Scottish Equity Partners managing partner to chair BVCA

Calum Paterson, the managing partner of Scottish Equity Partners (SEP), has been appointed chairman of the body representing the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK.

He will serve as chair of the British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVCA) for 2018/19, confirmed yesterday.

The BVCA has more than 700 member firms, including around 300 fund managers and 120 institutional investors.

Paterson has worked in private equity and venture capital since 1991. He was co-founder of SEP in 2000 and has been responsible for managing the firm since then. Glasgowbased SEP has grown into one

it was of the UK’S top investors in high-growth companies.

Paterson said: “I am very pleased to take on the role of BVCA chair, particularly at this important time for the industry and for the UK economy.

“I would like to pay tribute to my immediate predecessor, Helen Steers of Pantheon Ventures, for doing such an excellent job during the last 12 months. Private equity and venture capital plays a vital role in the UK, not least in terms of supporting the growth of innovative companies. I look forward to supporting the BVCA in representing and promoting the entire industry, across the whole country.”

SEP has invested in more than 150 companies over the last 20 years. 0 Calum Paterson is the managing partner of SEP