Advisory Board
The tremendous growth in private equity outside the US demands the attention of a pre-eminent global business school and Professor Eli Talmor, Chairman, recognised that London Business School was in a unique position to create an independent forum to share information about current trends and challenges in the sector. The development of the Institute has mirrored the development of London as the "hub" of the European private equity community and is involved in a series of research projects looking at Private Equity across Finance, Accounting and Organisational Behaviour disciplines.
2007 saw the appointment of Professor Viral Acharya as Academic Director of the Insitute to promote the Institite's growth and research focus. Ann Iveson , the Executive Director joined in 2008.
Founding Board Members
The Institute is grateful for the funding it has received from its founding Board members who include:
David Eich of Kirkland and Ellis LLP, one of the world's leading law firms, and Jeremy Coller, founder and CEO of Coller Capital, the leading global investor in private equity secondaries.
Together with Jeremy Coller, the current Advisory Board members are:
- Dr Uwe Albrecht of Siemens Venture Capital
- Katharine Campbell of Cambridge Associates
- Philippe Costeletos of Texas Pacific Group
- Anne Glover of Amadeus Capital Partners
- Richard Green of August Equity
- Erin Harrell of 3i
- Matthew Hurlock of Kirkland & Ellis LLP
- Ray Maxwell of Invesco
- Brooks Newmark, MP for Braintree and Senior Advisor for Apollo Management LP
- Dwight Poler of Bain Capital
- Hanneke Smits of Adams Street Partners
- Peter Wilson of HarbourVest
- Kevin Lecocq of Barclays Wealth
- Academic Board members - See Affiliated Faculty Page
We are also indebted to James Ray, a recent alumnus of London Business School and former active member of the Private Equity Club for his time, energy and ongoing input.
