Finance Yorkshire welcomes non-executive director

Finance Yorkshire has appointed corporate lawyer Paul Trudgill to its board as a non-executive director, succeeding Jennie Adams after her 15 years of service.

Paul, a partner in Knights’ corporate group in Sheffield, brings extensive experience advising SMEs and owner-managed businesses on mergers, acquisitions, management buyouts and employee ownership trust transactions.

He said: “I have been a member of the South Yorkshire professional and business community for more than 30 years and therefore have an informed perspective to bring in terms of Finance Yorkshire’s external environment including in relation to its target market.

“I have considerable experience of transactions involving venture capital (VC) funds, advising investee companies and acting for VC funds in relation to their investments.”

This appointment supports Finance Yorkshire’s mission to invest over £50 million into Yorkshire and Humber SMEs through its loans, seedcorn and growth funds over the next five years.

Alex McWhirter, Finance Yorkshire chief executive, added: “We are delighted to welcome Paul to the Finance Yorkshire board where he will complement our other non-executive directors with his breadth of corporate legal knowledge and expertise.

“The board acknowledges the time Jennie gave to Finance Yorkshire over many years in which her contribution to our discussions and decision-making was invaluable.”

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