Wol Kolade

London, UK

Managing Partner

Livingbridge

Biography

Wol Kolade is Managing Partner of Livingbridge, a mid-market private equity firm of over 80 people in the UK and Australia that helps businesses grow faster by investing and working with the client to come up with a market strategy that helps to focus where on what matters.

Wol has a deep interest in healthcare and education and sits on the boards of a number of schools and universities. He is a Non-Executive Director of the Social Finance Board and in 2009 held the post of Chairman for Responsible Investment Advisory Board.

Wol is the Chairman of the Guy's and St Thomas’ Charity, a 500-year-old charitable foundation with total assets of £600 million.

Wol Kolade’s Newsfeed

20 Jul 2018

New appointments to our board

Wol Kolade — chairman of the Guy’s and St Thomas’s Charity and managing partner of the private equity firm, Livingbridge.

20 Jul 2018

Livingbridge hires Pentland Group’s Laura Wathen

Livingbridge managing partner Wol Kolade said Wathen’s “deep sector expertise combined with her experience as an Investment Manager and an entrepreneur in her own right made her a natural fit for Livingbridge”.

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Wol Kolade’s Background

Livingbridge

Managing Partner

1993 - Present

London, UK

A mid-market private equity firm of over 80 people in the UK and Australia. They have £1 billion ready to invest over the next 5 years and invest anywhere from £2 million to £70 million in fast-growing companies.

Barclays

MDP

1990 - 1992

Barclays PLC is a British multinational bank and financial services company.

Other Business Interests

Cumnor House Sussex

Chairman of Risk Committee

Haywards Heath, UK

Cumnor House Sussex is one of the country’s leading independent co-ed day and boarding schools for 2-13 year-old boys and girls situated in Mid-Sussex.

London School of Economics

Lay Governor, Member of the Court

London, UK

The LSE Court of Governors is a 100-member body of supporters and advisors to the School, who are elected on the recommendation of the Nominations Committee of the Court. The Committee has membership comprising student, lay and academic members.

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Current Non-Executive Positions

NHS Improvement

Board Member

Aug 2018 - Present

London, UK

NHS Improvement support foundation trusts and NHS trusts to give patients consistently safe, high quality, compassionate care within local health systems that are financially sustainable.

Wol Kolade’s Education

University of Exeter

MBA, Business

1989 - 1991

King's College London

B eng, Civil Engineering

1985 - 1988