Terra Firma Capital Partners
Giles Sharp is an experienced finance and operations professional currently serving as Operating Managing Director at Terra Firma Capital Partners since January 2024 and as a Trustee for Great North Air Ambulance Service since November 2022. Previously, Giles held the position of Chief Financial Officer at Avant Homes from January 2015 to June 2022 and served as Non Executive Director at ZeroLight from August 2014 to February 2020. Other notable roles include Strategic Integration Director at Carillion plc and various senior finance positions at Eaga plc, where responsibilities included CFO, Group Finance and Investor Relations Director, and Director of Financial Planning. Giles began a professional career at PricewaterhouseCoopers as Senior Manager in Transaction Services lasting from September 2000 to April 2005. Educational qualifications include a BSc Hons in Environmental Science from The University of Salford, completed in 1992.
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Terra Firma Capital Partners
Terra Firma drives value creation. Founded by Private Equity pioneer Guy Hands in 1994, Terra Firma has a 26-year track record of investing in transformational private equity, operational real estate and infrastructure plus. Since establishment, Terra Firma has invested €18 billion in 39 businesses with an aggregate enterprise value of over €51 billion. Terra Firma means ‘solid ground’. It reflects our consistent and distinctive approach to investment. We buy asset-rich businesses in essential industries that can be transformed through fundamental change in the long term. As such, we invest time, money and expertise into transforming the strategy, operations and finances of the businesses we acquire, recognising that long term success is not achieved purely by focusing on short-term objectives but through dedicated partnership, integrity and tenacity.