British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association

British Private Equity and Venture Capital Association - BVCA - is the industry lobbying body for the private equity and venture capital industry in the UK.BVCA website, accessed Feb 2009
Public Affairs News writes in 2008: "The private-equity industry is fighting back after a 2007 that saw companies facing unprecedented parliamentary and media scrutiny. It is looking to adopt a more ‘campaigning attitude’."
In 2011 more than 470 firms made up the BVCA membership. This includes over 230 private equity, mid-market and venture capital firms 'with an accumulated total of approximately £32 billion funds under management' and over 220 professional advisory firms (solicitors, accountants, tax advisers, corporate financiers etc). BVCA, Who are our members?, acc 22 September 2011 
==People==
*Mark Florman - chief executive since January 2011
*Robert Easton - BVCA Chairman and a Managing Director and Co-Head of Carlyle Europe Technology Partners, a 'team of dedicated investment professionals who focus on European growth capital and buyout opportunities in a variety of sectors including media, software, telecoms, aerospace, healthcare and technology'. Succeeded Richard Anton, Partner at Amadeus Capital Partners.
*Simon Clark (venture capitalist) , Managing Partner of Fidelity Growth Partners Europe - Vice-Chairman. BVCA, News archive, undated, accessed 25 April 2012 
==Taxation==
According to its Chairman, David Huff, the BVCA Taxation Committee is: "Working to ensure the UK does not lose its competitive edge, the Committee continues to build dialogue with the Treasury, HMRC, and other Government departments and other policy influencers to ensure the industry is represented in any changes to taxation policy that could affect the industry"BVCA, Taxation Committee, accessed April 2011
BVCA Taxation Committee members (as of April 2011):BVCA, Taxation Committee, accessed April 2011
David Huff - 3i; Mark Baldwin - Macfarlanes; Chris Barnes - Terra Firma; Sara Clark - KPMG; Paul Cooper - Grant Thornton; Paul Cunningham - Helios Investment Partners; Adam Frais - BDO Stoy Hayward; Mark Hainsworth - SJ Berwin; Tim Hughes - PricewaterhouseCoopers; Graham Iversen - Slaughter & May; Robert Kent - Freshfields; Mary Kuusisto - Proskauer Rose; James Markham - Graphite Capital; David Marks - Apax
John Maxey - Deloitte; Paul Megson - Deloitte; Stephen Morse - PricewaterhouseCoopers; David Nicolson - Bridgepoint Capital; David Oldknow - Ernst & Young; Kathleen Russ - Travers Smith; Anthony Stewart - Clifford Chance; Craig Vickery - Exponent PE; John Watson (not the Conservative MP) - Ashurst
==Lobbyists==
===Internal===
*Tim Hames, head of public affairs, communications and campaigns since January 2009. [tt_news=320&tx_ttnews[backPid]=73&cHash=1417 Media Moves - Public Affairs News], Public Affairs News, acc 22 Sept 2011 Formerly a lecturer in politics at Oxford University, a journalist at The Times for 12 years and more recently served as Special Adviser and spokeman for the Speaker of the House of Commons, John Bercow (Sept 2009-?) Robert Peston, Speaker Bercow hires a spokesman, BBC News 7 September 2009, accessed 22 Sept 2011 
*Simon Horner, Public Affairs manager; previously policy adviser to Conservative MP Mark Hoban.
*Rachel Barbour, director of communications (May 2008-?). Formerly of HSBC and Brunswick.Public Affairs News, 2008 (link broken)
*Richard Lomas, public affairs manager. Formerly of AS Biss and HM Treasury.
===Former staff and consultants===
*Alan Murray - now working as an adviser to the Corporation since May 2011. Also a former Standard Life head of public affairs People Moves, Public Affairs News, p9. May 2011 
===External===
*SJ Berwin, a pan-European corporate and commercial law firm specialising in private equity.
*Quiller ConsultantsPublic Affairs News, 2008 (link broken)
==External resources==
* Kiel Porter, Venture capital industry pushes for Budget tax breaks, Financial News, 23 Feb 2011
==Contacts==
1st Floor North, Brettenham House, Lancaster Place London WC2E 7EN
(formerly at London School of Economics (LSE) Tower 3 Clements Inn, London WC2A 2AZ)
http://www.bvca.co.uk
==References==
Category: Financial sector lobbying
Category: Financial Revolving Door
Category:Corporate Lobby Groups
Category:Tax avoidance