Mark Foster-Brown CVO

Chief Executive Officer, Co-Founder & Director

Mark is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founding Partner of Adjuvo.

Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the process of introducing capital to private companies. He has a 37 year track record spanning the financial markets and investment process.

He started his career in 1986 at County NatWest Securities. In 1991 he co-founded the Emerging Markets business at James Capel, before moving to Morgan Grenfell & Co (later part of Deutsche Bank) in 1993.

In 1997 Mark was appointed Managing Director and head of Emerging European Equities in London, as well as a member of the Equities Division Management Committee. In 2001 he joined the Equity Special Situations business in Deutsche Bank, which later established itself independently as asset manager Altima Partners LLP in 2004.

Mark has an MA in English Literature from Cambridge University.

Louis Lundy

Managing Director

Louis is responsible for managing relationships within the Adjuvo Syndicate. He facilitates the introduction of new investment opportunities with members, as well as managing the interaction with a number of the Syndicate’s portfolio companies. He attends the Board, contributing to both the overall strategy and wider business development of the company. Louis originally joined the Adjuvo team in September 2014 as an Associate.

Prior to joining Adjuvo, Louis worked for two years, in both London and Singapore, at Human Capital (the Commodity executive search specialist) and for two years at the financial market specialists Goodman Masson. Louis has a BA in Geography from Kings College London.

James Badcock

Chief Financial Officer

James is the Chief Financial Officer of Adjuvo, which he joined in September 2022. He brings a wealth of knowledge and experience on the financial, regulatory, and operational issues faced by investment firms at all stages of their life cycle.

James qualified as a Chartered Accountant at Smith and Williamson in 1996. He then joined Baring Private Equity Partners, a global private equity group, where he was latterly Group Chief Financial Officer. In 2005 he joined Altima Partners LLP, a London-based alternative investment manager, where he was a partner responsible for finance, compliance, and operations.

James has a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Econometrics from St Andrews University.

Rupert Runewitsch

Director

Rupert is responsible for fostering and managing investor relations, guiding portfolio operations, and identifying and capitalising on growth opportunities both within the company and in the broader market. His role involves not only maintaining robust relationships with existing partners and investors but also expanding the company’s network by introducing new investment opportunities.

Prior to Adjuvo, Rupert spent over a decade on the west coast of the United States where he established an Innovation Lab for Publicis Groupe in Silicon Valley. During his tenure there, he played a pivotal role as Head of Social and Mobile for all North America. Following this, he served as Senior Vice President and Head of Growth for acclaimed entrepreneur and business leader Gary Vaynerchuk.

More recently he was recognized as one of the Top 20 Innovators in CRM and he scouts for a number of Venture and PE funds.

Philip Donald

Investment Opportunities

Philip is responsible for overseeing all new investment opportunities at Adjuvo. He works closely with Charlotte to manage the syndicate’s deal flow, including the evaluation of investment opportunities, deal origination, due diligence, and analysis. He is a key member of Adjuvo’s Investment Committee and presides over all decision making on new opportunities. He formally joined the Adjuvo team in February 2022 but has been a part of the network since 2019.

Prior to joining Adjuvo, he enjoyed a thirty year career as a Managing Director in the equity division of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, with a particular focus on disruptors and the businesses they were disrupting.

Charlotte Lane

Investment Opportunities

Charlotte works with Philip to manage the syndicate’s deal flow. She is responsible for the evaluation of investment opportunities, deal origination, due diligence, and analysis. She reports to the Investment Committee and supports internal decision making on all new investment opportunities. She joined Adjuvo in February 2021 as an Analyst.

Prior to joining Adjuvo, she was a Graduate Analyst at J.P. Morgan. She holds a MSt Distinction in History from the University of Oxford, and a Certificate in Venture Finance from Saïd Business School, Oxford.

Ollie Middleditch

Portfolio

Ollie is responsible for overseeing the portfolio and the end-to-end execution of capital raises. He also works closely with the Investment Committee on deal origination. He joined the team in December 2021 as Head of Deal Execution.

Prior to joining Adjuvo, he spent three years at Seedrs in the Investment Team managing multiple fundraises for early-stage private companies within the portfolio. Prior to this he spent two years at Funding Circle as an Analyst with a focus on risk assessment of SMEs seeking debt finance. He studied Theology at Bristol University.

Tania Hollingworth

Communications

Tania has spent the majority of her career working in Marketing, Communications, Corporate PR and Events at many well known British retailers including Asprey, Mappin & Webb, Watches of Switzerland, Arcadia Group and Selfridges.

In 2018, she founded her own Communications consultancy supporting in-house teams with their marketing, communications and digital content strategy. These include Lane Crawford in Hong Kong, GLAS eyewear in Sweden, and Larizia and Ambassador Theatre Group in the UK.

She supports the Adjuvo management team in the same way, with a key focus on building community among the portfolio companies, network activations, and membership engagement.

Francesca Willis

Communications

Francesca joined Adjuvo in August 2022 as an Associate. She is responsible for building community among the portfolio companies, network activations, and membership engagement. She works closely with Tania to develop and execute on the wider business and corporate communications strategy.

Prior to Adjuvo, Francesca worked as a Behavioural Science Research Analyst at a cyber security start-up, in Business Development at an employee well-being start-up, and as a legal assistant at Keystone Law.

Francesca holds a BSc in Psychology from the University of Bath.

Henry Goode

Operations and Finance

Henry is Associate Director and Company Secretary at Adjuvo. He is responsible for processing investments and managing the relationship with Adjuvo’s custodian and nominee, Thompson Taraz. He supports the team in the day to day operational aspects of compliance, regulatory projects and due diligence. Henry works closely with Sean to implement operational improvement projects at the platform and company level.

Since graduating, with a BA in Geography and Economics from Durham University, Henry has worked for a Strategy Consultancy and as an Analyst at a FinTech start-up.

Sean Cam

Operations and Finance

Sean joined Adjuvo in November 2022 as an Associate. He is responsible for processing investments and managing the relationship with Adjuvo’s custodian and nominee, Thompson Taraz. He supports the team in the day-to-day operational aspects of compliance, regulatory projects, and due diligence. Sean works closely with Henry to implement operational improvement projects at the platform and company level.

Before joining Adjuvo, Sean worked as an operations analyst at Kneip, an industry leader in data management and reporting, and as a junior project manager at Insurtech start-up Symfos.

Sean holds a BA in History from the University of Manchester.

Amy Turner

Office Coordination

Amy joined Adjuvo in March 2023 as an Office Coordinator. She is responsible for scheduling and overseeing office communications and meetings, ensuring efficient workflow at Adjuvo. Amy supports the team in administrative tasks and assists with the management of investor relations.

Before joining Adjuvo, Amy worked as a Program Coordinator at the Ministry of Social Development in New Zealand. She holds a BSc in International Relations and Political Science from the University of Wellington.

Ross Reason

Chairman & Founding Shareholder

Ross has a number of company roles including: the Pension Insurance Corporation Investment Committee, Chairing Adjuvo, and Directorships at AYR and Cycle Pharmaceuticals. He was previously Chairman of Cambridge University Investment Management and a Director of ED&F Man and HgCapital. He is a Fellow of Robinson College, University of Cambridge.

Following an economics degree at Cambridge University, Ross qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse London. He joined Swiss Bank Corporation International in 1987, Nomura in 1991, SG Warburg 1993, and Salomon Brothers in 1996 (where he was latterly the head of trading equities and equity derivatives, Asia Pacific). From 2006-2018 he served as Bursar at Robinson College Cambridge where he was also Senior Treasurer of the Gates Foundation.

Andrew Rice

Co-Founder & Director

Andrew is a Co-founding Partner of Adjuvo. He is also the Chairman of Rice Search Partners, a global financial services executive search boutique.

Andrew has a twenty year track record within the Executive Search industry. He has built and led teams, as well as managed senior client relationships across the financial services sector. Specifically, his expertise covers; private equity, capital markets, private wealth management, asset management and global emerging markets. Andrew’s vast personal network of contacts provides Adjuvo with access to a substantial pool of senior professionals.

Rice Search Partners was created in 2013 following a successful MBO of the European business of Rice & Dore Associates.

Andrew co-founded Rice & Dore Associates in 1997. He started his career in Executive Search in 1994.

Andrew holds a BA in Business Studies.

Andrew Dyson

Board Director

Andrew was Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PGIM Quant Solutions from 2017 to 2022. Prior to joining PGIM Quant Solutions, Andrew was an Executive Vice President at Affiliated Managers Group, Inc., responsible for managing the central global distribution platform.

He has held senior distribution positions, including Head of the International Institutional Business and Head of the Institutional Business for Europe, Middle East, Africa and Asia Pacific, at BlackRock and Merril Lynch Investment Managers.

Andrew holds a Master’s Degree in Mathematics from Trinity College, University of Cambridge.