The Board


John Hewett, Board member

John founded Smedvig Capital in 1996 with Peter Smedvig where he has been Chief Executive since its inception. Since that time he has been instrumental in the financing and development of more than 25 companies at all stages from start-up through to flotation.

Prior to Smedvig, John was at Bain & Company working on a range of strategic and operational issues in a variety of sectors including retail, leisure and financial services. He began his career in investment banking spending six years in equity capital markets for Hill Samuel and later NatWest markets where he was an assistant director involved in all elements of equity and equity related financings. He has an MBA from the Harvard Business School.

He is also a board member of Blinkpoint, Clearvision, Exchange Group (Chairman), ITIS Holdings plc, Ocean Outdoor, Streetcar, SUSO and Trefoil.