David James Mowat
Director/Board Member at Dry Lube Ltd.
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Over and above my role as a member of the Investment Committee, my principal focus area is portfolio management, both representing Circularity on investee company boards but also coordinating the broader portfolio management activities across the team.
Circularity Capital's mission to support SME growth and innovation across the circular economy provides a compelling opportunity to deliver a combination of strong commercial returns and measurable positive environmental and social impact.
My previous experience combining mainstream private equity investment, corporate finance and M&A, coupled with an executive management role in a circular business demonstrated the clear potential for generating financial and non-financial returns by supporting SME growth in the circular economy.
I took a traditional route into private equity, initially qualifying as a Chartered Accountant with Coopers & Lybrand in the early 1990s, before specialising in mid-market corporate finance and M&A.
Having taken on my first private equity investment role in London in 2000 I moved to Bank of Scotland Integrated Finance in 2006 and then Caird Capital in 2010.
Immediately prior to helping establish Circularity Capital, I spent three years as Finance Director of Dry Lube Limited, an Edinburgh based circular business, before leading the sale of that business to Sealed Air Inc in late 2015.
David James Mowat active positions
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Dry Lube Ltd.
Dry Lube Ltd. Miscellaneous ManufacturingProducer Manufacturing Dry Lube Ltd. provides dry lubrication systems for food and beverage industry. It offers GlassLube 2.0, which formulated to a viscosity to ensure glide and help manage coefficients of friction; programmable logic controller cabinet (PLC), which enables engineers to set lubricant dosage volumes and frequency on a zone by zone basis to manage different coefficients of friction along the conveyor; zonal distribution, system service maintenance, wear strip lubrication, and brush application. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. | Director/Board Member | - |
Circularity Capital LLP
Circularity Capital LLP Investment ManagersFinance Circularity Capital LLP (Circularity Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. | Investment Committee Member | 2015-03-31 |
Former positions of David James Mowat
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Caird Capital LLP
Caird Capital LLP Investment ManagersFinance Caird Capital LLP (Caird Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2006.The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Director of Investments | 2013-03-30 |
Botts & Co. Ltd.
Botts & Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Botts & Co. Ltd. (Botts) is an independent UK funds management and investment firm which was founded by John Botts, in association with Allen & Co of New York, in 1987. | Chief Investment Officer | 2003-04-24 |
Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd
Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Intelli Corporate Finance was acquired by Canaccord Adams Ltd. from Miton Group Ltd. on September 23, 2009. | Corporate Officer/Principal | - |
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Botts & Co. Ltd.
Botts & Co. Ltd. Investment ManagersFinance Botts & Co. Ltd. (Botts) is an independent UK funds management and investment firm which was founded by John Botts, in association with Allen & Co of New York, in 1987. | Finance |
Caird Capital LLP
Caird Capital LLP Investment ManagersFinance Caird Capital LLP (Caird Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2006.The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom. | Finance |
Dry Lube Ltd.
Dry Lube Ltd. Miscellaneous ManufacturingProducer Manufacturing Dry Lube Ltd. provides dry lubrication systems for food and beverage industry. It offers GlassLube 2.0, which formulated to a viscosity to ensure glide and help manage coefficients of friction; programmable logic controller cabinet (PLC), which enables engineers to set lubricant dosage volumes and frequency on a zone by zone basis to manage different coefficients of friction along the conveyor; zonal distribution, system service maintenance, wear strip lubrication, and brush application. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. | Producer Manufacturing |
Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd
Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd Investment Banks/BrokersFinance Part of Canaccord Genuity Group, Inc., Intelli Corporate Finance Ltd provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Edinburgh, UK. Intelli Corporate Finance was acquired by Canaccord Adams Ltd. from Miton Group Ltd. on September 23, 2009. | Finance |
Circularity Capital LLP
Circularity Capital LLP Investment ManagersFinance Circularity Capital LLP (Circularity Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Edinburgh, the United Kingdom. | Finance |
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