Events and workplace caterer Social Pantry has appointed former Casual Dining Group CEO James Spragg as non-executive chairman. James Spragg will work with Social Pantry’s CEO and founder Alex Head to accelerate the growth of the business, while maintaining its core values of sustainable catering and the hiring of ex-offenders. James Spragg, who was CEO […]

Hill Coates Associates is always looking for senior sector executives who have recently stepped down as an executive director of a plc board and, their executive careers behind them, are wishing to leverage their industry knowledge and connections in a way that will that will create capital for them, in the sector they know so […]

It’s great that we have a new Lord Mayor of The City of London who is actually from the Financial Services community and can speak for it with authority. Oh, that more members of the financial City would become involved with the Civic City and really ground its very excellent charitable Livery Companies. Hill Coates […]

Hill Coates Associates was pleased to play its part earlier this year in the appointment of seven new Non-Executive Directors covering both the corporate and sponsor operational sides of the business. Michael Clark, Chief Executive Officer at the Pension SuperFund, commented: “We are absolutely delighted to welcome these highly regarded individuals to their respective Board […]

Hill Coates Associates’ usual role in deal origination is to introduce established companies to our private equity and private investment office clients, but it has been good to be able to introduce the early stage UK cybersecurity company, CyberHive, to its new investors for a £1.8m investment, co-led by 24Haymarket and Mercia Fund Management’s EIS […]