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Chief Executive
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Simon was appointed Chief Executive in May 2012 after joining 3i in October 2011 as Chief Investment Officer. Chair of the Group's Risk Committee, Executive Committee and Investment Committee. Chair of
the Supervisory Board of Peer Holding I B.V., the Dutch holding company for the Group’s investment in Action.
Prior to joining 3i, Simon was Chair of Greenhill & Co International LLP, having previously been Co-Chief Executive Officer of Greenhill & Co. Inc. Before founding the European operations of Greenhill & Co, he was the Managing Director of Baring Brothers International Limited. Formerly a non-executive director of the British Land Company PLC and Inchcape plc.
Simon has a law degree from London University and an MBA from London Business School.
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Non-Executive Director
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Non-executive Director since October 2016. Chief Financial Officer and an executive director of Ocado Group plc.
Formerly an executive director of Rolls-Royce Holdings plc from 2017 to March 2021 and Finance Director of Daily Mail and General Trust plc (“DMGT”) from 2011 to 2017. Non-executive director of ZPG Plc.
Prior to joining DMGT he was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer of Dow Jones and prior to that Chief Financial Officer of News International. He originally qualified as a chartered accountant with Price Waterhouse (now part of PwC).
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Chief Operating Officer
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Jasi Halai is Chief Operating Officer. She was appointed to the Board in May 2022 and is a member of the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Group Risk Committee and ESG Committee.
Jasi joined 3i in 2005 and has held a variety of posts in the business, most recently as Group Financial Controller and Operating Officer. Prior to joining 3i, she worked for CDC Group (now British International Investment) and at Actis. Formerly a non-executive director of Porvair PLC.
Jasi is a non-executive director at Barratt Developments PLC. She is also a Chartered Management Accountant and holds an MSc in investment management from the CASS Business School.
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Group Finance Director
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James is Group Finance Director of 3i Group plc. He was appointed to the Board in May 2022 and is a member of the Executive Committee, Investment Committee, Group Risk Committee and ESG Committee. James joined 3i in 2017 and was Group Strategy Director until June 2022.
Prior to joining 3i, James was Chief Operating Officer of KKR in Europe and, before that, Co-CEO of Avoca Capital. Earlier in his career, James was a corporate finance professional for 20 years, principally with Greenhill & Co. and Schroders. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1992. Formerly a non-executive director of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children NHS Foundation Trust.
He holds a First Class Joint Honours degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Surrey.
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Chair
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Non-executive Chair since November 2021 and non-Executive Director since November 2013.
Chief Executive of Social Finance Limited from 2009 to 2022. Until 2009 Head of UK Investment Banking at Dresdner Kleinwort Limited and a member of its Global Banking Operating Committee. From 2012 to 2017, a non-executive director of the Start-Up Loans Company.
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Non-Executive Director
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Non-Executive Director since October 2021 and Senior Independent Director since November 2021. Also Senior Independent Director of Legal & General Group plc, non-executive director of Dovecot Studios Limited, Senior Independent Director and Chair of Remuneration Committee of Genus Plc, and a trustee of Grosvenor Group Limited pension fund and National Galleries of Scotland Foundation. Independent.
Formerly held a number of senior roles in financial services, including head of institutional asset management at Kleinwort Benson. Also previously served as Chair of Alliance Trust PLC, as Senior Independent Director at Hays plc and non-executive director of SAB Miller plc, Centrica plc and Thomas Cook Group plc.
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Non-Executive Director
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Non-executive Director since June 2021. Also Chair of Princess Private Equity Holdings Limited, non-executive director of Investcorp Capital plc and a non-executive board member of Scottish Enterprise.
Formerly Deputy Chair of AssetCo plc, Global Head of Private Markets at Standard Life Aberdeen plc and previously led Standard Life Investments’ private equity and infrastructure business and was their Chief Investment Officer. Prior to that, he held a variety of finance posts in industry and corporate finance positions.
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Non-Executive Director
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Non-Executive Director since 2018. Also a member of the Supervisory Board of Tui AG and a non-executive Director and Chair of the ESG Committee at King’s Cross Central General Partnership. Independent.
Formerly a non-executive director of Fevertree Drinks plc, Travis Perkins plc, Tui Travel plc, UTV Media plc, Wembley National Stadium Limited, Shed Media plc, HBOS plc and Inchcape plc. Prior to that Coline was Chief Operating Officer and Chief Executive Officer Europe of Clear Channel International Limited and had previously worked for McKinsey and LEK.
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Non-Executive Director
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Non-Executive Director since January 2020. Also non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee at Societe Generale S.A.
Formerly on the boards of Bumi Armada Berhad, Vallourec S.A., FMO N.V., Stage Entertainment N.V., Holland Casino N.V., VU University and VU Medical Center and Duin & Kruidberg.
Prior to that, many years of corporate and investment banking at RBS and ABN AMRO.
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