Michele Giddens
Michele co-founded Bridges alongside Philip Newborough and Sir Ronald Cohen in 2002. She became CEO in summer 2024 and oversees all Bridges’ investment activity across our platform of funds, as…
Read moreMaggie Loo
Maggie looks after client relationships for our platform of funds and has been involved with or led the raising of the firm’s eight most recent funds, spanning private equity, property and social outcomes contracts. These have included successive funds in existing strategies as well as the development of new strategies to the Bridges platform. Before […]
Read moreHenry Jones
Henry is Partner and Head of Value Creation at Bridges, where he works closely with our investment professionals, impact specialists and portfolio management teams to optimise the commercial and impact performance of our portfolio companies. An experienced business leader and operator, Henry has over 25 years of experience in disruptive services and technology companies. His […]
Read moreOlivia Prentice
Olivia is a partner and Head of Bridges Insights, Bridges’ knowledge and advisory function. She is also responsible for Bridges’ impact strategy across all funds. Previously, Olivia co-founded the Impact Management Project (IMP), an ambitious sector-wide initiative to build market consensus on sustainability and impact management. In its first phase, the IMP developed the five […]
Read moreSimon Ringer
Simon is a partner at Bridges and is responsible for leading our property investment strategy. Simon has spent over 20 years in the property industry. For the majority of his career, he has been involved in fund management and banking. He was instrumental in the creation of the property fund management business of Charterhouse Bank […]
Read moreEmma Thorne
Emma is a Partner in the Private Equity team and leads Bridges’ Inclusive Growth strategy, which focuses exclusively on social impact-driven, UK-based businesses. Emma is passionate about partnering with high-growth, purpose-led companies to help them scale up their operations and impact. Since joining Bridges in 2015, Emma has led five investments for Bridges, two of […]
Read moreJames Hurrell
James is a partner under Bridges’ Growth Business strategy, working with portfolio companies and on new investment opportunities. He has 15 years of investment banking and private equity experience and is passionate about the role of impact investing in addressing social and environmental challenges. James has worked on a range of investments across the investment […]
Read moreHenry Pepper
Henry is a partner in the Bridges property team. He joined in 2019, bringing with him 17 years’ experience in the industry.
Read moreMila Lukic
Mila is a Partner and Head of Outcomes Partnerships at Bridges. Mila founded and leads Bridges Outcomes Partnerships where she oversees the portfolio and leads the development of new outcomes models. Mila manages capital from pioneering social investors to support programmes dedicated to empowering people to improve their lives, in areas ranging from education and […]
Read moreSimon Braham
Simon is a partner in the Sustainable Growth Funds. Based in Manchester, he is responsible for originating and leading Bridges’ investments across the North of England. Simon is a highly-experienced private equity investor and non-executive director who has worked across a wide variety of sectors, including TMT, healthcare, leisure, support services, consumer goods and industrial […]
Read morePaul Richings
Paul joined Bridges as Chief Financial Officer in 2014, and is responsible for financial management and reporting for both the firm and the funds that it manages, as well as risk management and regulatory compliance. Prior to this, he had worked in the investment management industry for over 20 years, most recently as a partner […]
Read moreKyle Bentwood
Kyle leads origination efforts for the firm’s private equity investment strategies. He is responsible for generating new opportunities by sourcing mission-driven businesses with ambitions to address social and environmental challenges at scale. Kyle works closely with the teams to develop and explore attractive investment themes and business models. He leads on managing advisory relationships and […]
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