Barry Jackson

Barry joined BGF in 2013 and is based out of Leeds, covering the Yorkshire & North East region. His main role is to originate, execute and deliver new investment opportunities whilst retaining involvement through board interaction with his previous investments. Prior to joining BGF, Barry spent 11 years at Deloitte in Leeds, including 8 years in the Corporate Finance Advisory team.

He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities & Investment and also holds a degree in Mathematics, Operational Research, Statistics and Economics (MORSE) from the University of Warwick. As well as the various non-executive board positions that Barry currently holds, notable deals he has led include BGF’s £10m investment in Chemoxy in 2015 (exited to Novacap SAS in 2017) and also BGF’s £5m investment in Arcinova in 2018 (exited to Quotient Sciences in 2021).