25th June 2024
We are pleased to announce the promotions of Harriet Hunt and Claire Sweet to the role of Investment Director.
Harriet joined FPE in 2019 after four years with PwC's Corporate Finance team, focusing primarily on transactions in the Financial Services and Fintech sectors. Since joining FPE, Harriet has been an integral part of the Investment Team, contributing notably to the exits of Questionmark, Masstech, and Sohonet, as well as investments in Kallik from FPE Fund II and Dynamic Planner, Egress and NoBlue2 from FPE Fund III.
Claire joined FPE in 2021 from KPMG, where she was part of the firm's TMT M&A Advisory team. Before her role in the TMT team, Claire worked in KPMG's assurance practice. Since joining FPE, Claire has been a key member of the Investment Team, contributing notably to portfolio companies Codestone, Togetherall and 60 Decibels from FPE Fund II, as well as GAT and Vanda from FPE Fund III.
These promotions mark a significant step in the development of the FPE investment team, reinforcing its strong sector focus on software and services and demonstrate FPE’s commitment to the long-term development of the firm.
Henry Sallitt, Managing Partner Harriet and Claire’s promotions are a testament to the significant contributions they have made to FPE’s success over recent years. Their advancement reflects our commitment to nurturing and developing talent within the firm and we congratulate them.
This follows FPE’s milestone achievement of successfully closing its third fund ‘FPE Fund III’ at £185m and completing the first six new investments dedicated to the software sector within it.
Harriet is a CFA Charterholder with a BA (Hons) in Chinese and Economics. Claire, an ICAEW Chartered Accountant, studied Economics and Management at Oxford University.