About Adjuvo
Adjuvo introduces exciting early stage companies to its members where their expertise and advice can drive extraordinary value.
Adjuvo – “I help”
Adjuvo is a bridge between high growth opportunities of the moment and a network of top tier investors with capital to invest.
Our Members pool their collective experiences, analyses and insights. Thus each member benefits from the input of their peers, whilst retaining the decision as to when to deploy their own capital.
Both our Members and their collective wider networks are able to provide both advice and commercial introductions to our portfolio of companies.
Adjuvo also provides a powerful network for its Members, as well as hosting and curating high-end bespoke social occasions.
Meet The Team
Andrew Rice
Founding Member & Partner
Mark Foster-Brown
Founding Member & Partner
Stephen Ireton
Chief Operating Officer
Louis Lundy
Principal
Henry Goode
Associate
Andrew Rice
Founding Member & Partner
Andrew Rice 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 has a BA in Business Studies.
Mark Foster-Brown
Founding Member & Partner
Mark is a Co-Founding Partner of Adjuvo. He is also the Co-CEO and Board Member of Altima Partners, a London-based alternative investment manager with $400 million in assets. Mark brings a wealth of knowledge and experience to the process of introducing capital to private companies. He has a 29 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 (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 established itself independently as Altima LLP in 2004. Mark has a MA in English Literature from Cambridge University.
Stephen Ireton
Chief Operating Officer
Stephen is the Chief Operating Officer of Marbal Holdings; the successor to Rice & Dore Holdings. He is responsible for the platform upon which the Rice Search Partners executive search business and Adjuvo investment syndicate sits. Stephen joined Rice & Dore Associates in 2001 as an executive search head hunter in the global equity markets. By 2006 he led the global equity teams; setting-up a 17 person business in Moscow for a premier investment bank, hiring 62 professionals for one core client and making 31 Managing Director placements. In August 2007 Stephen’s responsibilities were supplemented after he was appointed the COO for the Global business. He started his career in Executive Search in 2000. Prior to his “formal” career he also worked at Conservative Central Office, the Department for Education & Employment and for Rt Hon Ken Clarke QC MP’s leadership campaign. Stephen has a BA in Politics, Philosophy & Economics, Trinity College, Oxford University.
Louis Lundy
Principal
Joined the Adjuvo team in September 2014 as an Associate and Project Manager.
He is responsible for the day-to-day operational aspects of compliance, regulatory and administration that are required for on-boarding new members. He is also responsible for design, production and execution of the syndicate’s bespoke events; as well as all marketing projects.
Prior to joining Adjuvo, Louis worked for two years, in both London and Singapore at Human Capital (the Commodity specialists’ executive search) and the financial market specialists Goodman Masson for two years. Louis has a BA in Geography, Kings College London.
Henry Goode
Associate
Henry joined Adjuvo in February 2017 as an Analyst. He is responsible for managing the flow of new potential investee companies, whilst supporting the team in due diligence, compliance and regulatory projects. He also assists in the design, planning and implementation of the syndicate’s events. 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.