Oryx Fund

Andrew Noyons, a former Army Captain and ex‑Equerry, leveraged Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs IPO experience, including Siemens Healthineers, to lead distribution and capital‑raising, partnering with Barclays on growth debt.

Andrew Wyke applies a 20+ year Goldman Sachs Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities background to a capital-markets, risk-focused approach across primary growth equity, secondaries and venture debt.

Ivo Detelinov co-leads the Salica Oryx Fund at Salica Investments, focusing on early-stage investments in the MENA region. He previously spent seven years as Head of VC and PE Funds at Riyad Capital, and earlier was a Director at Bank of America Merrill Lynch in New York covering US and European private equity firms. He holds a BA from Regents University London and an MBA from NYU Stern.

Ross Goodwin is a venture debt specialist with deep UK growth‑lending experience at Clydesdale Bank/Virgin Money, chartered banking credentials, and founder experience launching a financial education start‑up in South Africa.

Stephen Fahy is a London venture debt partner whose Fellowship‑qualified accountancy background, M&A experience and decade-plus in debt financing, including seven years running Clydesdale/Virgin Money Growth Finance, set him apart.

Tom Bradley’s 20-year cross-life-cycle record — founding-team at Draper Esprit, CEO/Managing Partner at Oxford Capital — includes 40+ investments, 30+ boards and focus on sector specialization and decks that teach something new.

Usman Ali leverages 14 years of UK growth finance at Clydesdale Bank/Virgin Money and venture-debt expertise to structure hands-on, minimally dilutive growth debt for later-stage UK and European revenue-generating tech.

Ali Qaiser, an Omani Forbes Middle East 2024 top VC based in London and Middle East, blends Islamic finance and sovereign-linked transaction expertise to link GCC capital with global tech.

Worked in industry (P&G, Mars) and finance (PwC, Goldman) before spending the last decade in venture capital. He focuses on building long-term partnerships with investors.

David Hayers leads Salica Investments' venture and growth debt funds. He previously ran the venture debt team at Clydesdale Bank (later Virgin Money) for over seven years, lending more than £270m across 65+ growth companies, following nearly a decade in lower mid-market leveraged finance covering MBOs, acquisitions and recapitalisations. He began his career in audit and corporate finance advisory at BDO and Deloitte, is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales, and graduated from Loughborough University.

Jemma Bruton is Managing Director and Co‑Head of access funds, bringing a decade at Goldman Sachs in fixed income and private capital to tech‑focused secondary investing with public‑markets expertise.

Natasha Abu Khader is an Associate at Salica Investments' Oryx Fund. Before joining, she worked at Beyond Capital on its fund of funds program and the Ifada Innovation Finance Fellows program, and previously served as an Entrepreneur Selection & Growth Associate at Endeavor Jordan and as an audit associate covering banking and financial services at EY Jordan. She holds a BSc (Hons) in Economics and Finance from the University of Bristol.

Richard Tufft focuses on secondary investments at Salica Investments and co-heads the firm's Access Fund strategy. He brings over 20 years of investment banking experience, including 15 years at Goldman Sachs where he served as Director of Research for Europe and Global Co-COO of Equity Research. He holds an MA in History from the University of Oxford.