Joe has spent most of his career in the private equity industry,where he has held a wide range of executive positions.
Joe began his career with 3i, was founding managing director of Royal Bank Development Capital, and held subsequent positions as Investment director with The Benfield Group and Gulf Finance House.
With so much of his experience is private equity, Joe is well aware that the provision of support to young and growing businesses is essentially about backing people and – people running the business should be ambitious in their aspirations for growth.
Joe is interested in the Inspiring Scotland model, particularly the tailored support packages, rigorous monitoring of performance, and provision of further, non-financial support – all of which chime with Joe’s experience in private equity.
He is delighted to be given the opportunity to help Inspiring Scotland achieve its own objectives of maximising the social impact for every pound invested in its target sector.
From Govan to the city centre, from children with learning disabilities to New Scots, people all over the city of Glasgow have benefitted from the opportunity to explore their creative side, led by their own communities. We recently hosted a workshop and reception to showcase the incredible talent and creativity fostered through our Creative Communities
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Dundee charity TCA are on the lookout for volunteer mentors for a brand new intandem mentoring programme to support children and young people living with close family or friends in kinship care in Dundee. The one-of-a kind intandem family mentoring programme pairs volunteer mentors with children and young people aged 7-15 living in kinship arrangements,
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We are pleased to have recently become a member of the Association of Charitable Foundations (ACF), the leading membership association for foundations and independent grant-makers in the UK. Commenting on joining, Celia Tennant, Inspiring Scotland Chief Executive said: “As an established funder and grant maker operating at scale in Scotland, we are committed to
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