Raymond Abbott

Bio

Head of Private Equity for Alliance Trust and the Managing Director of Alliance Trust’s private equity division, Alliance Trust Equity Partners Ltd. Was a Practitioner with KPMG between 1980 and 1987. In 1987 joined Bank of Scotland and was one of the Bank’s team in their move into MBO debt funding. Moved into private equity in 1991 with Friends, Ivory & Sime and covered MBOs, Development Capital and Venture Capital. After building up a portfolio of venture investments with British Linen Bank in 1999 then founded Albany Venture Managers in 2000 and raised a fund in 2002 focused on Healthcare and IT. Alliance Trust acquired Albany Ventures in 2006 in order to add private equity experience and is now implementing a long term private equity investment program for the Trust. Chartered Accountant. Degree form Edinburgh University