Investment team

Stuart Veale

Stuart is the Managing Director of Beringea Limited and heads the investment team for the ProVen VCTs. He has been with Beringea since May 2002 and has over 17 years of private equity investment experience gained with Beringea, Lloyds TSB Development Capital and 3i plc.

Trevor Hope

Trevor is Beringea's Chief Investment Officer and has seven years' private equity experience, during which he has made over 40 investments which have achieved a return in excess of 60 per cent per annum. He started his investment career at 3i. His experience of financing small companies also includes eight years working in corporate banking for Barclays and the Royal Bank of Scotland.

Jamie Kennell

Jamie is an Investment Director; he joined Beringea from Unilever Ventures where he was responsible for investing and developing Unilever brands. Prior to this, he spent five years with 3i, where he made a wide variety of investments at all stages and across many sectors.

Karen McCormick

Karen is an Investment Director and has a background in management consultancy with The Boston Consulting Group and Kurt Salmon Associates. She has also worked with several start-up and small growth companies, including the co-founding of a luxury products retail and lifestyle website in the Middle East.