Pollen Street Capital

Glenn joined Pollen Street in September 2024 .Prior to joining Pollen Street, Glenn spent 6 years working at KPMG in the Private Equity Department within the audit practice. During this time he specialised in working with a range of private equity, venture capital and real estate clients. Glenn graduated from Newcastle University with a BA (Hons) in Politics and Sociology and is a member of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.

Polina joined Pollen Street in September 2022. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Polina worked at Goldman Sachs in Credit Risk, covering asset financing in EMEA across a range of asset classes and jurisdictions. Polina graduated from University College London with a First-Class Honours Degree in Economics.

George joined Pollen Street’s Investment Team in 2018. Prior to joining, George spent seven years at PwC where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant before working across both the Corporate Finance and Transaction Services departments. During his time at PwC, George primarily focussed on mid-market transactions in the Financial Services sector. George holds a BSc in Geography from Newcastle University.

James joined Pollen Street in 2018 as part of the Investment Team bringing with him extensive experience in both private equity and investment banking. As well as financial services, he has been active across a number of sectors including TMT, business services and healthcare. Prior to joining the team, James spent four years at Evercore in the financial services M&A practice. Prior to that, he was at Edmond de Rothschild and began his career at Rothschild & Co. James holds a BA in Philosophy, Politics and Economics from Oxford University.

Chris joined Pollen Street Capital in 2018 as part of the Finance and Operations team focusing on the firm’s private equity funds. Prior to joining the team, Chris spent five years at KPMG in the Asset Management department within the audit practice. During this time he specialised in working with a range of private equity, venture capital and real estate clients. Chris holds a BSc (Hons) in Accounting and Finance from the University of Warwick and is an Associate member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales. Chris is also currently working towards obtaining the Investment Management Certificate from the CFA.

Mick joined Pollen Street Capital in 2019 as a Senior Associate in the Investment Team. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Mick worked for a number of years at Archer Capital, an Australian mid-market private equity firm. At Archer, Mick spent time working on investments across a range of sectors including financial services, business services and healthcare. Prior to this, Mick worked at Deutsche Bank focusing on financial services M&A and capital markets transactions in Australia and New Zealand. Mick holds a Bachelor of Commerce (Finance and Accounting) and a Bachelor of Business Management (International Business) from the University of Queensland.

Ellen joined Pollen Street in March 2026, as an HR Manager. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Ellen spent over 7 years at Partners Capital in a HR Business Partner role, working across talent development and acquisition, rewards and HR operations. Ellen holds a BA in History from the University of Sussex.

Francesco joined Pollen Street in 2023 as an Investment Director in the Credit team. Francesco has over 20 years of experience in banking and structured finance, with extensive experience in structured credit, asset backed lending and securitised products. Prior to joining Pollen Street, Francesco was UK Head of Financial Institutions and Securitised Products Solutions at IMI CIB (Intesa Sanpaolo), where he focused on providing asset backed funding solutions for fintech platforms, credit and hedge funds including fund finance solutions.

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