Nick J. Teasdale

Nick Teasdale entered the venture capital business in 1978.
After qualifying as a Chartered Accountant, he gained initial experience in investment management with the National Enterprise Board and in sales and marketing management at Black & Decker before joining Innotech Investments, from where he co-founded an expert systems software company.
In 1984 he was appointed its full time Finance Director and in this role was closely involved in all aspects of its commercial & financial management and its investment funding.
He re-entered venture capital in 1989 when he joined 3i, working with Dave Cheesman at the 3i High Technology Unit.
Together they set up TriTech Investment Managers in 1992.
Nick Teasdale began working with Advent in 1996.
He holds a BSc in Economics from the London School of Economics and is a non-executive director of a number of information technology companies.