Our board.

Jonathan has over 30 years of experience in managing and mentoring fast-growth tech companies. He has a background in telecom infrastructure and has experience of scaling businesses in the UK and internationally. Earlier in his career, Jonathan was the Vice President and General Manager of Sun Microsystems’ software Tools and Integration business unit in San Francisco. He joined Sun Microsystems following their acquisition of Forte, where he held COO and CMO roles.

As an executive and non-executive Chairperson, Jonathan has worked on several large M&A deals, including ISG’s sale to Allvotec and Just Giving’s sale to Blackbaud. Jonathan is currently the Chairperson of La Fosse Associates - a technology recruitment company, Driftrock -a lead generation platform for consumer-facing corporates and Move.ai, a generative AI based motion capture business.

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Susanne is an experienced executive with a track record of delivering sustained performance improvements in medium and large-scale businesses, both in the private and listed company spheres. She has a background in the consumer sector, having held executive roles at TJX Inc, John Lewis Partnership and Superdry Plc. Susanne is currently the Chairperson of women’s clothing retailer Hush Homewear Ltd.

Internationally, Susanne is a non-executive director of Trent Limited, the retail arm of Tata Group, which is listed on the National Stock Exchange of India, and she was previously chair of the remuneration committee at Al Tayer Insignia, part of the Al Tayer Group in the Middle East. Furthermore, Susanne’s previous non-executive directorships include Deloitte NSE, Eurostar, Morrisons Plc and Tritax Big Box REIT PLC. 

Susanne is also a Trustee and Chair of the Guy’s and St Thomas’ Foundation.

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Christopher has extensive corporate finance and public markets experience in a career covering 35 years in equities and investment banking, most recently as a Vice Chairman at UBS Limited, which he joined in 1992 as SG Warburg. He began his banking career in 1985 in equity sales, moving over to corporate finance in 1999. From 2006 he ran the UK, Ireland and South African Equity Capital Markets business at UBS and has advised many company boards and the UK Government on a variety of major transactions. His wide-ranging experience includes capital-raising, stake sales, flotations, the market and shareholder element of public M&A transactions and giving strategic and general corporate finance advice.

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Nic is the founder and CEO of Forward Partners. He has worked in venture capital in London and Silicon Valley for over 20 years. Prior to founding Forward in 2013, he was a founding Partner at leading venture capital firm Molten Ventures (formerly Draper Espirit), which went on to admit to AIM in 2016. Before entering the venture capital industry, Nic worked as a strategy consultant for Gemini Consulting and at London-based startup Operis Group plc.

Nic has led on over 100 investments and has overseen several successful exits, including, most recently, Wonderbly and Heights from the Forward portfolio. In 2021, Forward listed on the London Stock Exchange, raising £36.6m. He currently sits on the board of multiple fast-growth startups including; Robin, Makers and Koru Kids.

Outside of Forward he’s a proud husband and father of two teenage kids and a long-time season ticket holder at Chelsea Football Club. He’s developed a keen interest in mindfulness and philosophy that’s proved to be a great asset at home, at work and as a supporter of the aforementioned club.

Lloyd joined Forward from the ATI Group, a provider of legal technology, software and information services, where he held the position of Chief Financial Officer at several of its UK and Ireland businesses. Prior to joining ATI, he spent five years in audit at EY and four years in PwC’s deals team, working with a mix of private equity firms, AIM-listed businesses, banks and other private companies.