Steven Wilderspin, a qualified Chartered Accountant, has been the Principal of Wilderspin Independent Governance, which provides independent directorship services, since April 2007. He has served on a number of private equity, property and hedge fund boards as well as commercial companies.

Mr Wilderspin currently serves as the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited, the Chair of the Audit and Risk Committee of GCP Infrastructure Investments Limited, and is a non-executive director of Phoenix Spree Deutschland Limited. These are all listed on the London Stock Exchange.

From 2001 until 2007, Mr Wilderspin was a director of fund administrator Maples Finance Jersey Limited where he was responsible for fund and securitisation structures. Before that, from 1997, Mr Wilderspin was Head of Accounting at Perpetual Fund Management (Jersey) Limited.

Mr Wilderspin has significant listed corporate governance experience, particularly in the area of risk management, so is well placed to lead the board through the development of its risk framework.