London; Future Capital Partners (“FCP”), the £6 billion alternative investment boutique, has hired Tim West as its new Deputy Chief Executive.
Tim joins from Babcock and Brown where he was Head of the London office and Chief Operating Officer for Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to Babcock & Brown, Tim was European Chief Operating Officer for iShares, the exchange-traded funds business of Barclays Global Investors. Before BGI, Tim held senior roles in Investment Banking and Wealth Management both in the UK and Switzerland.
Tim will work closely alongside Chief Executive, Tim Levy, and FCP’s senior team to manage and further develop FCP’s business, investment and distribution strategies. He will also take over the running of the firm’s operations from Trevor Castledine who is stepping down from his role of Chief Operating Officer at the end of his contract.
Tim Levy, Chief Executive of Future Capital Partners said:
“Tim’s appointment is a clear signal of our ambitions to continue to raise the bar and to move the business to the next level. His track record and experience speaks for itself, and we are very pleased that he has decided to come onboard.
As a firm, we have undergone rapid growth since we established over 10 years ago, and we firmly believe that the business is poised to transform and grow even further over the next 10 years. We are creating an environment and infrastructure to meet and help support the challenge ahead. Tim will be pivotal in helping us to get there.”
Tim West added:
“I’m excited to be joining FCP at this juncture. The current environment, both political and financial, presents a lot of opportunities for a firm with FCP’s record of innovation, and I think the next few years will see a lot more of the kind of groundbreaking investment opportunities that have become FCP’s trademark. I look forward to adding my skills to the top class team we already have in place, and helping the firm on to greater things in our existing and new markets.”
Future Capital Partners specialises in alternative investments such as renewable energy, real estate, healthcare and media & entertainment. Future Capital Partners has completed transactions and made investments worth in excess of £6 billion since 2000 and has executed over 500 asset finance transactions.
The firm’s current product offerings include Everest Real Estate Partners, Omega Design & Build Partners and Destiny Real Estate Partners, three investment opportunities to participate in a Real Estate Development in Montenegro; Dean Street Productions, which provides production services in relation to upcoming Hollywood blockbuster movies produced by premiere independent film companies, including the recently released Iron Man II; and Future Fuels, funding the construction of a wheat-to-bio-ethanol plant in the UK.
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