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Paresh Shah
BSc (Econ), MBA, FCCA
Managing Director
A successful entrepreneur who built up and sold his own automotive components manufacturing business, Paresh is a co-founder of StarGate: “I always felt there was an opportunity to fill the equity gap,” he says, “by focusing on entrepreneurial investments which others had overlooked.” He worked previously with Laurie Millbank and 3i plc and is a fund manager of StarGate’s Trapezia and Catalyst Funds
paresh@stargatecapital.co.uk
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Stephan Gagnon
CA, MSc Fin
Director, Corporate Finance
Stephan graduated from HEC Montreal, and holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School. A Canadian Chartered Accountant, Stephan has held managerial posts with Grant Thornton and Arthur Andersen. Before co-founding StarGate, he headed the City team of a venture capital advisory firm. As a corporate advisor, he has completed over 20 transactions, some from seed funding to exit and he is a founding Director of African Emerging Ventures and Green Gold Forestry, two projects being incubated by Stargate.
stephan@stargatecapital.co.uk
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Gita Patel
BSc (Econ), FCA
Director, Trapezia
Gita is a co-founder of Stargate and a fund manager of Stargate's Trapezia EIS Fund. She was also the creator of the Trapezia programme which included launching Europe's first venture fund, Trapezia EIS Fund, targeting women-focussed businesses. Gita plays a leading role in growing women's entrepreneurship, a field in which she has acquired substantial experience and provided thought leadership over the past five years. Her previous experience includes work in the oil industry, followed by a 15 year career in banking at Nat-West group where she was part of the bank's core management. Gita is a business angel and mentor, and serves on the boards of a number of private companies. Gita also sits on the 'Narrowing the gap' committee for ICAEW, is on the board of British Women Entrepreneurship Association and is a member of the London Chamber of Commerce's ABA board. A graduate from London School of Economics, Gita is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants (UK), having trained with Arthur Andersen.
gita@stargatecapital.co.uk
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Peter Kirby
Company Secretary
and Compliance
Officer
A Cambridge graduate, Peter spent six years in oil and mining companies before joining consultants Deloitte Haskins Sells. After eight years of change management assignments, he joined a re-insurance broker and became its Joint Managing Director before launching his own group of consultancy and business service companies. A widely experienced manager and administrator of growing businesses, Peter was also for five years Finance and Compliance Director for VCT fund manager Classic Fund Management.
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Yury Dubas
BSc
Group Accountant
Yury has several years of accounting experience (he has been preparing Stargate’s accounts over the past year) with an expertise in providing accounting solutions to small and medium businesses. His role at Stargate is to prepare financial statements for the Group, its subsidiaries and associates. He has managed a diverse portfolio of over 530 clients for a London-based accounting firm. Yury graduated from Royal Holloway, University of London, with a degree in Economics and Management. He is currently at Stage 2 of his ACCA accreditation. Yury is fluent in Ukrainian, Russian and English.
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