Josh Twin

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Josh joined Hollyport in 2021 as a fund accountant in the finance team, before joining the PD&A team as an associate in 2024. Josh’s particular focus within the PD&A team is on the portfolio. This role focuses on monitoring the performance of Hollyport’s funds through reviewing financials, cash flows and capital account statements, as well as supporting internal analysis and facilitating fund management.

Josh studied Accounting and Finance at the University of Surrey and is an ACCA qualified Chartered Accountant.

Outside of work, Josh is passionate about music and regularly attends concerts with friends. He also enjoys going to the gym, running, and scuba diving.

Harry Love

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Harry joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Associate in the London investment team. Within his role, Harry introduces new opportunities, performs due diligence, and analyses potential acquisitions of investment opportunities alongside the investment team. Since joining Hollyport Harry has focussed on his financial modelling skills and is expanding his knowledge of different industries, markets, and sectors.

Prior to joining Hollyport, Harry spent three years at PwC where he gained his ACA qualification.

Harry has a First Class BSc in Physics from the University of Exeter and a First Class MSc in Environmental Technology from Imperial College London. Outside of work, Harry loves being outdoors. He’s a qualified rescue diver and keen rock climber.

Alistair Young

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Alistair joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Investment Associate in the London office, and focusses on appraising potential investment opportunities. This includes financial modelling and due diligence of private equity funds and fund managers to formulate the investment thesis, as well as supporting with the transfer process and legals for successful transactions. Alistair also works to source potential opportunities through outreach to market participants.

Alistair started his career at PwC in the banking and capital markets assurance practice, before transferring to the transaction services team. Alistair performed detailed valuations across a variety of buy-side and sell-side transactions, with a special focus on the banking sector.

Alistair graduated with a BSc in Accounting and Finance from the University of Bath, which included a semester at City University, Hong Kong, and is ACA qualified. Outside of work, Alistair enjoys playing football and squash.

Aashay Srivastava

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Aashay joined Hollyport in 2021 as an Associate in the investment team, based in the London office. His role focusses on developing, modelling, and formulating the investment thesis for potential transactions, and supporting with the legals and transfer processes for successful deals. He reaches out to fund managers and potential vendors to source business and build relationships.

Aashay is a qualified Chartered Accountant with the ICAEW. He graduated from the University of Nottingham with a First Class BSc in Economics. He speaks fluent Spanish and Hindi, and is conversant in French.

Aashay was born in India but spent most of his childhood in Spain. This multi-cultural background has helped him develop strong people skills – alongside a passion for football and cricket!

Outside of the office, Aashay enjoys being on the golf course and is working to improve his technique.

Steph Harvey

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Steph joined Hollyport in 2021, and is a Senior Associate in the investor relations team in London. In her role she is responsible for building and supporting client relationships and fundraising. In addition to preparing marketing materials, sharing portfolio updates, and responding to investor queries, Steph leads the preparation of the annual investor meeting. She also attends meetings and conferences in Europe, to develop relationships across the industry.

Before joining Hollyport, Steph spent four years in the wealth and asset management audit and assurance department at EY. During this time, Steph became an ICAS-qualified Chartered Accountant. Steph holds a BSc in Economics from the University of Sussex.

Katy Wheeler

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Katy joined Hollyport in 2020, and is a Vice Principal in the investor relations team in London. In her role she is responsible for building institutional client relationships and fundraising.

Katy spends substantial time meeting existing and prospective institutional investors globally to introduce and update them on Hollyport’s strategy. She also attends various conferences on behalf of Hollyport, talking to counterparties and peers to gather market updates. She oversees the creation of Hollyport’s materials for current and prospective investors.

Before joining Hollyport, Katy spent four years in the investor relations team at Coller Capital. Prior to that, she wrote corporate reports for listed companies at Emperor Design.

Katy holds a BSc in Economics and Politics from the University of Bristol. She also has an MA in Globalisation and Development Studies from Maastricht University, and is a CAIA charter holder. Katy has lived in both South Africa and the Netherlands.

Thomas Horrigan

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Thomas joined Hollyport in 2020 and is an Associate in the investment team in London. His role covers all aspects of the investment appraisal process; valuing businesses, modelling financials and performing due diligence on private equity managers to form the investment thesis. Since joining Hollyport, Thomas has built relationships with fund managers and potential vendors to monitor fund performance and source potential opportunities.

Prior to joining Hollyport Thomas worked in the wealth and asset management team at Ernst & Young, focussing largely on private equity clients.

Thomas has a First Class Masters in Mathematics and is a qualified Chartered Accountant.  Outside of work, Thomas is a qualified snowboard instructor and a PADI Divemaster.

Shalini Somchand

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Shalini joined Hollyport in March 2020 and is based in the London office. Her role involves treasury, fund operations and structuring, and fund reporting. Shalini works closely with both the investment team and the investor relations team to provide data and contribute to internal papers. Shalini successfully qualified as an ACCA member in 2024.

Shalini studied Economics at the University of Birmingham and has completed level 3 of AAT (Association of Accounting Technicians). Outside of work, Shalini enjoys travelling. She’s visited 20 different countries within Europe and would love to complete the whole continent within the next five years.

James Wang

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James joined Hollyport in 2019 as an Associate in the investment team in London.  His role includes developing, modelling, and formulating the investment thesis for potential transactions, and supporting with the legals and transfer processes for successful deals. He reaches out to fund managers and potential vendors to source business and build relationships.

Prior to joining Hollyport, James started his career in the audit and assurance department at Ernst & Young where he obtained his Chartered Accountant qualification. He has a BSc in Biochemistry from the University of Warwick and a Master of Finance from University of Cambridge. He also speaks Mandarin.

James was born in China but has lived in the UK since he was nine. In his free time, he enjoys trekking and climbing, and trying new recipes in the kitchen. He also loves being a parent and spending time with his young daughter.

Arthur Wong

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Arthur joined Hollyport in 2019, and is a Senior Associate in the London investment team where he is responsible for originating and evaluating LP and GP-led transactions. This role involves all aspects of the investment appraisal process, from modelling the transaction to legal support and the transfer process, managing the project team and workflow. In his time at Hollyport, Arthur has developed his negotiation skills and continues to build strong relationships with market participants.

Arthur began his career as a management consultant in PwC, where he performed fair value assessments on private companies and assets across Europe, US and Asia and advised private equity and corporate clients on transaction prices.

Arthur studied at the University of Cambridge and has achieved his ICAEW Chartered Accountant qualification (ACA). He speaks Cantonese and Mandarin. Outside of the office, you’ll often find Arthur on the tennis court.