BVCA/Real Deals: Private Equity Awards 2004

01 January 2004

The Private Equity Awards 2004 - Personality of the Year

This award is presented to an individual who, in the opinion of the judges and the editors of Real Deals, made an outstanding individual contribution to their firm and to the UK private equity industry in 2003.

The Winner
Jeremy Coller - Coller Capital

Jeremy Coller is chief executive of Coller Capital, the global investor in private equity secondaries. His firm's latest fund closed in late 2002 at $2.5bn, making it the largest ever global secondaries fund. Jeremy is or has been a director or advisory committee member of Baronsmead Investment Trust, Baring Capital Investors, Bridgepoint, Causeway Capital, ECI Ventures, GranIberia, and the US Prudential Equity Investors. He is secretary of the Venture Investors' Circle, whose members are institutional investors in private equity funds.