It takes a team to build a start-up into a viable, scaled-up global insurtech, broker, or MGA. So that’s why Ama Capital has new faces on board – here’s the word;
Private equity investment firm Ama Capital has appointed nine operating partners, including financial services specialists, to its team. Financial services firms with growth ambitions need capital to fund acquisition, finding and attracting new staff, or infrastructure and IT systems. But beyond that, they need the specialist expertise in their sector to ensure the use of that capital is optimised.
Unlike traditional arm’s length operating partner positions, the nine sector experts have all invested in Ama Capital and are fully part of the internal team. Combined, the new appointments have added an additional 300 years of real-world operational experience to Ama Capital’s in house capabilities. Amongst the appointees is seasoned financial services executive Peter Barrett, and finance expert James Hill.
Joining Barrett and Hill are Grant Skinner, Simon Burke, Carl Fisher, Clare Gill, Mark Goodyear, Simon Mason and ex Olympian Adrian Moorhouse.
Between them, they have successfully founded and/or led multiple institutionally backed and listed businesses. Operating within the Ama Capital team, these experts will provide SMEs with their knowledge and real-world business experience to support their growth.
The appointees have occupied senior roles at well-established organisations including Accenture, Virgin Entertainment, Mubadala, Dowty, the Co-op Group, Elixirr, Genworth Financial and the BBC.
They join Founding Partners Miles Otway and Ed Ransome, alongside three recently appointed Non-Executive Partners; Andrew Tyler, Alistair Hardie and Tony Buffin.
Founding Partner, Miles Otway, explains: “We have long understood that value to financial services firms extends far beyond capital investment. To help companies realise their long-term objectives, it’s essential that they receive advice from institutionally backed industry leaders who have years of experience in making businesses thrive.
“Our innovative approach to involving operating partners – by inviting them to invest in the firm and acquire a financial stake in Ama – enables us to provide firms with invaluable, real-world expertise across a diverse range of disciplines beyond traditional private equity skillsets. While many operating partners remain distant from the day-to-day operations of a business, our nine specialists are fully immersed and actively engaged, offering hands-on support to the companies we invest in.
“It has always been our aim to approach SME investing in a different way and with the experience and knowledge they bring to the firm; we are well on track to achieving that goal.”
The new operating partners bring vast knowledge and insights into creating and implementing strategies, through to boosting commercial activity, harnessing talent development and delivering operational efficiencies.
As an investment firm, Ama Capital focuses on providing flexible capital to profitable businesses in financial and professional services, business services and specialist engineering & industrials. It will invest up to £25 million into a range of opportunities, including management buy outs, growth, retirement sales and carve outs.
To find out more, visit www.amacapital.co.uk
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