio companies. Xan is also a Chartered Accountant.
Benny is a founder of Mentmore Capital Partners. He previously worked at Goldman Sachs, in the Investment Banking Division’s M&A advisory team. Prior to his finance career Benny spent 12 years as a helicopter pilot in the Royal New Zealand Navy, most recently as a Flight Commander. In this role he was responsible to the Commanding Officer for all aviation operations & training on the ship.
Xan and Benny are fortunate to be supported by a team of seasoned operators, entrepreneurs and investors with decades of experience working with SMEs
Charles is an experienced CEO, Chairman and Non-Executive Director, with over 30 years of senior management experience. He is currently Chief Executive of Restore plc, the AIM-listed provider of office services which he rejoined in 2023. Under his leadership, he had previously grown the business from a cash shell with a market cap in the region of £1m to become the leading office services provider in the UK with a market capitalisation in the region of £600m. He was previously Chief Executive of Johnson Services Group plc and Brandon Hire plc, prior to which he was at SG Warburg, 3i plc and was Editor of Management Today. Charles is also a non-executive director of Marlowe plc and was recently made an Honorary Fellow of Oriel College, University of Oxford.
Ethos Partners is a specialist investor in SMEs undergoing management succession. Its team of investment professionals has over 100 years of combined experience of investing in SME buyouts and partnering with talented managers to successfully navigate the challenges of transitioning from entrepreneur ownership, while unlocking significant growth potential. It has been an active investor in search funds across the UK and Europe since 2023, with Sandy Farmer and Jo Cockburn leading this strategy.
Arbor Ventures is an established family office investment company created by entrepreneur and philanthropist, Chris Mathias, after nearly a decade of intense organisation building. During that period, Chris founded several companies, most notably his flagship Conduit Communications, an IT consultancy and service-provider. Conduit was merged with NASDAQ listed I-cube which was subsequently merged with Razorfish Inc. (another NASDAQ listed internet consultancy). Chris has also been involved in the start up and creation of a number of other for profit and not for profit organisations. Arbor Ventures was created by entrepreneurs, for entrepreneurs. The leadership team has founded, scaled and exited numerous companies, building a deep understanding of the entrepreneurs journey along the way. They now use their operational expertise and experienced network to build the businesses of tomorrow.
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