Stuart is a co-founder and partner of Scottish Equity Partners (“SEP”), one of Europe’s leading technology growth equity investors with a strong investment performance track record, managing more than £1 billion of institutional capital over two decades. Stuart has over 25 years of equity investing in European private companies and has served on Boards in numerous sectors over the years. Notable private company investments of Stuart on behalf of SEP include Cambridge Silicon Radio plc which listed and became a FTSE 250 company, and Skyscanner the consumer internet business which became the world’s largest flight search business. Stuart trained with Ernst & Young and is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. He latterly worked in Corporate Finance for Ernst & Young before moving into equityinvestment.