Team

Thor Björgólfsson

Chairman of Novator Capital

Chairman of Novator Partners, founded in 2004 and Novator Capital, founded in 2020

• One of the most pre-eminent investors in the Global TMT Industry
• Iceland’s first billionaire
• Chairman of Novator Capital
• Extensive investment track record:
  • PLAY in Poland
  • WOMS.A. in Chile
  • CCP (computer games)
  • Verne Global (datacenters)
  • Xantis Pharma
• NYU’s Stern School of Business – On the School’s Board of Overseers for the past 8 years

Arnaud Massenet

Chief Executive Officer

• GRIP – Chairman & Founder (Artificial Intelligence)
  • Virtual Conferences
  • Matchmaking
• Depury.com – Co-founder & Director
  • Online contemporary art platform
• Net-a-porter (1999-2010) – Co-founder & Director
• South West Capital (2007) – Founder of hedge fund focused on real asset investments
• Lehman Brothers (2003-07) – Founder of Lehman Brothers’ corporate derivatives group
• Lehman Brothers (1998-2003) – Co-Head European Derivatives Sales
• Morgan Stanley (1994-98) – European Equity Derivatives Group
• Lincoln International Business School (Paris) – B.A.

Prabhu Narasimhan

Chief Investment Officer

• Mayer Brown, White & Case and Baker McKenzie– over 15 years as a lawyer and partner
• Novator Capital (2020) – Co-founder & CEO
  • Multi-asset investment fund with a developed markets focus
• Baker McKenzie London – Founder of Alternative Capital practice.
  • Senior strategic advisor to multi-billion dollar family
    offices and private equity funds
• White & Case – Partner and Global Head of Family Offices
• Widely recognized and commended, particularly by the FT Innovative Lawyers awards
• M.A. (Law),  Cambridge University

Caroline Harding

Chief Financial Officer and Director

• Advisory and non-executive director services
• Qualified chartered accountant
• Weybourne, Sir James Dyson’s family office (until October 2019) – CFO managing a multi-billion £ portfolio
• Weybourne Group – Senior accounting officer, Compliance and AML officer (Financial Conduct Authority regulated subsidiary)
• Exploration Capital – CFO and Director, managed a diversified global investment portfolio
• Was simultaneously CFO of Gilo (engineering business)

Shravin Mittal

Director

• Unbound – Founder, long term technology investment arm
• Bharti Global – Family Office Director
• Softbank (2016-17) – Investor
• Better Capital (2014-16) –London Private Equity Assistant Director
• Airtel (Africa & India) (2010-12) – Managing Director
• J.P. Morgan (2009-10) –Investment banking
• University of Bath – B.S. Accounting and Finance
• Harvard Business School – MBA

Michael Edelstein

Independent Director

• Entertainment leader, technology advisor, investor, and producer
  • NBC Universal International Studios (2010-18) – Division President
  • During his tenure, the division produced 1,100 hours of original content
• The original content comprised over 150 series, which combined generated numerous awards, including three Golden Globes, six BAFTA Awards, and 18 Emmy Awards
• Desperate Housewives (2004-06) – Executive Producer
• CBS Corporation (1998-2001) – Director of current programs
• UCLA – B.A. History and Art History

Sangeeta Desai

Independent Director

• Experienced investor and C-level executive, currently on a number of listed and private boards globally
• Mopar Media – Chairwoman
• OSN – Non-executive Director
• Ocean Outdoor – Non-executive Director
• Fremantle Media – COO & CEO of Emerging Markets
• Hit Entertainment – COO
• Apax Partners – Principal
• Goldman Sachs & J.P. Morgan – Investment banking
• U.C. Berkeley – B.S.
• Haas School of Bus. – B.A.
• Wharton, U.P. – MBA