
	Mr. Begbie has been involved in the financing and corporate development of growing companies for over 18 years, most recently as Corporate Development Director on the board of Venture Production plc (&quot;Venture&quot;), a FTSE 250 North Sea focused E&amp;P operator. At Venture he was responsible for all aspects of M&amp;A activity, resulting in the closing of over forty transactions, as well as being closely involved in the financing rounds that took the company from its 2002 flotation with a market capitalisation of &pound;183 million to its mid-2009 takeover by Centrica plc at an enterprise value of &pound;1.6 billion. Mr. Begbie&#39;s seven years at Venture saw rapid growth in both production and reserves, and he played a leading role in investor relations activity throughout Venture&#39;s life as a listed company.
	
	Mr. Begbie graduated from the University of Edinburgh with a Bachelor of Science Honours degree in Mathematics and Statistics. He started his business career as a management consultant with PA Consulting Group in London before taking up a senior role in Group Corporate Strategy at The Royal Bank of Scotland Group in early 1992. In 1995 he moved into growth company investing, ultimately as a Director within the London-based private equity group of ING Barings and in 2002 he joined Venture Production plc following a one-year educational sabbatical studying for an MBA at Insead, near Paris.
