Our team
Covering Investor Relations for HgT and reporting to the Board is a dedicated team of Investment, Financial and Legal experts:
Leadership
Jean-Baptiste Brian
Managing Partner and Co-CEO
Jean-Baptiste Brian
Managing Partner and Co-CEO
JB is a Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Hg, leading the firm alongside Steven Batchelor. He is also Head of the Genesis Funds and a member of the Investment, Realisation and Valuation Committees, as well as the Hg Board. JB focuses on investments in software businesses, with a particular interest in Legal and Compliance as well as ERP and Payroll.
He currently sits on the boards of Litera, Septeo, Revalize, Ideagen and iValua. JB joined Hg in 2013, having previously spent seven years at TPG Capital as part of the technology investment team, and began his career at Morgan Stanley.
JB holds an MSc in Management from HEC Paris and a Masters in Law from Université Paris-Sud.
Steven Batchelor
Managing Partner and Co-CEO
Steven Batchelor
Managing Partner and Co-CEO
Steven is a Managing Partner and Co-CEO of Hg, leading the firm alongside Jean-Baptiste Brian.
In addition to his leadership role, Steven oversees all client (LP)-facing activities and serves on the Hg Board, Realisation Committee and Valuation Committee. Steven joined Hg in 2003, having previously worked at Morgan Stanley, where he was involved in a number of M&A and capital markets transactions.
Steven holds a degree in History from the University of Bristol.
Matthew Brockman
Partner and CIO
Matthew Brockman
Partner and CIO
Matthew is Chief Investment Officer and Chair of the Hg Investment Committee, playing a central role in the firm's investment activities and strategy, with a particular focus on driving Hg's approach to AI as a key pillar of future growth.
Matthew joined Hg in 2010 to lead the creation of the Mercury Fund, before serving as Managing Partner from 2017 to 2025, during which time he helped guide Hg's evolution into a transatlantic platform.
Prior to Hg, Matthew was a Partner at Apax Partners. Matthew holds a B.Eng from Imperial College, London and an MBA from Harvard Business School.
Luke Finch
Partner and Head of Client Services
Luke Finch
Partner and Head of Client Services
Luke’s responsibilities include managing the day to day activities of the Client Services team. At Hg he focuses on investor coverage across Europe, Asia and the US, fundraising, co-investment syndication and other client service management, and firm-wide strategic initiatives.
Luke joined Hg in 2010, with seven years of experience in M&A and various types of capital-raising at Lazard in London, across their Private Fund Advisory Group, their Global Private Placements and ECM Advisory team, and their UK M&A team.
Luke is from the UK and holds an MA in Modern History from the Oxford University.
Nic Humphries
Senior Partner
Nic Humphries
Senior Partner
Nic is the Senior Partner of Hg. He has ultimate responsibility for Hg’s strategy, management and governance. He focuses on larger software investments that provide daily-use mission critical applications for accountants, lawyers, tax/compliance professionals and designers/engineers/scientists.
Nic is currently a director on the boards of Foundry, IRIS, Sovos Compliance, Visma and CogitalGroup. He has led or co-led more than 30 investments over the last 27 years, including Addison (accounting), CSG (legal/ERP), e-conomic (SaaS ERP), Geneva Technology (telecom OSS), IRIS (Accounting/ERP), NextGenTel (telecoms), RAET (payroll), Rolfe & Nolan (banking), Visma (ERP), Xyratex (storage).
Nic started his investing career in 1990, focused exclusively on Technology since 1994 and joined Hg in 2001 as founder of the firm’s Technology Team. From 1990-2001 he was a director at Barclays Private Equity (now Equistone), Geocapital and 3i plc. He holds a first class degree in Electronic Engineering and was a IEEE and National Engineering Council scholar. He is a World Fellow of the Duke of Edinburgh Awards.
Ben Maiden
Member of the Client Services and Saturn Teams
Ben Maiden
Member of the Client Services and Saturn Teams
Ben is a member of the Client Services and Saturn teams.
He has 15 years of corporate finance experience from prior roles at Deloitte, UBS and most recently Goldman Sachs, where he was Co-Head of the UK Mid-Cap Investment Banking team. Ben joined Hg in 2023 and his current focus is on managing exits within the Hg portfolio as well as managing the HgCapital Trust.
Ben is from the UK and holds a degree in History from the University of Oxford.
Justin von Simson
Partner and Co-Head of Saturn
Justin von Simson
Partner and Co-Head of Saturn
Justin is a Partner, Co-Head of the Saturn fund, and member of the Hg Investment Committee, the Realisation Committee and the Hg Board. Justin also leads Hg's Munich office.
Justin joined Hg in 2002 and has since led more than 30 investments. He currently serves as a Director of Benevity, P&I, CaseWare, Gen-II, Mein Auto, GGW, Transporeon and is a member of the Waystone board.
Prior to Hg, Justin was employed by Goldman Sachs and Deloitte. He holds a degree in Economics and Business Administration from the University of Cologne.
Investor Relations
Barty Bodilly
Investor Relations Assistant
Barty Bodilly
Investor Relations Assistant
Prior to joining Hg in 2024, Barty worked as an analyst for J T Financial Management.
Barty holds a degree in Philosophy from the University of Warwick.
George Crowe
Member of the Client Services Team
George Crowe
Member of the Client Services Team
George is a Consultant to HgCapital Trust plc. Previously, George spent nine years at Partners Group in its Client Solutions, Private Wealth team in London, covering UK wealth managers and led investor relations for its LSE-listed private equity investment company. Before this he worked at Numis Securities and PwC in London.
George is a Chartered Accountant and holds a degree in Management & Politics from the University of Leeds.
Laura Dixon
Senior Investor Relations Manager
Laura Dixon
Senior Investor Relations Manager
Laura is the Senior Investor Relations Manager.
Laura joined Hg in 2010. Prior to this Laura had spent more than 20 years’ within financial services on both the buy and sell-side, initially at Smith New Court and Merrill Lynch and more recently at NewSmith Asset Management providing investor coverage to their hedge fund clients.
Finance and Legal
Matthew Barry
Head of Fund Finance
Matthew Barry
Head of Fund Finance
Matt joined Hg in 2012 and leads the fund finance team, who are responsible for all fund accounting, reporting and administration. Matt also has responsibility for the financial reporting of HgCapital Trust Plc.
Prior to Hg, Matt worked at Royal Bank of Scotland Plc, Man Group Plc and Grant Thornton.
Matt holds a degree in Economics and Management from the University of Newcastle and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Rebecca Davies-Lloyd
Senior Fund Controller
Rebecca Davies-Lloyd
Senior Fund Controller
Rebecca joined Hg in 2019 and is the Fund Controller for the Mercury Fund and HgCapital Trust, covering both fund and portfolio reporting responsibilities.
Prior to Hg, Rebecca worked at Blick Rothenberg for three years. Rebecca holds a degree in International Economics from the University of Essex and is a qualified chartered accountant.
Sean Farnsworth
Head of Compliance & Risk
Sean Farnsworth
Head of Compliance & Risk
Sean is Head of Compliance and Risk at Hg, with over 10 years of regulatory and compliance experience.
Prior to joining Hg, Sean spent two years as a Compliance Associate at Inflexion Private Equity, and began his career at the ACA Group, where he spent five years consulting to a wide portfolio of financial services firms.
Sean holds a BA in International Relations from Loughborough University.
William Thomson
Trust Fund Controller
William Thomson
Trust Fund Controller
Will is Fund Controller for the Mercury funds at Hg, having joined the firm in 2019.
Will holds a degree in History from the University of Exeter and is a qualified chartered accountant.