Lyceum Capital appoints new partner
Lyceum Capital has appointed Jonathan Bourn as a partner.
Jonathan joins from Baird, where he was a managing director in its Global Investment Banking business, leading coverage of European financial sponsors. While at Baird, Jonathan was involved with a number of high-profile transactions across a variety of sectors.
He was previously a partner at AAC Capital Partners for 11 years, where he was responsible for originating and executing new investments and managing portfolio companies in its pan-European fund, including TGI Fridays UK, Park Resorts Group and NSL Group Services.
Previous roles include senior positions in the leveraged finance teams of Credit Suisse First Boston and NatWest.
Jonathan will join as a senior member of Lyceum’s Investment team and will focus on making new investments from Lyceum Capital III, its most recent, £330 million fund.
Philip Buscombe, Chairman of Lyceum Capital, said: “Jonathan is a first-class operator with an excellent track record in the market spanning advisory, leveraged debt and private equity.
“His wealth of transactional experience across sectors and deal sizes makes him an ideal fit for Lyceum Capital as we continue to grow our business. We are delighted to welcome him to our team and expect to make announcements on further senior hires in the coming months.”
Jonathan Bourn said: “This is an excellent time to be joining Lyceum, where funds under management continue to expand, as does the team and the firm’s portfolio of high-growth mid-sized companies. With confidence returning to the UK economy, Lyceum is ideally placed to continue growing; I’m absolutely delighted to be joining at such an exciting time.”
David Silver, Managing Director of Robert W. Baird, said: “It has been a pleasure working with Jonathan. We are delighted to see him joining our client Lyceum Capital and look forward to continue working together, building on recent successful transactions with Lyceum such as the acquisition of Isotrak and the sale of M&C; Energy to Schneider Electric.”
Established in 1999, Lyceum focuses on high-growth, mid-sized UK businesses, helping management teams to execute growth strategies, operational improvements and targeted acquisitions that deliver a step-change in scale and market positioning.
Since inception, the firm has raised over £800m of capital across three funds and acquired over 100 companies, including 88 add-on acquisitions for 21 platform investments.