Mark Summerhayes

Mr Summerhayes spent seven years at Bain & Company advising corporates on a mix of strategy, Mergers and Acquisitions, and operational improvement projects. He was based in London, Munich and Sydney. In 1996 he co founded SB Capital Partners, a private equity partnership, which was backed by Bain Capital, one of the leading US private equity firms. On the back of the success of this venture, Bain Capital subsequently launched its first dedicated European buy out fund. In parallel to this activity, he assisted a wealthy Norwegian family build its own portfolio of private equity investments in both early and late stage situations and private equity funds. In 2001 he joined Smedvig Capital full time and as a Managing Director.