About
Chris Handy leads LDC's West Midlands team from Birmingham and joined the firm in 2014, leading investments including Harper James, ELE Advanced Technologies, Precision Micro, and the sale of A-Gas to KKR. He previously spent much of his career at Rolls-Royce in operational and financial leadership roles, including CFO positions, and earlier qualified as a chartered accountant during 10 years at PwC.
Invests in
Advanced ManufacturingLegalTechMobility & Transportation
Experience
- LDCPartner, Head of West Midlandscurrent2022 — presentBirmingham, England, United Kingdom
- LDCDirector2020 — 2022Birmingham, England, United Kingdom
- LDCInvestment Director2014 — 2020West Midlands, England, United Kingdom
- Rolls-RoyceEVP Finance Energy2010 — 2014London Area, United Kingdom
- Rolls-RoyceFinance Director Aero Repair and Overhaul2005 — 2009Derby
- Rolls-RoyceDirector of Mergers and Acquisitions, M and A manager1996 — 2005Greater Derby Area
- Coopers and LybrandSenior Manager1986 — 1996Birmingham, Leicester, Prague
Skills & more
Strategic Planning5Business Strategy6Forecasting3Change Management6Coaching3Managerial Finance3Leadership Development2Business Development5Mergers & Acquisitions8
From Chris's professional profile.
Shared employers
Also worked at LDC18
Bertie AykroydPartner at Mayfair Equity PartnersChris MorrisProcess Specialist, Exit Readiness at Mayfair Equity PartnersJohn GarnerManaging Partner at LDCJonathan BellManaging Partner at LDCDale AldersonPartner, Head of North West at LDCDavid AndrewsPartner at LDC
+ 12 more
Also worked at Rolls-Royce18
Frank BalasSenior Investment Director - Energy at Emerald Technology Ventures AgJessie AbramsPrincipal at Permanent Capital VenturesWendy LamAdvisor at ChrysalixBen StoryInvestor at NEW VISTA CAPITALMike EdwardsInvestment Director at Volution VenturesRoel ReijnenPartner at TIIN Capital
+ 12 more
Investments
Led
A-GasELE Advanced TechnologiesHarper JamesIndependent Governance GroupPrecision MicroSMH Fleet
Board seats
A-Gas
Investor
AquavistaKingswoodStar LiveThe Pace Group
Per the firm's website.
Colleagues at LDC
Aziz Ul-Haq
Partner at LDC
Dale Alderson
Partner, Head of North West at LDC
David Andrews
Partner at LDC
David Bains
Partner, Head of East Midlands and East of England at LDC
Dewi Hughes
Partner, Head of South West and Wales at LDC
Gareth Marshall
Partner, Head of North East and Scotland at LDC
John Garner
Managing Partner at LDC
Jonathan Bell
Managing Partner at LDC