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With over 10 years’ experience of living and working in the Gulf Region Lance has developed close relationships with a broad spectrum of investors across the Middle East. Additionally, he has worked extensively with investors across Western Europe. Following a career as an officer in the British military, Lance joined Banque Indosuez’ Bahrain Office in 1995 and he spent 2 years placing private equity and venture funds across the Middle East. On return to UK, Lance worked with Merrill Lynch and Coutts & Co., continuing to introduce buyout teams to investors, before joining Dresdner Kleinwort Benson’s Private Equity team in 1999. He established Cygnus Capital in early 2002. Lance has a marketing-oriented MBA from Henley Management College and he speaks Arabic, and some German and French. A keen sportsman, he has represented Great Britain at World Championship level in the bobsleigh team and as a sailor. Lance has worked with a
wide range of alternative fund managers, including: Gartmore, Suez
Asia Equity Associates, Wasserstein Perella, Bridgepoint, SVG Capital,
Energy Investors Fund, August Capital, HBM BioCapital, Mistral Windfarms,
and Chicago Growth Partners. Since establishing Cygnus Capital he
has also undertaken some major private placement mandates in the
Gulf Region, including the financing of CNBC Arabia, the first
pan-Arab satellite business TV station. |
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