Welcome

The Growth Company Investor Show, now in its seventh year, remains the must-attend event of the calendar for investors and entrepreneurs alike. It provides the management of small and mid-cap quoted companies with a perfect platform to convey the investment merits of their business to high-net-worth individuals, institutions, City fund managers and corporate financiers. And in turn the event, organised by the award-winning Growth Company Investor team and held at the prestigious Barbican Exhibition Halls in London, enables investors to quiz the leaders of an array of companies quoted on the Full List, AIM and PLUS about their growth strategies.

In attendance at last year’s event were more than 50 ambitious growth companies, based in the UK, Europe and beyond, as well as over 1,000 retail investors.

Speakers

Once again, we have a line-up that includes the UK's leading fund managers and investment experts.

Our speakers include:

Paul Jourdon - Amati Global Investors

Paul Jourdan is an award-winning fund manager with a strong track record in small cap investment. He co-founded Amati Global Investors following the management buyout of Noble Fund Managers from Noble Group in January 2010. Paul joined Noble Fund Managers in 2007 as Head of Equities. He moved to Edinburgh in 1998, joining Stewart Ivory to work on UK, emerging market, and global equities.

In 2000 Stewart Ivory was taken over by Colonial First State (subsequently First State Investments). From September 2000 Paul became manager of what is now CF Amati UK Smaller Companies Fund, winning a number of awards for this fund in 2004/05. In November 2004 he was appointed Head of UK Equities at First State. In early 2005 he launched what is now Amati VCT plc.

Prior to 1998 Paul worked as a professional violinist, including a four year period with the City of Birmingham Symphony Orchestra. He currently serves as a Director of Hebrides Ensemble and of Sistema Scotland, and also as a Governor of the Royal Scottish Academy of Music and Drama.

Andrew Neville - Manager of the Allianz RCM UK Mid Cap Fund

Andrew joined RCM in July 2004 as a portfolio manager specialising in UK small and mid-cap company portfolios. Andrew joined RCM from Baring Asset Management where he managed the Baring UK Smaller Companies Trust as well as a number of UK smaller companies institutional mandates. Prior to joining Baring, Andrew trained as a portfolio manager at AIB Govett Asset Management. Andrew qualified as a chartered accountant whilst working at Deloitte & Touche and graduated from Imperial College with a B Eng.

Adam McConkey - Henderson UK Fledging & Small Cap

Profile to follow

Ken Scott, Chief Executive Officer

Ken joined ILX Group as CEO in July 2002 with the mandate to introduce a new growth strategy. Since then, he has been the driving force behind this business transformation.

Ken’s rich background in leadership and commerce has made him a strong advocate of customer retention and of seeking ways to gain long-term competitive advantage. His current view of ILX Group; “Our lead position in our chosen market, positions us well to capitalise on the growing use of PRINCE2 globally.”

In 2009, he won the Ernest & Young Entrepreneur of the Year London & South Region Award.

Gervais Williams - MAM Funds

Profile to follow

Our show this year will:

Feature up to 100 small and mid-cap companies
Attract the UK’s leading fund managers, institutional investors, VCT managers, private client brokers, financial journalists and investment analysts
Play host to up to 2,000 active investors in growth companies