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Westbridge Capital Profile

It’s not easy investing in lower mid-market buy-outs, but WestBridge Capital partner Guy Davies is no stranger to adversity.

Corporate Financier article imageHe speaks to Marc Mullen about the challenges that face small-cap private equity in the UK, as well as detailing the achievements of WestBridge so far.

Of the decision to set up WestBridge, a lower mid-market buy-out house, in 2008, co-founder and managing partner Guy Davies says: “The timing was shocking. It was just before the Lehman crisis. I vividly remember being on holiday, watching the financial world melt down, thinking: ‘I’m not sure we should have done this, but let’s get on with it.’”