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Gavin was previously a Managing Director with RBS for over 12 years, latterly as a senior member of the team responsible for the restructuring of RBS’ £270bn Non-Core businesses. Managing the operational improvement and exit of a number of companies, notable deals include the $7.3bn sale of the bank’s Aviation Leasing business where he was also a member of the board. Prior to that Gavin worked in RBS’ private equity division, investing in, managing and selling over 20 businesses with 16 directorships of portfolio and bank companies. Deal experience with RBS covered the entire life cycle from start up through to £100m+ investments, across all business sectors with deal types ranging from pure equity through to mezzanine. Whilst at the bank, Gavin also had responsibility for the Natwest IT Fund, the South of England Technology Fund, the restructure and sale of an RBS subsidiary and US based large co-investment deals such as Clear Channel, Univision, and Alltel. Before moving to RBS, Ga
Position in the VCSift Database
- • 68 investors at Business Growth Fund are tracked.
- • 1 investors hold the Head of Investment South and Quoted role in VCSift. Gavin Petken is one of them.
- • 6 investors are based in Radlett, Hertford, United Kingdom.
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- Radlett, UK
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