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Mark Gross

Investor

Partner and Head of Private Equity at Downing Private Equity

London, England, United Kingdom

About

Mark Gross is Partner and Head of Private Equity at Downing, with more than 20 years of private equity experience spanning origination, transactions and portfolio management, having overseen over £1.5 billion of equity and debt capital. Since joining Downing in June 2014, he has led the growth of the firm's healthcare investment activities and its Private Equity team, and he has worked across sectors including healthcare, hospitality and leisure, retail, business services, specialty manufacturing and financial services. He previously worked at UK mid-market private equity firm Caird Capital LLP and held principal investment and leveraged finance roles at Bank of Scotland.

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Invests in

Healthtech

Experience

  1. Downing LLPPartner & Head of Private Equitycurrent2018 — presentLondon, United Kingdom
  2. Downing LLPInvestment Director2014 — 2018
  3. CAIRD CAPITAL LLPAssociate Director2010 — 2014London, England, United Kingdom
  4. Lloyds Banking GroupAssociate Director2003 — 2010
  5. AVIVA plcUnit Pricing Analyst2002 — 2003

Education

  1. Leeds Grammar School1987 — 1997
  2. Northumbria University1st (Hons), Business Studies with Accounting & Finance1998 — 2002

Skills & more

Special Situations InvestingSpecial SituationsNon-Executive DirectorNon-Executive ChairmanFund ManagementReal Estate InvestmentAlternative CreditHealthcarePrivate Equity26Portfolio Management10Financial Structuring6Leveraged Finance4
+12 moreEquitiesDebt RestructuringInvestment ManagementAnalysisCorporate FinanceInvestment BankingStructured FinanceMergers & AcquisitionsCapital MarketsRestructuringValuationM

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Same school

Also attended Northumbria University25

Kamil MieczakowskiGeneral Partner at Notion CapitalPhil TomkinsonFinance & Portfolio Associate at Giant Ventures Global LlpInma G. SerranoFinance Controller at Kibo VenturesLeonard LangAssociate at BlockwallPhil MorlePartner at Main Sequence VenturesCharles Canning-SmithInvestor at Ballpark Ventures

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Shared employers

Also worked at Downing LLP12

Josh CliftHead of Fund Finance at RTP GlobalCheck WarnerPartner at Ada VenturesMatt PenneycardPartner at Ada VenturesRobert JonesSenior Business Development Manager at Symvan CapitalTom WilliamsPartner and Head of Energy & Infrastructure at Downing Private EquityParik ChandraPartner and Head of Private Credit at Downing Private Equity

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Also worked at Lloyds Banking Group57

Damian ZapłataInvestor at Inovo VCAriel RahamimPrincipal at Concept VenturesNigel YoungChief Technology Officer at CaladanTolu AkinboboyeAssociate, Investor Relations at Helios Digital VenturesAndy BonsallPartner at Counteract OneDavid HoughtonPrincipal at Houghton Street Ventures

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Also worked at AVIVA plc10

Elad BaronInvestment Professional at Key1 CapitalLinda ZhengGeneral Manager at Conduit VenturesWojciech NiesytoPartner at Kogito VenturesDaniel JeonPartner at Ventura CapitalAmit MalikPresident - JAPA at WadzPayTom GrantPartner at Ventura Capital

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Colleagues at Downing Private Equity

Andrew Jameson
Non-Executive at Downing Private Equity
Bill Manahan
Director of Institutional Solutions at Downing Private Equity
Chris Allner
Partner and Chairman of the Investment Committee at Downing Private Equity
Colin Corbally
Partner, Head of Investment Strategy at Downing Private Equity
Dan Quin
Head of Institutional Solutions at Downing Private Equity
Ed Motley
Investment Director at Downing Private Equity
Edmund Motley
Investor at Downing Private Equity
Graham Oldroyd
Non-Executive at Downing Private Equity