Lyceum Capital expands operations team with new partner

Lyceum Capital has hired Geoff Neville as Operations and Development Partner.

Geoff has over 30 years’ international corporate management experience, with particular expertise in business process outsourcing and technology services.

Previous roles have included managing director of Viridian-owned software and services provider Sx3 (sold to Northgate in 2005 for £155m) and managing director of IT services group Admiral plc (sold to rival CMG in 2000 following a recommended offer for £1.4bn). He has also held senior executive roles at Fujitsu and latterly Atos, where he was a senior vice president and a member of its UK Executive board.

Geoff will join Lyceum’s expanding operations and development team, which works closely with portfolio companies to implement transformation programmes and value creation strategies.

Philip Buscombe, Chairman of Lyceum Capital, said: “Geoff has an outstanding track record of building value and achieving market-leading growth in service-based businesses. His expertise is an ideal fit with Lyceum’s investment model and underlines our commitment to operational excellence within our portfolio.”

Geoff Neville said: “Having led and grown businesses in the corporate environment for over 30 years, I’m excited about the opportunity to bring that operational expertise to bear in a faster-paced, entrepreneurial environment within Lyceum.”

He added: “Lyceum’s differentiated approach to private equity investing gives it a distinct advantage in the market and I’m delighted to be joining the team at such an exciting time.”

Geoff is the first of two additional Partner-level hires to Lyceum’s operations and development team, with a further announcement expected later in the year.