David Wardlaw- Chief Executive
Officer of Speedwall and has over 20
years commercial experience having been involved in the establishment and
growth of a number of successful multinational businesses.
David's career began his career in the
City working for Deloitte & Touche and thereafter PricewaterhouseCoopers
after which he followed his entrepreneurial spirit by founding the first of
several successful business ventures in the UK, US, Australia and Eastern
Europe. He now has interests in a broad portfolio of property, construction,
media and IT related businesses.
David holds various directorships in the UK and Australia and was most recently
a partner of Ironbridge Capital Partners LLP an FSA regulated corporate
advisory firm. David is ultimately responsible for the strategic and commercial
development of Speedwall.
David has a Bachelor of Commerce degree
from Monash University, Melbourne.
email:
dw@speedwall.com
Chris Thomas- Chief Operating Officer of Speedwall and has over 10
years experience having started his career in investment banking working with
Beeson Gregory (now Evolution Securities). Over four years he managed public
and private corporate transactions including IPOs (Official list and on AIM)
and secondary fund raisings as well as M&A transactions in a wide range of
sectors.
In 2003 Chris joined Intel Capital where he was part of the team that
responsible for the geographic expansion of Intel into new territories within
Eastern Europe, Russia, the Middle East and Africa. Chris then joined Jasper
Capital, a Middle Eastern Private Equity and Consultancy house and led a number
of equity and debt raising transactions within the region focusing on the
property sector.
Chris has Undergraduate and Masters
Degrees from Durham University and an MBA from ESC Grenoble.
email: ct@speedwall.com