Andrew Aylwin has seven years� experience in private equity, having been involved in Lyceum Capital's successful first fundraising in 2000 and the acquisitions of Asquith Court, VELO and Clinovia. He sits on the board of Coperion and Asquith Court.
Andrew has been significantly involved in the development of a number of our portfolio companies, particularly Coperion, for which he developed innovative balance sheet restructuring and led the successful �180 refinancing of Coperion including the buyout of Georg Fischer and WestLB�s direct investments in the group, increasing Lyceums�s ownership from 47% to 100% in March 2006.
He has also worked on the add-on acquisitions of Rivertide, Secret Garden, Downsend Schools, North Bridge House, David Lloyd Leisure, Asquith/Jarvis and Kinderstart for Asquith, and the acquisition of Keya (China) for Coperion, and the sale of Asquith Schools to Englefield Capital.
Prior to Lyceum, Andrew worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in London, in the Transaction Services division. At PwC, providing corporate finance, valuation and due diligence services and advice in numerous acquisitions, buy-outs, financing and capital market transactions throughout Europe. These included Vianova Resins, Diamant Boart, German Parcel, Gemplus, Sabanci Chemicals and Winterthur Rappold.
Andrew is a Chartered Accountant and has worked in Europe and North America, with companies such as BHF Securities (New York), CCF Elysees Bourse in Paris and Siemens AG in Munich and is fluent in French and German. Andrew has a languages degree from the University of Bradford.
