Having co-founded legendary disruptive bar brand Pitcher & Piano, Libby has guided over 40 of our brands with her expertise in customers and marketing.
Libby Gibson
Founder Partner
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.
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.
Crispin Tweddell
Founder Partner
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.
Rory Gibbs
Investment Director
Rory's decade of focus on commercial brands makes him an expert in the fine details, optimising business plans and developing insightful reporting.
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.
Leon Hughes
Associate 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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Harry Williams
Investment Executive
Harry is responsible for sourcing and evaluating new investment opportunities, as well as supporting the investment and due diligence process.
Saskia Roberts
Consultant
Saskia works our commercial due diligence process, unpicking the market dynamics that will drive growth and why customers love the brand.
Natalie Thwaites
Consultant
Natalie has worked with Piper since 2010 on Piper’s commercial due diligence in evaluating the potential of future investments.
Francesca Edge-Partington
Office Manager & Executive Assistant
As well as keeping the office running smoothly and managing the diaries of partners, Francesca assists with investment research, events, and administration.
Amy George
Executive Assistant
As well as diary management for Partners, Amy manages the administration team and organises Piper’s events including our annual AGM.
Georgia Jones
Marketing and Sustainability Manager
Georgia manages our internal communications and marketing, as well as ESG and our project to become one of the UK’s first investor B Corps.
Advisory Panel
Jane O’Riordan
Jane joined the Piper Advisory Panel in 2016. Jane has extensive knowledge of the leisure space as Managing Director of Yellowwoods
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
Ajay Kavan
Ajay joined the Piper Advisory panel in 2021 bringing over 20 years of ecommerce knowledge to the table.
Julian Granville
Julian joined the Piper Advisory Panel having experienced Piper first hand as an investor in Boden.