About us

A founder of Braveheart, Geoffrey is a highly experienced and well known business angel and deal maker. He is a recognised authority on SME investing, having written extensively for national newspapers, and regularly speaks at business events. He is a director of NESTech - the challenge fund of the universities of St Andrews, Dundee, and Aberdeen, and is on the advisory board of EPSRC, a steering body for innovation in UK Biotechnology.

Carolyn oversees Braveheart’s investment operations. She has an honours degree in accountancy from the University of Stirling and is a Chartered Secretary. She spent five years working in insolvency, before moving to business development and investment. After five years working in private equity with LINC Scotland, the national association for business angels in Scotland, she joined Braveheart in 2000.

Aileen joined Braveheart in January 2012. She is an experienced Chief Financial Officer and Company Director and has worked in a broad range of sectors including professional services, staffing & recruitment, health, manufacturing, telecoms, and financial services. Aileen is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland. In addition to overseeing Braveheart’s finance function she is also the Company Secretary for the Group.

Judy oversees the monitoring and assessing of Braveheart’s portfolio. Prior to joining Braveheart in April 2008 she was part of 3i’s Small and Medium Sized Investment Team where she worked successfully with management teams and non-executive directors in order to drive change while enhancing and crystallising value. She has many years experience of working with companies in a wide range of sectors and of dealing with the many issues arising from minority equity positions.

Stephen provides in-house legal services for all aspects of our investment portfolio. He has been a member of the Braveheart team since April 2008. Stephen studied for his law degree and master's degree in European & International trade law at the University of Leicester and trained with Maclay Murray & Spens in London qualifying as an English solicitor in September 2001. He became an associate with Maclays in Edinburgh in 2007, practicing a wide variety of corporate work with particular expertise in private equity, joint ventures, funds and partnerships.

Jennifer deals with the day to day financial administration of Braveheart’s business. She has an honours degree from the University of Abertay, Dundee and qualified as a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants in July 2002. She spent two years working for Scottish Courage Ltd as a commercial accountant in their Perth office, then moved to their Edinburgh site as a management accountant for a further two years before joining Braveheart in 2005.

Lynn manages Braveheart's day to day office administration, as well as providing PA support to Carolyn. Lynn graduated from The Robert Gordon University in 2002 with a BA (Hons) in Fine Art. After graduating, Lynn spent three years with the Bank of Scotland and a year with Norwich Union building her skills within office administration roles.