Ama Capital is delighted to announce the appointment of three non-executive Partners to its Board and Investment Committee. Andrew Tyler, Alistair Hardie and Tony Buffin bring extensive operational experience, having spent highly successful careers as executive and non-executive leaders of institutionally-backed businesses.
Since announcing its launch in November 2024, Founding Partners, Miles Otway and Ed Ransome, have built a board team embedding proven real world leadership skills and understanding at the heart of Ama鈥檚 organisation.
Ama Capital Invests In Strategic Hires
The addition of these high quality non-executive Partners not only brings greater capability to Ama鈥檚 strategic plans and investment and portfolio management processes, it also provides access to market-leading business acumen for Ama鈥檚 prospective investee companies.
Founding Partner, Miles Otway, explains: 鈥淓d and I were not looking to create a typical investment firm. With these appointments we have embedded proven CEOs and Chairs at Ama鈥檚 core.
鈥淥ur non-executive Partners have owned and run successful companies, multiple times. Alongside our flexible capital, Andrew, Alistair and Tony enable us to bring genuine lived experience and hands-on support to SMEs, rather than just sitting in an ivory tower with limited appreciation of what it takes to actually run a business.鈥�
More from Business
- Do Startups Lose Their Edge After An IPO?
- The Hidden Cost of Operational Complexity
- The Hidden Subscription Trap That鈥檚 Draining Thousands From UK Households
- New Data Reveals How Failed And Late Payments Are Costing Your Small Business More Than You Think
- How Small Businesses Are Using AI In Their Phone Systems Day To Day
- Is Open Banking Still The Best Foundation For UK FinTech Startups?
- Netflix Raises Prices Again, Indicating The Rising Costs Of AI And Streaming Tech
- How Are VoIP Digital Phone Systems Saving Small Businesses Money?
Expanding Specialist Engineering & Industrials and Business Services
With over 35 years in executive and non-executive C-Suite positions in a wide range of organisations from small start-ups to major Government agencies and global public firms, Andrew Tyler joins the firm to support Ama鈥檚 activities across Specialist Engineering & Industrials and Business Services.
He brings with him a wealth of experience in senior leadership roles including Group CEO of Algeco (now Modulaire Group), COO of the UK Ministry of Defence and European Chief Executive of Northrop Grumman; now as a Chair and Board Advisor, working with investors such as Blackstone, Epiris and CBPE.
About his role, Andrew said: 鈥淭he team at Ama is approaching SME investing in a new and exciting way. They look beyond just the numbers and dig deeper into the DNA of a business, what makes it successful and how it can scale. They bring truly value-additive capabilities. I鈥檓 delighted to be involved.鈥�
More Support For UK SMEs
Alistair Hardie has led a wide range of financial and professional services businesses, with a particular focus on commercial growth and buy-and-build strategies. Alistair has held multiple CEO roles, including owning and successfully selling travel insurance assistance firm, CEGA, to Charles Taylor.
Most recently he was CEO of Jensten Group, the Livingbridge-backed 拢650 million premium insurance broker, where he oversaw more than 30 acquisitions in four years. He has been a non-executive director of The Astrum Alliance, and Chair of JCRA, an interest rate and forex hedging advisory firm.
Alistair said: 鈥淚 have spent over 20 years in institutionally-backed leadership roles and seen the good and the bad of the investment industry. Ama is filling a gap in the market for SMEs. Many need practical support and guidance in achieving their goals, based on actual knowledge as opposed to something that has been taken from a textbook. I鈥檓 really looking forward to working with Miles and Ed and helping create an antidote to the more traditional private equity model.鈥�
As an experienced public and private markets executive, non-executive and entrepreneur, Tony Buffin has built and/or led a variety of businesses in the finance, building products, data analytics and consumer sectors.
He previously held a range of C-suite roles as CFO, COO and/or CEO at Loyalty Management Group, Coles Group, Travis Perkins and Holland & Barrett, before founding Tesca Group, where he is currently Executive Chair. Tony is currently the Chair of Highbourne Group and Nobia AB.
About his new role, Tony added: 鈥淗aving run startups to major global companies, and sat on various institutionally-backed boards, I鈥檝e learnt that it is important to get advice from people who have been there and got the t-shirt.
鈥淲ith the knowledge and experience we possess, we can invest more effectively, with patience and an appreciation that growth is sometimes not linear. There will rarely be a challenge that we can鈥檛 help our investee companies navigate; something far more valuable than purely bringing money to the table. This is the start of an exciting journey with Ama.鈥�
To find out more, visit
