Entrepreneur and leading private equity figure Luke Johnson will
be the keynote speaker at this year's Guernsey Funds Forum.
The Chairman of private equity house Risk Capital Partners,
pictured left, will top the bill for the annual event, which this
year is titled 'The new scope - investor perspectives,
innovation and success', and takes place on Thursday 12 May at
etc. venues, 155 Bishopsgate in London.
Guernsey Finance Chief Executive Dominic Wheatley said he was
delighted that Mr Johnson, the man behind several
instantly-recognisable high street brands, had agreed to speak at
the forum.
"Luke is probably best known for his work with restaurant
chain PizzaExpress, which he grew from 12 restaurants to more than
250 before selling it in 1999, and for being the former Chairman of
Channel 4 Television, but that is only a tiny fraction of what he
has done and achieved. Quite simply, he's one of the biggest
names in the private equity industry with a track record
