Albion Enterprise VCT PLC

Chair, Independent Non-Executive Director, LLB
appointed 19 December 2024

Key relevant skills:
• Leadership skills
• Business reorganisation skills
• Corporate governance

Ben is a partner at an international law firm, Jones Day. He heads up the business reorganisation practice across Europe. He has spent the majority of his career advising public and private boards on aspects of corporate governance and has particular expertise in the infrastructure and real estate sectors. Recent mandates include Openfiber (the Italian nationwide fiber network), Southern Water and HES. Prior to joining Jones Day, he led the business recovery and reconstruction division of Berwin Leighton Paisner LLP for 14 years.

Chairman of the Nomination Committee & Senior Independent Director

Christopher gained 35 years experience in international leadership consulting, executive search and assessment. Having graduated in Anthropology from the University of Cambridge, he started his consulting career with Whitehead Mann and subsequently became the youngest partner at Goddard Kay Rogers. He retired from Russell Reynolds Associates in 2018, having been a managing director for the last 13 years of his executive career there. His principal focus was advising clients & investors on board appointments and organisation strategy across biotechnology, MedTech, diagnostics, healthcare services, pharmaceuticals and digital technologies.

Independent Non-Executive Director, MA (Oxon)
appointed 19 December 2024

Key relevant skills:
• Extensive background in life-sciences and healthcare
• Previous Director of Policy at 10 Downing Street
• Organisation strategy

Lord James O’Shaughnessy has operated at the highest levels across UK Government, including as a Parliamentary Under Secretary in the Department for Health & Social Care with key policy responsibilities including life sciences; medicines pricing and regulation; preparing the health and social care sectors for Brexit; and, data, digital and technology, including cyber security. He was created a life peer in 2015 taking the title Baron O’Shaughnessy, of Maidenhead in the Royal County of Berkshire, and previously served as Director of Policy in No.10 Downing Street. He is a senior partner at Newmarket Strategy, a healthcare and life sciences consultancy, and a Trustee at Health Data Research UK.

Chairman of the Remuneration Committee

After graduating in Economics at Cambridge, Philippa started her career in corporate finance in the City and has experience in industry as a financial analyst, FCMA accountant and as a quoted company secretary. She was a non-executive director from 2005 to 2015 at James Latham PLC, an AIM listed company, where she served as the chair of the Audit Committee for seven years. She currently holds four non-executive director roles, one of which is Lucy Group Limited where she is chair of the Audit Committee.

Chairman of the Audit and Risk Committee

Rhodri is a chartered accountant and has over 25 years’ experience as a partner providing a range of assurance services and advice to listed and private companies. During that time Rhodri worked closely with the non-executive boards of a significant number of investment and infrastructure funds and also gained considerable experience of high growth businesses and sectors including MedTech, FinTech, software as a service, healthcare and e-commerce. Rhodri served on the AIC’s VCT technical sub-committee for approximately 7 years. More recently, Rhodri worked with the independent regulator, the Financial Reporting Council and now runs his own consultancy business, HPL Associates Limited and AQRA Limited. He is also a member of the ICAEW’s Audit and Assurance Board. Outside of his professional work, Rhodri is a guest lecturer at the University of Portsmouth, supporting the academic team with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes.