Bio

Barry joined BGF in 2013 and is based out of Leeds, covering the North of England. His main role is to originate, execute and deliver new investment opportunities whilst at the same time retaining involvement through board interaction with his previous investments. Prior to BGF, Barry spent 11 years at Deloitte in Leeds, including eight years in the Corporate Finance Advisory team. As well as the various non-executive board positions that Barry currently holds, notable deals he's led which have now exited include a £10m investment in Chemoxy in 2015 (sold to Novacap SAS in 2017), a £5m investment in Arcinova in 2018 (exited to Quotient Sciences in 2021), a £16.2m investment in Cooplands (sold to EG Group in 2021) and a £20.3m investment in Coppergreen (acquired by CVC-backed Away Resorts in 2022).