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== The team: Experienced PE investors; extensive network of industry specialists == The executive investment team of Seraphim Space comprises Mark Boggett (CEO and managing partner), Rob Desborough (managing partner) and James Bruegger (CIO and managing partner). Before founding Seraphim Space, the team had previously worked together at YFM Equity Partners, working together since 2006 investing in small-cap technology start-ups and early-stage companies. Together with the wider investment team at Seraphim Space they filter through the 50 prospective deals that typically come across the desk each month (around 5,000 since 2016). Key to the proposition is that Seraphim Space has assembled a wide network of experts, contacts and co-investors to ensure good access to deal flow and comprehensive technical expertise and insight. The executive investment team are experienced investors in and developers of private businesses. The wider team at Seraphim Space numbers 17 and has a broad range of backgrounds including aerospace, aeronautical and astronautical engineering backgrounds, such as Lewis Jones, and industry experience, such as the recently appointed Andre Ronsoehr, who worked for the Virgin Group helping to manage their investment in Virgin Galactic and Virgin Orbit. There is a reassuring combination of long-term private equity investment expertise with deeply technical and relevant academic and commercial space technology experience. The high-calibre Investment Advisory Committee is an integral part of the investment process and consists of three experienced entrepreneurs. Candace Johnson and Matt O’Connell are veterans of the industry and Ann Winblad has spent her career in Venture Capital. Johnson was a founder or co-founder of companies such as SES ASTRA and Loral-Teleport Europe. O’Connell is a thought leader in the geospatial intelligence industry. In 2006 he founded GeoEye, which was a global provider of satellite imagery and digital mapping subsequently sold for >$1bn. Winblad is a managing director of Hummer Winblad Venture Partners and is a well-known and respected software industry entrepreneur and technology pioneer who has been involved with over 160 enterprise software company launches. Seraphim Space’s Advisory Board also contributes to the investment process. They scan the space technology horizon and provide high-level insight into future trends and developments in this fast paced and burgeoning area. This input has the ability to identify new technologies, applications and opportunities. The Advisory Board includes Mike Greenley, Jan Woerner and Sir Martin Sweeting. Greenley has over 25 years of experience in the defence and security sector and is chair of the board of the Canadian Association of Defence and Security Industries and CEO of MDA, a leading Canadian space business. Woerner was formerly director general of the European Space Agency, while Sweeting is chairman and founder of Surrey Satellites, a pioneer in designing and building lower cost smaller satellites. === Board: Complementary skills, a female majority and equal pay === The board of four is chaired by '''Will Whitehorn''', who has technical expertise that is complemented by three other non-executive directors with extensive experience in relevant sectors. Chair Will Whitehorn was formerly a director of Virgin Group and president of Virgin Galactic until 2010. He has since pursued a private equity and non-executive career. He is the president of UK Space, the trade body that represents the space industry in the UK. He has been a fellow of the Royal Aeronautical Society since 2013. Whitehorn explains ‘I am interested in space, not for its own sake. I'm interested in space because I think it's absolutely crucial to the future economy of this country and for literally our survival from a climate/sustainability perspective’. '''Sue Inglis''' has more than 30 years’ experience advising listed investment companies and financial institutions including roles as managing director – corporate finance at Cantor Fitzgerald and Canaccord Genuity. '''Christina McComb''' has over 25 years’ experience of venture capital investment, as a former director of 3i plc and other venture funds. She has also held a number of senior public sector roles, including a non-executive role at the British Business Bank and advising government on initiatives to support access to finance in UK SMEs. '''Angela Lane''' has decades of experience working with private equity owned companies. She began her career at venture capital firm 3i and became a partner of 3i’s growth capital business, overseeing the UK Growth Capital portfolio. Subsequently, she has held a number of positions as chair of private equity-backed businesses. {| class="wikitable" |+Exhibit 2: SSIT non-executive directors<ref>Source: SSIT. Note: *Alison Whitehorn also owns 9,529 shares.</ref> !Board member !Date of appointment !Remuneration for year ended June 2022 !Shareholdings at 1 January 2022 |- |Will Whitehorn* |July 2021 |£50,000 |100,000 |- |Sue Inglis |July 2021 |£50,000 |50,000 |- |Christina McComb |July 2021 |£50,000 |25,000 |- |Angela Lane |January 2022 |£50,000 |27,284 |}
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