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Tony Piper
The founder and Director of 4vco, Tony has been working with and advising senior Finance personnel within the financial services industry for over 13 years, the last 8 being in a consulting capacity. In 2001 he began work with a major London-based private equity firm and quickly decided to focus his efforts upon a dedicated support service for the PE industry. He launched 4vco in 2002.

Tony has built a considerable knowledge base and network within the PE client and software vendor communities and was the chief architect of the 4vco technology survey (completed during 2004). This combined knowledge and experience place him in a unique position to provide informed, independent advice to PE clients.

Prior to focusing upon the private equity industry, Tony spent 5 years in private banking and a further 5 in retail banking.

Tony is a Chartered Accountant and has a BA in Accounting and Finance. He currently lectures on "Selecting and Implementing PE Systems" for EVCA and is the author of the 4vco newsletter.

Email: tony.piper@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7775 947 901


Paul Thompson
Paul is a founding member of 4vco and has over 20 years of industry and consulting experience, primarily in financial services. He has worked with private equity clients performing project management, business analysis and operational support roles across the front, middle and back office as well as internal IT and HR functions. As well as fulfilling his client duties, Paul is also responsible for the 4vco website.

Prior to joining 4vco, Paul spent a number of years as a systems consultant within the private banking industry. He also spent several years with a major retail bank, working in a formal IT environment where he led a team of 6 analysts/developers.

Paul has a BA in Management Sciences and French.

Email: paul.thompson@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7977 490 917


Jeremy Hocter
Jeremy joined 4vco in June 2007. Jeremy has considerable experience in documenting business requirements, managing projects and managing data conversions, and he will be focussing on GP and LP client assignments.

Prior to joining 4vco, Jeremy, spent 4 years in the US as a business analyst defining requirements and managing implementations of private equity performance monitoring software to facilitate LP reporting. In addition to managing software projects, Jeremy has worked closely with limited partners ranging from large pension funds to family offices in developing reporting strategies for their quarterly and due diligence reporting needs.

Jeremy holds a BA in Finance and Information Technology from Bentley College in Boston, Massachusetts.

Email: jeremy.hocter@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7872 377 259


Jonathan Tolley
4vco's latest recruit joined the company in September 2008. Jonathan has more than 10 years experience in private equity, having worked for both a General Partner and a software vendor. At the General Partner, he was responsible for the selection and implementation of a private equity system. At the software vendor, he worked with over 30 GP and LP clients. His role included the project management of implementations, data migration analysis, custom report design and development.

Prior to this Jonathan spent 7 years performing various project roles in the financial services and insurance sectors. Projects included improving management information systems, software implementations, integrating acquisitions and customer profitability analyses.

Jonathan is a Chartered Certified Accountant and holds an MBA from Heriot Watt University.

Email: jonathan.tolley@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7711 373 318

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Barnaby Piggott
Barnaby has been a consultant in the private equity industry since 2001 and joined 4vco in 2003. Through over 20 client engagements, he has acquired an in-depth understanding of private equity.

Assignments include business analysis, strategic reviews and project/programme management. Barnaby has a successful track record of delivering complex projects, working effectively with senior executives, 3rd party stakeholders and internal project teams.

More recently, Barnaby has been working with funds of funds clients. These projects have focused on reducing operational risk, streamlining investment monitoring and improving the performance reporting business functions.

Barnaby is a Chartered Member of the British Computer Society and a member of both the CFA Institute and CFA Society of the UK. He holds a BSc in Information Technology for Business from Aston University.

Email: barney.piggott@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7977 464 769

Tony Piper
The founder and Director of 4vco, Tony has been working with and advising senior Finance personnel within the financial services industry for over 13 years, the last 8 being in a consulting capacity. In 2001 he began work with a major London-based private equity firm and quickly decided to focus his efforts upon a dedicated support service for the PE industry. He launched 4vco in 2002.

Tony has built a considerable knowledge base and network within the PE client and software vendor communities and was the chief architect of the 4vco technology survey (completed during 2004). This combined knowledge and experience place him in a unique position to provide informed, independent advice to PE clients.

Prior to focusing upon the private equity industry, Tony spent 5 years in private banking and a further 5 in retail banking.

Tony is a Chartered Accountant and has a BA in Accounting and Finance. He currently lectures on "Selecting and Implementing PE Systems" for EVCA and is the author of the 4vco newsletter.

Email: tony.piper@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7775 947 901

Paul Thompson
Paul is a founding member of 4vco and has over 20 years of industry and consulting experience, primarily in financial services. He has worked with private equity clients performing project management, business analysis and operational support roles across the front, middle and back office as well as internal IT and HR functions. As well as fulfilling his client duties, Paul is also responsible for the 4vco website.

Prior to joining 4vco, Paul spent a number of years as a systems consultant within the private banking industry. He also spent several years with a major retail bank, working in a formal IT environment where he led a team of 6 analysts/developers.

Paul has a BA in Management Sciences and French.

Email: paul.thompson@4vco.com
Mobile: +44 (0)7977 490 917