Sara Halbard

Various board memberships

As the UK Government’s national economic development bank, our mission is to drive economic growth by helping smaller businesses get the finance they need to start, scale and stay in the UK. The Bank is now the largest investor in UK venture and venture growth capital funds, the most active late-stage investor in UK deeptech and life sciences and backed a quarter of all UK academic spinout deals in 2022-24. The Bank has also invested in 59% of the UK’s current unicorns. British Business Bank plc is a public limited company registered in England and Wales, registration number 08616013, registered office Steel City House, West Street, Sheffield, S1 2GQ. It is a development bank wholly owned by HM Government. British Business Bank plc and its subsidiaries are not banking institutions and do not operate as such. With the exception of BBB Investment Services Limited they are not authorised or regulated by the Prudential Regulation Authority or the Financial Conduct Authority. BBB Investment Services Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority. A complete legal structure chart for the group and details of the programmes operated by the relevant subsidiaries can be found at british-business-bank.co.uk.

Various board memberships

Serone Capital is a European focused alternative credit specialist, founded by CEO Neil Servis in 2009. Focusing on inefficient segments of the European credit market, Serone specialises in securitised credit, warehousing, and European special situations. Our investment approach combines a top-down macroeconomic view with disciplined bottom-up credit analysis and an active trading mindset. Through extensive experience, collaboration across teams and strategy synergy, we provide superior sourcing and structuring capabilities. Having built an institutional quality infrastructure, we offer investors solutions to their investment and fund structuring needs, giving us a supportive and diverse investor base. Please direct any investor queries to irteam@seronecapital.com and regulatory queries to compliance@seronecapital.com

ICG (LSE: ICG) is a global alternative asset manager with $127bn* in AUM and more than three decades of experience generating attractive returns. We operate from over 20 locations globally and invest our clients’ capital across Structured Capital; Private Equity Secondaries; Private Debt; Credit; and Real Assets. Our exceptional people originate differentiated opportunities, invest responsibly, and deliver long-term value. We partner with management teams, founders, and business owners in a creative and solutions-focused approach, supporting them with our expertise and flexible capital. *As at 31 December 2025.