About the Founders

Neil Armstrong – Chairman

Neil started his career at Kennedy Group and is now a highly experienced business leader and entrepreneur, who enjoys working in high-growth environments to deliver value enhancing strategic change and shareholder returns. Following senior executive roles at Alfred McAlpine PLC,  Neil acquired Fastflow Pipeline Services from Northumbrian Water in 2005 where, through organic growth and targeted acquisitions, he grew the Group into an organisation with revenues in excess of £130m. Neil also currently holds a number of other non-executive positions and continues to champion a number of charities including Water Aid and Television for the Environment.

Craig Wilkinson – Managing Director

Craig has been investing in, financing and supporting growing companies for more than 20 years.  A qualified chartered accountant (with PwC), he spent his early years as a structured debt practitioner with Bank of Scotland, then Rothschild, before a move to LDC (the private equity arm of Lloyds Banking Group) where he spent his next 13 years. In addition to his investment successes in the UK, Craig took the Lloyds mid-market investment business to Asia building a profitable investment platform and a support network for UK businesses moving into Asia.