Board of Directors

Ed Warner is the Chair and an Independent Director of HVPE.

Ed has extensive financial services experience from years spent in senior positions at several investment banks and financial institutions, including IFX Group, Old Mutual plc, NatWest Markets, and Dresdner Kleinwort Benson. He also has considerable PLC experience and has chaired the boards at a range of prominent organisations. He is also currently independent chair of the online derivatives exchange LMAX, and of JLEN, a listed environmental infrastructure fund.

Prior chairman roles include Air Partner PLC, the BlackRock Energy and Resources Income Trust, Grant Thornton UK LLP, Standard Life Private Equity Trust, and Panmure Gordon & Co.

Committees: Chair of the Nomination, and Inside Information Committees and Member of the Management Engagement and Service Provider, and Remuneration Committees.

Anulika Malomo (formerly Ajufo) is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HVPE.

Anulika advises on impact investments across EMEA. She is also an independent Non Executive director at Mid Wynd International Investment Trust PLC. She is the Founder of the Sequoia Platform, a leading educational not for profit focused on social mobility in the United Kingdom. She was the Chair of the Board of Governors at University of East London until Q42022.

Anulika has extensive investment experience and believes in investing for good. Having worked at some of the leading financial institutions - Lehman Brothers and Goldman Sachs in investment banking, and private equity with The Carlyle Group and Soros Fund, Anulika has developed an impressive investment track record. She has led the development of greenfield impact investment structures in emerging markets and developed inclusive investment strategies for development finance institutions (DFIs), corporations and foundations.

Anulika has a Master’s (MEng) in Medical Engineering from Queen Mary University of London and an MSc in Law and Finance from the University of Oxford.

Committees: Member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, Nomination, and Management Engagement and Service Provider Committees.

Francesca Barnes is a Senior Independent Non-Executive Director of HVPE.

Francesca is also a Non-Executive Director of NatWest Holdings Limited and a number of NatWest Group’s other ring-fenced bank boards, as well as Capvis private equity. She is a member of the University of Southampton council and has been Chair of Trustees for Penny Brohn UK and Chair of Governors for two secondary schools.

Previously, Francesca spent 16 years at UBS AG. For the latter seven of these she served as Global Head of Private Equity, following on from senior positions in restructuring and loan portfolio management. Prior to this, she spent 11 years with Chase Manhattan UK and US, in roles spanning commodity finance, financial institutions, and private equity.

Committees: Chair of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Audit and Risk, Management Engagement and Service Provider and Nomination Committees.

Elizabeth ("Libby") Burne is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HVPE.

Libby has spent her career working within the financial services sector. She is a Non-Executive Director of Bluefield Solar Income Fund Limited (FTSE 250) as well as a number of private Venture Capital, Real Estate and Insurance structures. Prior to becoming a Non-Executive Director Libby was an audit director at PwC in the Channel Islands and, previously, PwC Australia.

Libby is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants, holds a degree in Applied Accounting, and is a Guernsey resident, as such bringing recent and relevant financial and sector experience.

Committees: Chair of the Management Engagement and Service Provider and Nomination Committee, and Member of the Audit and Risk, Remuneration, and Nomination Committees.

Steven Wilderspin is an Independent Non-Executive Director of HVPE.

Steven has more than fifteen years’ experience as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of private structures and listed investment companies.

Steven, a qualified Chartered Accountant, has provided independent directorship services since 2007. He has served on a number of private equity, property, and hedge fund boards as well as commercial companies. Steven currently serves as Chair of the risk committee of Blackstone Loan Financing Limited, Chair of the audit and risk committee of GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited, and non-executive director of Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited. In 2017 Steven stepped down from the Board of 3i Infrastructure plc, where he was Chair of the Audit and Risk committee, after ten years’ service. From 2001 until 2007, Steven was a Director of fund administrator Maples Finance Jersey Limited, where he was responsible for fund and securitisation structures. He originally qualified with PwC in London. Steven has recent and relevant financial and sector experience.

Committees: Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee, and Member of the Inside Information, Nomination, Remuneration and Management Engagement and Service Provider Committees.