Meet Our Team
Prior to this, he spent 17 years in the Investment Management industry including 13 years at the well-known Hedge Fund, Gartmore Investment Management (US$56 billion Assets Under Management) where he had a number of different roles, his parting one being the COO for the Investment Division.
He then spent the next 7 years as an Investor and Start-Up Growth Specialist. During this time he worked for a VC and the Private Equity firm, Hamilton Bradshaw (founded by ex-Dragon, James Caan). He was mentored by James on how to aggressively grow Start-Up businesses with a view to preparing them for an Exit.
In his spare time, he is an ‘Expert By Experience’, for the Care Quality Commission (CQC) the regulator for the Care Home industry.
He is educated to Master’s level in International Business law and graduated from the University of London.
He sold his first business, when he was just 27 years old and is the founder of a number of companies including www.disabledentrepreneurs.co.uk, the UK's largest website for Disabled Entrepreneurs. Shane is highly respected by friends and family because of his inherent ability to look for what is positive in any seemingly negative situation.
He has won the battle against depression due to his mobility problems by proving his statement: ``If I can do it, so can you.``
She is also Professor at the University of West London, External Examiner to 4 post-graduate clinical and counselling course and National Assessor for Consultant posts in the NHS. She is an Honorary member of the British Psychological Society and has been awarded 3 Doctorates from universities across the UK.
He is an experienced Non-Executive Director, and has been Chairman of the Hospedia Group Ltd and CVLV Group Ltd, and Deputy Chairman of Redstone plc. Before starting his non-executive career, Tim held several directorships within the Vodafone Group.
Tim is also the Chairman of the Investment Committee for Kaleidoscope Investments.
She spent much of her career at Thomson Reuters as Head of Sales for the UK & Israel and her team had an annual budged over £100m in sales.
Mary-Rose has a particular expertise with analysing sales models and determining whether or not they are realistic and attainable.
As COO for Kaleidoscope Investments he is responsible for overseeing the Investment process and ensuring all relevant procedures are complied with.
With a high degree of technical aptitude over a large scope of IT software, hardware and infrastructure, Naomi is influencing and shaping the direction Kaleidoscope Group IT. Her mind-set ensures that our business efficiency and collaboration across multiple functions, departments and levels comes first.
A wife and a mother, Naomi was diagnosed as autistic a few years ago. She is a role model of the strengths and capabilities that being autistic can bring. She helps change people’s views of what being neurodivergent means and will ensure her children grow up knowing there is no difference in ‘different’.
Accomplished across a range of sectors-Retail, FMCG, Financial services and new business opportunities.
Proven creative expertise in brand development, sales, customer service with KPIs delivery & driving growth through marketing initiatives and the exploitation of new markets both on and offline.
Danielle spent her entire sporting career as world number 1, winning two Paralympic golds, three World Championship titles and holds all 12 world records. Taking gold at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, she became the first disabled athlete to represent England in an able-bodied discipline, proving that disability is no bar to achieving.
Following her retirement from competitive sport, Danielle is now teaching others how to be the best version of themselves. She was also the Winner of the 2016 Women of the Future Awards.
Wishing to utilize the wide project and stakeholder management and communication skills developed through career so far; moving towards the next challenge and aspirations to advance within a dynamic and innovative business. Tony is PRINCE2 qualified.
Adam is an experienced speaker and has given Tedx talks before. He is a huge disability advocate and is helping us to co-create and deliver inclusive training courses.
He is the co-founder of three start-ups, including the The New Covent Garden Soup Co Ltd., which pioneered and grew the fresh soup category in the UK reaching £20m in revenues. In 2005, John co-founded Little Dish, which supplies healthy, natural and convenient meals and snacks to children over one year old and sold it in 2017.
John has a particular expertise at deciphering revenue models and ensuring their assumptions are realistic and achievable.
I set up Hezar Ventures four years ago with a friend and partner from family business origins, and we create effective funding with our network of Family relationships and partners, as well as providing bespoke investment and strategic solutions for those predominantly Family clients but also some institutional clients, creating bridges between our home markets (UK/Europe) and where we operate, across Asia, Middle East and Africa.
His practice primarily focused on corporate transactions on both a local and national level, including mergers and acquisitions and private equity transactions before he moved in-house to Barclays Bank PLC where he specialises in complex derivatives and structured capital markets products and the agency lending world.
In his spare time Seb keeps active by running and continues to play a variety of sports socially.
In addition to advising numerous organisations, Ross has personally worked with countless disabled and impaired people and their families, providing transitional services, individualised budget planning and employment assistance.
Ross is a skilled and experienced disability consultant who sees a better world for people living with all types of impairments.