Mid-market investor Livingbridge has formed a strategic advisory board.
The committee will provide “senior counsel and an informed external perspective on critical political, economic, social, regulatory and technological matters and how these might impact on Livingbridge’s business and investment strategy,” the firm said.
Dame Alison Carnwath, a Livingbridge non-executive director since 2001, will chair the board. Carnwath is current chair of Land Securities and also holds positions at Zurich, BASF and Evercore Partners.
Lord Livingston, former chief executive of BT Group and ex-UK minister of state for trade and investment, will also join the board, as will ex-Jupiter Fund Management chief executive Edward Bonham Carter.
Rounding off the board are Amee Chande, managing director for global strategy and operations at Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group, and Andy Harrison, former chief executive of Whitbread, Easyjet and RAC.
“The strategic input from such an experienced, knowledgeable and diverse group of people will be invaluable in helping us anticipate, support and plan both our own development as a firm and that of our portfolio companies. In an increasingly complex global environment it is imperative to be well informed on current issues outside of our normal scope of activities,” Said Wol Kolade