CEO of Octopus Investments' fund management business (part of the Octopus Group), an investment company investing in the people, ideas and industries that will change the world. We manage £13.5bn on behalf of retail and institutional investors, into the areas where we believe we can have the greatest impact. More than 85% of the money we manage is invested in line with one or more of our three investment themes: empowering people, revitalising healthcare and building a sustainable planet. We support our institutional investors to meet their investment mandates on behalf of their end investors, across real estate, healthcare, renewable energy, venture capital and sustainable infrastructure.For our retail investors we provide a range of products including Venture Capital Trusts, Enterprise Investment Schemes, Business Relief-qualifying investments and listed UK small and medium-sized company funds.

Member of the Advisory Board at Judge Business School, University of Cambridge.

CEO of Octopus Real Estate, a leading specialist institutional fund manager. Over £3.8 billion in real estate assets and secured lending, and a highly experienced team of over 80 professionals. Octopus Real Estate is a lender, a landlord, an equity investor and an operator. The property lending team provides bespoke, customer focused finance across the UK residential, commercial and development sectors. The team has lent more than £5 billion, providing competitively priced financing throughout the UK and spanning the property investment lifecycle, with loans typically up to £100m.The investment team focuses on care homes, retirement communities and affordable housing.

Winner of the 2018 HealthInvestor Power50 'Leading Investor' award.CEO of Octopus Healthcare, across three core areas of Investment, Development and Partnerships; over £1bn funds under management across institutional and retail funds. Investing in and developing care homes, retirement communities, private hospitals and specialist schools, creating exceptional environments to improve people’s health and well being.

Deputy CEO, Octopus Healthcare

Director, Octopus Healthcare

Head of the Intermediate Capital team. Fund manager for LSE-listed fund Apollo VCT and responsible for Octopus’ Specialist Finance VCT product line. Led investments of £2m - £100m+ into UK-based companies, and acted as board representative. Invested equity, mezzanine and debt into a range of sectors including healthcare, software, telecoms, supplies and financial services; member of the Investment Committee.

YFM manages £300m+ across 12 funds. Led a range of investment transactions and acted as board representative for companies in sectors including technology, healthcare, retail and restaurant roll-outs.

VC investment and corporate finance, primarily for early stage technology-based companies. Work included sell-side mandates, fundraising, IP commercialisation, due diligence assignments, board representation and portfolio management.

Business & technology consulting for companies including Marks & Spencer and Securicor.

Project manager for business / technology projects including software development, integration, web and new media projects; clients included Air New Zealand and New Zealand Post.

Logistics, e-commerce and mobile solutions for CourierPost.