Sue Varley

HSBC Bank Plc provides commercial banking and financial services. It operates in four businesses: Retail Banking and Wealth Management, Commercial Banking, Global Banking and Markets, and Global Private Banking. The Retail Banking and Wealth Management business offers personal banking, mortgages, loans, credit cards, savings and investments and insurance services. The Commercial Banking business offers financial products and services to enable them to operate efficiently and meet their business aspirations. The Global Banking and Markets business offers capital financing, transaction and advisory banking services, trade, research, securities services and global liquidity and cash management. The Global Private Banking business offers investment management, incorporating advisory, discretionary and brokerage, private wealth solutions, comprising trusts and estate planning services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Midland Heart Capital Plc operates as a holding company with interest in transportation, property, and catering services. The company is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

National Westminster Bank Plc (NatWest) is an investment management firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm is a subsidiary of Natwest Holdings Ltd., ultimately owned by NatWest Group Plc (NWG: LSE). NatWest was founded in 1968 to provide banking, financial services and offer investment solutions to individual and institutional clients.

Barclays Ventures is a private equity arm of Barclays PLC founded in 1997 by Benjamin Davey. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

Bank of Scotland Plc provides banking and financial services. Its services include current accounts, savings, mortgages, credit cards, and unsecured loans to personal and business banking customers; and lending, transactional banking, working capital management, risk management and debt capital markets services to commercial customers. The company was founded on July 17, 1695 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Lloyds Development Capital (Holdings) Ltd. (LDC) is a private equity firm founded in 1981. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom and is wholly owned by LBG Equity Investments Ltd.

YFM Private Equity Ltd (YFM-PE) is a private equity specialist headquartered in Leeds, UK. YFM-PE, incorporated in 1987 as Mosspire Ltd., is a subsidiary of YFM Group Ltd., itself a subsidiary of Greater London Enterprise Ltd. in the UK. The firm manages private equity funds, while their sister company, YFM Venture Finance, focuses on earlier stage venture capital investments.

Livingbridge EP LLP (Livingbridge) is a private equity subsidiary of Livingbridge VC LLP founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in London with additional offices in Manchester, Boston and Melbourne.

Wavemaker Partners LLC is an Independent Venture Capital firm founded in 2003 by Mike Piper. Wavemaker Partners LLC is headquartered in New York.

SMH Venture Finance Ltd (SMH Venture Finance) is a venture capital subsidiary of YFM Equity Partners Ltd founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Leeds, Yorkshire.

Ascension Ventures Ltd (Ascension Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Jean de Fougerolles and the firm headquartered in London.

Business Growth Fund Ltd (BGF) is private equity firm founded in 2011 by Stephen Welton. The firm is headquartered in the United Kingdom.

AXM Venture Capital Ltd (AXM) is a venture capital firm founded in 2004. The firm is headquartered in London, UK.

Eyoto Group Ltd. develops software that supports optometrists with diagnosis, selling optical products and conducting clinical trials. Its products include diagnosis support system, condition-specific diagnosis and management system, sales acceleration and clinical trials system, domiciliary solutions and consultancy services. The company was founded by Mark Dunne, Thomas Drew and James Wolffsohn in December 2013 and is headquartered in Birmingham, the United Kingdom.

Develop Training Group Ltd. engages in the provision of technical training courses and facilities principally in the utility sectors. The company was founded on July 2, 2007 and is headquartered in Derby, the United Kingdom.

YFM Equity Partners LLP engages in the provision of investment services. Its investment portfolio include Checkmate Fire; Deep Secure; Anet technologies; and Arcus Global. The company was founded in 1982 and is headquartered in Leeds, the United Kingdom.

Obillex Ltd. provides an invoice financing solutions for banks and private investors. Its patented solution, which works by linking multiple participants to supply chain finance transactions, provides benefits to business stakeholders such as capital market investors, SME suppliers, public sector, corporate, capital markets and E-Invoicing providers. The company was founded by Damian Crowe and Leslie T. Halpin in 2010 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Mercia Fund Management Ltd. (Mercia Fund) is a private equity subsidiary of Mercia Asset Management Plc founded in 1999 by Mark Andrew Payton, Timothy R. Hazell and Everard Mascarenhas. The firm is headquartered in Warwickshire, Great Britain.