Philip Yea is the Chief Executive of 3i Group plc, a leading private equity and venture capital company. Yea joined 3i in July 2004. // About 3i Group PLC is a venture capital and private equity firm quoted on the London Stock Exchange (LSE: III), and part of the FTSE 100 Index. ... Private equity is a broad term that refers to any type of equity investment in an asset in which the equity is not freely tradable on a public stock market. ... Venture capital is a general term to describe financing for startup and early stage businesses as well as businesses in turn around situations. ...

Before 3i, Yea was a managing director at Investcorp, where his main focus was on the performance of portfolio investments. He joined Investcorp in 1999 from Diageo. He spent six years as Group Finance Director, both at Guinness and then at Diageo after Guinness's merger with GrandMet in 1997. Yea's thirteen-year career at Guinness/Diageo mainly involved financial positions but also saw him in a number of wider-ranging roles including the Chairmanship of The Gleneagles Hotel and Guinness Publishing. He was also a director of Moet Hennessy. Yea is a non-Executive Director of Vodafone Group plc. He has also been a non-Executive Director of HBOS plc and of Manchester United plc. Investcorp is a leading provider and manager of alternative investment products, serving high-net-worth private and institutional clients. ... It has been suggested that Diageo Brands be merged into this article or section. ... Guinness logo World War II era advert. ... Gleneagles Hotel and grounds. ... Vodafone Group Plc is a mobile network operator headquartered in Newbury, Berkshire, England. ... Group headquarters on The Mound, Edinburgh HBOS Office at Trinity Road, Halifax HBOS plc (LSE: HBOS) is a banking and insurance group in the United Kingdom, the holding company for Halifax plc and the Governor and Company of the Bank of Scotland. ... Manchester Uniteds emblem Manchester United F.C. (often abbreviated to Man United or just Man U, pronounced man-yoo) is an English football club based at Old Trafford in Greater Manchester. ...

Yea is a member of the Chartered Institute of Management Accountants, and has a degree in Modern Languages (French and Spanish) from the University of Oxford, where he was a member of Brasenose College. The University of Oxford (usually abbreviated as Oxon. ... and of the Brasenose College College name The Kings Hall and College of Brasenose Latin name aula regia et collegium aenei nasi Named after Bronze door knocker Established 1509 Sister college Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge Principal Prof. ...

The Acceptable Face of Private Equity - http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article2697972.ece

The Poster Boy of Private Equity - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/08/ccprof108.xml

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The Acceptable Face of Private Equity - http://news.independent.co.uk/business/analysis_and_features/article2697972.ece

The Poster Boy of Private Equity - http://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/main.jhtml?xml=/money/2007/07/08/ccprof108.xml