Jenson Seed EIS Fund - Clubfinance

30 Jenson Seed EIS FundAbout the Fund Manager and Strategic Adviser 31• Three or more partners with considerableturnaround and refinancing experienceto help Investee Companies with anyoperational or financial challenges thatthey may face in the future; and• Three or more partners with considerablemergers and acquisitions experienceincluding larger listed companiesand trade sales to help the InvesteeCompanies prepare for an eventual exit.Jenson Solutions’ TeamInformation on some of the Jenson partners isdetailed below.Paul Jenkinson – Paul is the managingdirector of Jenson Solutions. He qualifiedin 1994 as a Chartered Accountant withDeloitte. He then moved into corporatefinance, raising funds for early stage andhigh growth companies working on buy-outs,mergers and acquisitions and corporatedisposals for private and public companies.In 1999 Paul became finance director of asoftware company and subsequently floatedit on OFEX (now PLUS). In 2001 Paul set-upJenson Solutions to provide interim services.Paul has been instrumental in the growth ofJenson Solutions.Ian Astley – Ian qualified as a CharteredAccountant at Stoy Hayward then joinedDeloitte’s private equity advisory team.During his 11 years with Deloitte, Ian rantheir MBI programme and then their MiddleMarket Corporate Finance team beforemoving to Paris to set up their Private EquityBid Support Service. Subsequently, Ianmoved into Private Equity where he gainedsignificant experience managing a numberof distressed investments and successfulturnarounds. He has also been involved innew investment, restructuring, refinancingand hands on turnaround managementroles. Ian joined Jenson Solutions inNovember 2011.Ian Slater – Ian is a commercial CharteredAccountant with experience of bothgrowing and turning businesses aroundas finance director and non-executiveinvestor. He has over 14 years’ experiencewith SME’s covering M&A at Deloitte, equityinvestment at ECI Partners, Aberdeen AssetManagement and Privet Capital alongwith interim FD roles supporting businessesin need of operational and financialrestructuring. Areas of expertise includebusiness evaluation, cashflow management,capital raising, negotiating for or with banksand investors, working with managementteams through the business turnaroundprocess. Ian joined Jenson Solutions inNovember 2011.John Aiken – John qualified as a CharteredAccountant with KPMG in 1984. Heprogressed to Senior Manager responsiblefor around 30 staff providing audit,accounting and corporate finance servicesto a variety of clients from large multinationalsto owner managed businesses.John also undertook tax compliance workand gained wide experience of quotedcompany reporting issues, includingdealing with the Financial Reporting ReviewPanel. John has extensive experience offundraisings, acquisitions, disposals andreorganisations in addition to broad generalmanagement experience. John joinedJenson Solutions in 2010.Martyn Knight – Martyn qualified as aChartered Accountant in 1987. He has abackground as a manager in corporatereorganisation services at Deloitte and forthe last 18 years has been a commercialfinance director for several SMEs. He hasplayed a leading financial role in the sale oftwo businesses and secured funding for twostart-up companies. In recent years, he hasbeen working in the financial services sectorcombining the CFO role with corporatefinance activities including several fundingand M&A projects. Martyn joined JensonSolutions in May 2012.Martin Spiller – Martin qualified as aChartered Accountant starting his careerin the Corporate Finance Team of ArthurAndersen. Martin was Head of the Foodand Beverage Sector team was involved indisposals, buy-outs and strategic advisoryincluding SME’s to global multinationals. In2003, Martin co-founded a successful, sectorleading, consumer goods business in whichhe had a wide ranging commercial FinanceDirector role. Following a successful exit, Martintook a year out to complete a GraduateDiploma in Law and pursue other interests.Martin joined Jenson Solutions in early 2011and is focussed on fund raising for clients andacquisitions and disposals.