Chris Curry

Chris Curry
Chairman & Managing Partner

From raising our first fund in 1988, Chris has led Piper in raising six funds and sat on dozens of Boards.

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Libby Gibson

Libby Gibson
Founder Partner

Having co-founded legendary disruptive bar brand Pitcher & Piano, Libby has guided over 40 of our brands with her expertise in customers and marketing.

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Peter Kemp-Welch

Peter Kemp-Welch
Managing Partner

Peter is an expert in unpicking how brands grow and building sustainable business models, playing an instrumental part in our most iconic brand stories.

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Dan Stern

Dan Stern
Partner

With 15 years of experience in consumer, Dan builds brands that lead, achieve maximum value on exit, and consider their impact and purpose.

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Rory Gibbs

Rory Gibbs
Partner

Rory's decade of focus on commercial brands makes him an expert in the fine details, optimising business plans and developing insightful reporting.

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Leon Hughes

Leon Hughes
Partner, Digital

Our inhouse tech guru, Leon is an e-commerce expert with an unrivalled network. His 25 years of experience guides our brands' acquisition & retention strategies

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Jax Unsworth

Jax Unsworth
Associate Partner, Marketing

Jax keeps our brands rooted in how their customers think using her 25 years' strategy & marketing experience with major brands such as Liberty & Mothercare.

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Annabel Feather

Annabel Feather
Associate Partner, Talent

Our people specialist, Annabel helps to build industry-leading management teams, using her network to source the highest calibre candidates.

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Yasha Estraikh

Yasha Estraikh
Associate Partner, Brand

Yasha's expertise is putting the customer first. He helps our brands find trends in customer data & behaviour to tease out brand DNA & tone of voice.

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Flora McAlpine

Flora McAlpine
Investment Manager

With experience in earlier-stage VCs and strategy consultancy, Flora’s research & due diligence guides our partner businesses to make the best decisions.

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Peter Johnston

Peter Johnston
Head of Finance

With over 11 years' experience, Peter joined Piper in 2017 as Head of Finance. Prior to joining Piper, Peter held finance positions at 350 Investment Partners and Carbon Trust.

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Harry Williams

Harry Williams
Investment Executive

Harry is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, as well as supporting the investment and due diligence process.

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Lizzie Lord

Lizzie Lord
Investment Executive

Lizzie joined Piper in 2023 and is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, as well as supporting the investment and due diligence process.

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Georgia Jones

Georgia Jones
Sustainability and Communications Manager

Georgia manages our sustainable investment process, B Corp certification and supports our portfolio to improve their impact, as well running our internal communications and marketing.

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Isabella Rogers

Isabella Rogers
Executive Assistant

Isabella is EA to partners Chris Curry, Libby Gibson and Peter Kemp-Welch, and supports Jax Unsworth, Harry Williams & Lizzie Lord, as well as Piper’s events including our AGM.

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Kitty Ballantine

Kitty Ballantine
Personal Assistant

Kitty joined Piper in 2023, she is PA to Dan Stern, Leon Hughes, Rory Gibbs, Annabel Feather, Flora McAlpine and Yasha Estraikh, as well as supporting with office management and Piper events

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Natalie Thwaites

Natalie Thwaites
Consultant

Natalie has worked with Piper since 2010 on Piper’s commercial due diligence in evaluating the potential of future investments.

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Advisory Panel

Crispin Tweddell

Crispin Tweddell
Chair

Crispin founded Piper in 1985. His unrelenting focus on brands being better, different & staying close to their customers is at the core of Piper's mission.

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Jane O’Riordan

Jane O’Riordan

Jane joined the Piper Advisory Panel in 2016. Jane has extensive knowledge of the leisure space as Managing Director of Yellowwoods

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Adam Balon

Adam Balon

Adam is a co-founder and director of Innocent Drinks. It was whilst setting up Innocent that Adam first got to know Piper

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Ajay Kavan

Ajay Kavan

Ajay joined the Piper Advisory panel in 2021 bringing over 20 years of ecommerce knowledge to the table.

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Julian Granville

Julian Granville

Julian joined the Piper Advisory Panel having experienced Piper first hand as an investor in Boden.

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