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Danielle Newnham host of the Danielle Newnham Podcast that interviews leading tech founders and innovators is joined by our Chairman, Dean Forbes.
Dean shares a detailed account of his back-story, what a billion euro exit feels like, critical lessons he has learned along the way, and much more…
Wow! Number 2 on the Powerful Media and JP Morgan Powerlist, recognising the UK’s most powerful and influential black people!
Its surreal to me to be in such company on such a list, let alone number 2. I cannot tell you how proud and honoured I am.
Forbes Family Group is excited to share the news that our Chairman Dean Forbes, has today been listed as no.2 on The Powerlist 2023, published by Powerful Media in partnership with J.P Morgan.
Dean Forbes, CEO, Forterro and Chairman of Forbes Family Group received the prestigious Baobab award: Business – at this years’ Best of Africa Awards alongside ex footballer Patrick Viera and award winning musician and actor Kano.
Corten Capital currently manages a sizeable fund, that is used to to acquire and build market-leading, technology-driven B2B services, information and software companies across Europe and North America.
In what has been a tremendous turnaround, in just 12 months, our FFG Chairman, Dean Forbes, CEO of Forterro, European ERP Software and Services provider, has announced another landmark deal. Today, Partners Group, a leading global private markets’ firm has acquired Forterro in a transaction at a value of €1 billion.
Dean was invited to Buckingham Palace as part of the celebrations for the recent Kings Coronation. To mark the occasion and represent his African heritage we worked with @ozwald_boateng to create a suit fitting of the occasion and to compliment the unique watch created by @williamadoasi and @vitaelondon for the day!
Happy birthday to our Co-CEO and absolute epic lady @davinalfw all of us at FFG hope you have an amazing day and thank you for all of your inspiration and leadership
Throw Back summary to our last Radar Event! ALL on stage interviews are now live on the Forbes Family Group YouTube channel - link in our bio. Thanks again to everyone who came to support the event, we continue to believe passionately in enabling and activating our network for the support and social advancement of young professionals coming from communities similar to those of our founders. The next Radar event will be in May via zoom, with a further in person event towards the end of the year
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Charlie provides bespoke wealth management solutions aiming to achieve his clients’ individual goals. Clients benefit from his 20 years’ experience in the city assisting professionals & business owners through their careers and beyond. Building a relationship of trust is the foundation of his approach. His relationship with each client starts with listening, establishing values to be adhered to and from which he can build a bespoke strategy.
Outside of work, Charlie keeps fit going to the gym , playing golf and competing in Triathlon events. He relaxes by watching any live sport but will never miss an English International Rugby match.
Alexandre is a Principal in the Corten Capital investment team. Prior to joining Corten, Alexandre was a Vice President in the Technology, Financial and Business Services vertical at Bain Capital, one of the world’s largest private equity firms. During his time at Bain Capital, Alexandre focused on buyout investments across Europe, spanning multiple sectors including B2B software, business services, industrials and consumer retail. He also played a key role supporting several portfolio companies across growth, turnaround and M&A strategies as well as leading on various financing and capital markets transactions. Prior to this, Alexandre was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group in London where he worked on a number of private equity due diligence projects as well transformation projects for companies in TMT and retail. Before that, he worked as a credit hybrids trader within J.P. Morgan’s Global Markets division.
David McQueen is passionate about developing leaders. A family man first, he is the husband of one, father of two and friend of many. He has founded and cofounded a number of businesses including Q Squared, Black Founders Hub and Evermoor and sits as a Non Exec on the advisory board of many companies offering support on leadership and financial competence.
In his work as an Executive Coach, Facilitator, Board Advisor and International Speaker, he has worked with corporates and non profit organisations worldwide to develop their senior leaders and managers. His clients include Facebook, Google, Shopify, Lloyds, HSBC, Mercedes Benz, Sky, BMW, Uber, Fidelity Investments, EY Foundation and Barnardo’s.
David is also an Angel Investor, Mentor, Host of the BRAVE Leader podcast, a three times TEDx speaker and is currently writing his first book on leadership and never works on a Saturday!
Timothy Armoo was the founder of Fanbytes, a company he started in university at 21 helping brands like Nike, Samsung, and Deliveroo engage with Gen Z through influencers. In 5 years, Timo grew the company to an award-winning team of 70 people leading campaigns like the Government’s messaging on covid in 2020. In May 2022, Timo Fanbytes was acquired by global digital agency Brainlabs in an 8-figure acquisition. His expertise in brand building and social media has seen him win many accolades including being Forbes 30u30 cover star, the social media person of the year by The Drum and most influential people in media by Evening Standard.
