Bruce Macfarlane, Director and Founder
Bruce is a co-founder and chief executive of MMC Ventures Limited. He has spearheaded MMC's development as a leading UK venture capital investor in fast-growing young companies. He brings experience of corporate finance, the law and extensive angel investing to the role. He is on the boards of: Consilium Technologies (a Sunday Times Tech 100 company), VC-Net and Ibis.
Prior to starting MMC, Bruce had a career in corporate finance at Merrill Lynch, where he was a managing director and UK investment banking head, and Bankers Trust, where he was the partner and senior managing director responsible for UK client origination. Bruce qualified as a barrister in London then as an attorney in New York, where he practiced US securities law with Skadden Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. He has a BA in English from Leeds University and is a Chartered Director.
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Allan Cockell, Director and Founder
Allan is a co-founder of MMC Ventures Limited. For a number of years, Allan has been a keen investor in early stage high-tech companies, with particular interest in the healthcare sector. He sits on the Board of T+ Medical and Oxford Biosignals. Allan’s background is in financial market trading. Allan has an MA in History from Magdalen College, Oxford
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Alan Morgan, Founder
Alan is a co-founder of MMC Ventures Ltd. He has over twenty-five years' experience of strategic consultancy at McKinsey & Co, where for the last fifteen years he was Senior Partner and a leader of the firm's Financial Institutions Practice. Alan's main focus at MMC is reviewing business plans and management teams, and reviewing management performance and strategy of portfolio companies, post investment.
In 2006 Alan co-founded with Luqman Arnold, Olivant, an investment company that takes equity stakes in financial services businesses.
Alan has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a law degree from Trinity College, Oxford. He is a qualified barrister.
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Ben Richardson, Investment Director
Ben joined MMC in 2003 as an investment director responsible for new investments. He currently sits on the board of Clash Media and has previously represented MMC on a number of other boards.
Prior to starting at MMC, Ben worked as an investment banker for BNP Paribas focusing on financial insitutations. Ben is a qualified accountant and has an MA in Natural Sciences from Queens' College, Cambridge.
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Chris Clothier, Investment Director
Chris joined MMC in June 2005. He led the investments in The Practice and Small World and sits on the board of The Practice.
Prior to joining MMC, Chris worked for Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, where he worked in a range of industries including retail, financial services, utilities and travel & tourism. He has a masters degree in Chemistry from New College, Oxford.
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Jonathan Coker, Associate
Jon joined MMC in 2007 as an associate on the Investment Team. Prior to this, Jon worked on the Global Leveraged Fund desk in fixed income markets at JPMorgan. He has a degree in Engineering Science from St Peter's College, Oxford.
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Alanna Rice, Investor Relations and Marketing Manager
Alanna joined MMC in January 2007 to increase its investor base and improve deal flow by raising MMC's profile throughout the UK. She also looks after current investors with regular communication and events.
Prior to joining the team, she worked in account management at the advertising agency, TBWA\London. Alanna has an M.Phil in Modern European History from New College, Oxford and a BA in History from Leeds University.
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