Will Scales has a diverse work experience spanning over several years. Will currently holds the position of Investment Director at LDC, starting in January 2021. Prior to this, they worked at Rothschild & Co as an Assistant Director from July 2013 to January 2021. Will also gained experience at E & Y as an Executive from August 2008 to June 2013. Will started their career at Fullers Foods plc as an Accounts Assistant in July 2006 for a brief period of three months. Additionally, they had a role as a Counsellor at Trails End Camp in 2006.
Will Scales attended Ripon Grammar School from 1997 to 2004. Will then pursued a degree in Business Management at Newcastle University from 2006 to 2008.
LDC
For over 40 years, LDC has been the trusted investment partner for ambitious management teams. Part of Lloyds Banking Group, our experience, scale, and relationship-based approach have helped hundreds of management teams across the UK to grow their businesses, their way. Since 2012, the businesses we’ve supported have grown four times more than the national average, increasing in value by a cumulative £7bn. We offer strategic support, challenge when necessary and provide flexible growth capital as either minority or majority shareholders. This means we can help management teams to deliver a range of different growth strategies – including making acquisitions, investing in operations or sales and marketing, broadening products and services, or expanding overseas. With a national network of 10 offices, our teams live and work right across the UK. By combining local relationships with national scale, we’re able to build trusted relationships from day one. Our experience has seen us invest in companies across more than 50 sub-sectors, supporting the whole of the UK economy, through good times and bad.