ECI Partners

David Ewing is Managing Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm that invests in growth businesses valued up to £350m. ECI works with management teams to build companies and has 50 years of experience in the sector.

George Moss is Managing Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm investing in businesses valued at up to £350m through majority or minority equity investments. He is a member of ECI's investment committee and has served as a non-executive director working with high-growth businesses. His investment experience focuses on tech-enabled companies, particularly in the health tech and travel subsectors.

Daniel Bailey is a Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm that invests in growth businesses valued up to £350m. The firm works with management teams and has more than 50 years of experience.

Duncan Ramsay is a Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a growth-focused investment firm. He has over 20 years of experience across in-house, consulting, and investment roles, with a focus on growth strategy in the technology and tech-enabled services sectors.

Jeremy Lytle is an Investor Relations Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm that invests in growth businesses valued up to £350m. ECI is currently deploying its twelfth buyout fund, which closed at its £1bn hard cap in September 2023.

Lewis Bantin is a partner at ECI Partners LLP, an equity investor in companies valued up to £350m, where he has worked with management teams for over 15 years, focusing on growth markets including Cloud and Digital Services, IoT, Compliance, CX, and Insurance. He was previously an associate partner at The Monitor Group, working in industry and strategy consulting across Europe, the USA, and Asia, with a focus on marketing and commercial strategy. Bantin holds a BA, MA, and MEng in Natural Sciences and Chemical Engineering from the University of Cambridge and began his career in engineering at Shell and ICI.

Michael Butler is a Partner at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm that invests in businesses valued up to £350m. ECI Partners has over 45 years of experience working with management teams.

Paul McCreadie is Head of ESG at ECI Partners, where he leads the firm's ESG initiatives across ECI and its portfolio and serves on the ECI ESG Committee. He also oversees the firm's marketing function.

Rich Pearce is a Partner at ECI Partners LLP, where he focuses on investing in high-growth businesses in the UK and Ireland. His background includes strategy consulting and industry experience.

A senior games-industry executive with over two decades of leadership at studios including Cloud Imperium Games, Crytek and Sega, who advises AI and video game start-ups and is active in UK creative-industries policy.

Isa Maidan is an Investment Director at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm focused on growth businesses. ECI invests in companies valued up to £300m and has more than 45 years of experience working with management teams.

Ludvig Hamilton is an Office Assistant at ECI Partners LLP, where his responsibilities include diary management, meeting coordination, and support for senior team members, as well as overseeing office facilities and maintenance. He holds an LLB (Hons) degree.

Mia Smith has served as Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise since September 2021. She previously held the role of Chief Commercial Officer at the University of Strathclyde, where she was part of the Executive Team and worked on economic development projects including the National Manufacturing Institute Scotland and the Glasgow City Innovation District, and earlier spent sixteen years at Scottish Enterprise leading business support functions such as account management, entrepreneurship development, and R&D and innovation support. She has also served as a trustee of Glasgow Science Centre and its Endowment Fund and as a board member of Opportunity North East.

Former stock analyst at Oberbank, fund manager at 3 Banken Generali, and Managing Director at Absolute Return Consulting.

Badr Khan is a Non Executive Director at Insurance Insider and operates as an independent advisor and strategy consultant. He brings experience across digital marketplaces, e-commerce, SaaS, and AI in both B2B and B2C contexts, with background in startups, scale-ups, and PE-backed companies.

Chris Ginnelly is Managing Partner at GTM Performance Ltd - Sandler, a firm that works with organizations to develop high-performing sales teams using the Sandler methodology. The company offers services spanning sales strategy, team assessments, training and coaching, leadership development, and sales process optimization. GTM Performance serves clients seeking to improve win rates, sales cycles, deal values, and team performance against targets.

Gillian Fox is founder and managing director of Optimal People, a people performance company focused on making organizational culture tangible. She serves as an angel investor and board advisor, and specializes in organizational culture strategy. Optimal People offers services including individual and team culture coaching, leadership development programs, people and culture strategic planning, and executive development for CHROs and CEOs.

Jeroen Sibia serves as Non-Executive Chair at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm that invests in growth businesses valued up to £350m. His work is in the investment sector, with a focus on collaboration with management teams.

Joe Hayward is Head of Finance and Tax at ECI Partners LLP, a UK private equity firm founded in 1976. He holds qualifications as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Tax Adviser, with over 12 years at ECI focused on financial reporting, tax strategy, and deal and fund structuring. Hayward has supported more than £2.4 billion in capital raising since 2012 and serves on the BVCA Tax Committee, advising portfolio companies on cross-border finance, tax, and compliance matters.

Marianne Cockle is a Personal Assistant within the TMT team at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm focused on growth investments. ECI invests in management buyouts and buyins, taking minority or majority stakes in companies valued up to £350m across a range of sectors.

Olivia McGee is Group CEO and Managing Director of Beltone Holding and previously served as Egypt's Minister of Investment. She has over 26 years of experience in banking, investment, and corporate finance, and holds board positions at SODIC and Al Baraka Group, as well as serving as Chairwoman of Mirabank. McGee is an alumna of the American University in Cairo and was named among Forbes' Top 100 CEOs in 2024.

Orlando Machado is an Independent Growth Specialist for Data & AI at ECI Partners, working as a Non-Executive Director and AI advisor. His 30-year career includes data and AI leadership roles in academia and at WPP, dunnhumby, MoneySuperMarket, Aviva, and The LEGO Group, where he served as Chief Data Officer. He holds a PhD in data science, received the 2023 Professor Derek Holder lifetime achievement award, was named a Top 50 innovator by World Summit AI in 2022, and ranked first in the 2019 DataIQ list of influential people in data-driven business.

Scarlett Salamon works in origination at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity investor founded in 1976. ECI invests in businesses valued up to £350m through majority and minority equity investments across seven sub-sectors.

Sean Whelan is one of four Managing Partners at ECI Partners LLP, a private equity firm investing in businesses valued at up to £350m, and serves on its Investment Committee. His career has focused on technology and tech-enabled businesses, supporting their global growth through organic means and M&A.

Portfolio Finance Lead at Puma Growth Partners who joined from EY / EY-Parthenon, where he provided due diligence to private equity and corporate clients with a focus on the TMT sector.

An economist with 25 years at Visa Europe (as CFO, CCO and chief digital officer) who advised numerous start-ups and NASDAQ-listed firms, and chairs the Creative UK Investment Company board.