Jim Strang
Senior Advisor at CVC Capital Partners
London, England
Overview
Work Experience
Chairman Of The Board
2020 - Current
Chairman of the Board at Hg Capital Trust plc (LON:HGT), a FTSE350 publicly listed investment company (Investment Trust) with a current market cap. of ~£2.5b / $3.2b. The company was founded in 1989 and has compounded growth in Net Asset Value at a rate of 16% over the last 20 years. The Company aims to provide shareholders with consistent long-term returns in excess of the FTSE All-Share Index by investing in private companies where value can be created through strategic and operational change. The investment strategy of the company is to target a fast-growing portfolio of unquoted investments, primarily in technology and technology-enabled business services, which are based across Europe and North America. All investment activity is conducted by the manager of the trust, Hg, who are the 3rd largest Private Equity fund manager in Europe by AuM.
Independent Director
2018 - 2020
Non-Executive Director and Independent Board member. Member of Audit, Risk and Valuations Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Nominations Committee
Independent Director
2021
Non-Executive Director, Independent Board Member, member of the Nomination Committee and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee. BGF is an investment company targeting growth capital investments into profitable companies based predominantly in the UK and is the most active investor in growth captial in Europe. BGF typically invests up to £15m per transaction and has invested approx £2b into ~400 businesses since its inception in 2011
Independent Director
2023
Non-Execuive Director and Independent Board Member at Pictet Alternative Advisers (PAA) Holding and Pictet Alternative Advisers (PAA) SA. PAA is the Private Equity investment arm of Pictet Group SA, a Geneva based bank, wealth and asset management business and the second largest banking group in Switzerland. Pictet is an privately owned partnership founded in 1805 with AuA of over $700b and over 5000 employees operating globally
Member of The Supervisory Board
2024
Member of the Supervisory Board and Investment Committee member at Linednstone AG. Lindenstone is a newly formed investment company managing a significnat pool of private capital and investing across the Private Markets
Senior Advisor, Private Equity Group (PEG)
2018
External Advisor at Bain and Company and member of Bain Advisory Network (BAN). Providing independent advice to Bain and Company case teams globally on a range of Private Equity topics, notably stratetgic advice to LPs and GPs and advice on fund strategy. Bain and Company is one of the leading strategic consulting firms and was originally estbablished in 1978. Bain now operates across a network of 63 offices in 38 counties and employs more than 10,000 people. The Private Equity Group at Bain and Company is the leading consulting partner to the private equity industry and its key stakeholders, with a global practice more than three times larger than any competitor. The Private Equity Group serves the needs of both private equity (GP) and institutional investor (LP) clients in matters relating to their investment strategy, organisation and deal related support across the whole deal value chain.
Member of the Board of Advisors
2023
Verdane is a specialist growth equity investment firm that partners with tech-enabled and sustainable businesses based out of Europe to help them reach the next stage of international growth. Verdane’s over 130 employees, based in Berlin, Copenhagen, Helsinki, London, Oslo and Stockholm, are dedicated to being the preferred growth partner to tech-enabled and sustainable businesses
Advisory Director
2021
Advisory Director at Campbell Lutyens assisting the leadership team on corporate strategy and investment related activity
Adjunct Professor, Private Equity
2019
Faculty member and Adjunct Professor in Private Equity at London Business School. Currently teaching the E126 Private Equity and Venture Capital elective course to students across multiple degree programmes (MBA, MFin) at LBS
Owner
2011
JC provides consulting services to a wide range of clients all of whom operate in and around the Private Markets
Investor
2020
24Haymarket (24H) is a private investment network of over 100 highly-experienced private equity and venture capital investors, seasoned entrepreneurs, and senior operators. 24H typically makes initial investments up to £5 million in growth companies in the UK and Europe. Since inception in 2011, 24Haymarket has invested in more than 50 high-growth businesses and played an active role in the development of these companies
Education
Ph.D
1994 - 1998
M.Phil
1996 - 1997
M.Phil
1996 - 1997
M.Sc
1994 - 1996
B.Com (hons)
1989 - 1993