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First Trust Bank/
Ulster University
Distinguished
Graduate of the
Year Award
2014
Colin Walsh
MBA (International Business and
Industrial Development) 1988,
Jordanstown
Belfast/Jordanstown –
Tuesday 16 December 2014, 11.00am
Colin Walsh graduated from Ulster University
with an MBA (International Business and
Industrial Development), which in his own
words ‘launched [him] onto a career path that
frankly would have been impossible without
the input that I got from this University’.
Colin is Chief Executive and founder of
Crescent Capital and has been an active
venture capital investor in the local high-tech
sector for the past 18 years. At Crescent,
he leads a team of investment professionals
who have completed investments in some
27 companies in Northern Ireland.
Crescent has raised over £70 million to date
from government, private and institutional
investors from the UK, Europe and the US.
Its investments include several which are
widely regarded as being among the most
promising locally owned businesses, including
Lagan Technologies, APT, Omiino, Maildistiller,
Nisoft, Biznet and Andor Technology plc.
Having served on the Boards of several local
companies and been Chairman of many,
he has first-hand experience of the various
challenges facing the business sector within
Northern Ireland.
Colin became Chairman of the CBI Northern
Ireland in January, and with colleagues in the
CBI, has partnered in many events with
Ulster University Business School, where he
continues to support and inspire current
students and fellow graduates.