Co-Chairman

William Rudebeck

William currently acts as Co-Chairman of VCP Apex. Previously, in 2009, he co-founded Venture Capital Partners, which subsequently became VCP Advisors and later, VCP Apex. William also co-founded Bite Investments in 2018 and currently acts as CEO. Previously, William spent a number of years in corporate finance and investment banking, specialising in advising and raising capital for both corporates and alternative asset managers. William previously held various positions at HSBC, Grisons Peak, and Danske Bank.

Co-Chairman

Henry Talbot-Ponsonby

Henry currently acts as Co-Chairman of VCP Apex. Previously, in 2009, he co-founded Venture Capital Partners, which subsequently became VCP Advisors and later, VCP Apex. Henry also co-founded Bite Investments in 2018 and currently acts as President of Bite. Henry also sits on the Investment Committee of Bite Asset Management. Henry began his career in law, working as a Barrister in London, before joining Grisons Peak, a financial institutions focused investment banking firm.

Head of Origination

Julian Kurz

Julian is a Managing Director and Head of Origination for VCP Apex globally. Julian previously worked for Eaton Partners, where he was a founding member of the Asia team that built an award-winning GP advisory business. Julian spent a decade working across Eaton’s Hong Kong, New York and Shanghai offices, focusing on the origination and execution of fundraises, secondaries and strategic advisory. Julian holds a bachelor’s degree from the London School of Economics.

Head of Americas

Jill Cohen

Jill is Head of the Americas for VCP Apex, having joined from Mercury Capital Advisors where she was Partner. Jill has had a 20+ year career within the alternative asset management industry and has held senior positions at several firms including, Avenue Capital, Salient Partners, MPM Capital, in addition to being Head of Capital Introduction for the Americas at Citigroup. Jill serves on the Board of Directors for University of Rhode Island where she holds a BSBA in finance and was a beta gamma sigma honor society member and scholarship recipient.

Head of Project Management

Jay Shows 

Jay is based in New York, where he is a Managing Director and Head of Project Management. Jay has had a 20+ year career working for leading global financial institutions and he has specialized within fundraising and advisory for alternative investments. Jay began his career in alternatives at Merrill Lynch in 2000 and has since held senior project management roles at Citigroup, Matinicus, BerchWood Partners and most recently, Stratus Partners, an alternatives advisory business that he founded.  Jay has a MBA from NYU Stern School of Business.

Yuthika Shetty

Yuthika is based in London and brings over a decade of industry experience in capital raising and advisory for alternative investments. Prior to joining VCP Apex, she worked for Mercury Capital Advisors in their origination and project management team covering Asian and European GPs and before that worked for DCF Ventures, Peepal Tree Capital and UDS. Yuthika holds a master’s degree in finance from Northeastern University, Boston.

Senior Advisor

Mario Lotufo

Mario is a Senior Advisor for VCP Apex and is based in New York. Mario brings over 30 years of industry experience, leading the Advisory business at his own firm Mentor International LLC. Mario worked for over 25 years at TSB/Lloyds Bank and Rabobank in Business Development, Asset Management and Corporate Banking/Finance. He has lived and worked in eight countries and speaks five languages. He has a B.S in Economics from Catholic University in Sao Paulo, Brazil, a Master in Administration from CEAG, Getúlio Vargas in São Paulo, Brazil and an International MBA from Erasmus University, Rotterdam School of Management in the Netherlands. Mario was a member of the Brazilian Water Polo National Team (1983 Edmonton World University Games, 1983 Caracas Pan American games, and 1984 Los Angeles Olympic games).

Managing Director

Xiaotian Mao

Xiaotian is a Non-Executive Partner who initially joined the London team in 2015 before moving to Shanghai in 2018. Xiaotian has worked in investment banking at Standard Bank in Hong Kong and also spent a number of years in audit at PwC. Xiaotian is a Certified Public Accountant, and has an MBA from the Saïd Business School, Oxford University.

Peter Hughes

Peter acts as CEO of Apex Group, having founded the company in 2003, which now is one of the world’s largest fund administrators. Under his leadership, the Apex Group has grown rapidly and today delivers a full range of services from fund administration, middle office, banking and depositary to corporate services. These services are delivered via 80 offices worldwide by over 10000 staff. Peter has over 20 years of financial services experience having qualified as a chartered accountant in 1994. He is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.

Hugo van Vredenburch

Hugo is a shareholder and advisor for VCP Apex and currently serves as Chairman of Fauna & Flora International, the world’s oldest international conservation charity. He was previously chairman of Interactive Investor and CEO of the TMF Group. Earlier in his career, Hugo was a Partner at Goldman Sachs and held a variety of roles including co-heading the equity franchise in Europe, Japan and Global COO of the equity division.

Michael Langdon

Michael is a shareholder and advisor for VCP Apex. Michael founded Rutland Partners, one of the pioneers of turnaround private equity in the UK, in 1986 after a career with Price Waterhouse where he specialised in investigative, consultancy and corporate finance work for large multinational clients. Michael is currently Rutland’s Chairman and has been central to determining both its investment strategy and its transition from a quoted industrial holding company into a UK focused mid-market private equity fund manager.