Lynn Fordham

‎‎Lynn Fordham (born April 1963) is a British businesswoman and former CEO of SVG Capital, a defunct FTSE 250 Index private equity and investment management business. Quotes Ex-oil executive Lynn Fordham must be sharp in handling SVG’s negotiations with Coller Capital ‎Lynn Fordham, CEO of the publicly listed private equity company SVG, is not one to tolerate intimidation We went round to all our shareholders and said these are the options, what would you like. One of the alternatives was to go into some kind of run-off, which would be fine if our shareholders wanted that. They want a strong listed private equity sector. There is huge execution risk to such a plan, I can’t promise what the outcome would be. But we are happy to ask shareholders to a vote if that is what they want. Pollen Street Group appoints Lynn Fordham as Chair and James Gillies as Non-Executive Director ‎Pollen Street Group names Lynn Fordham Chair, James Gillies NED I am looking forward to joining Pollen Street and working with the Board and the executive team. The private markets are set for significant growth, and Pollen Street’s expertise, track record and focus on industry shaping structural changes make this an exciting time to come on board. I look forward to contributing to the firm’s continued success. Lynn Fordham focuses on moving past SVG’s stormy history. ‎Lynn Fordham looks beyond SVG’s turbulent past We will not be going back where we were. We will not be going back where we were. There was too much leverage for that cycle and not enough diversification. I don’t think that our record from the crisis would indicate that this model is a busted flush. SVG’s market value is now nearly £1bn. That’s the nice thing about private equity, you can look quite far in advance at funds that you might be getting into. We’re quite close to managers, so we’ve got a pretty good idea of when they’re going to come back to market. But we as investors would not be comfortable assuming that this will continue. At some point this cycle is going to tip and you’re not going to be able to hide behind market beta or quantitative-easing beta. SVG anticipates a major influx of funds to spark new commitments ‎SVG awaits 'wall of cash' to kick start commitment ‎I am quite comfortable with the cash. To put it bluntly, we need to get some in the door. Every time I meet him, I ask him if he has any bricks with him. SVG awaits 'wall of cash' to kick start commitment. External links ‎ ‎ ‎ ‎Category:Living people ‎Category:entrepreneurs ‎Category:1963 births ‎ Category:Businesswomen from England ‎Category:Chief executive officers ‎ ‎ ‎Category:Women born in the 1970s ‎Category:British women chief executives ‎Category:British women chief executives ‎