GRAHAM WRIGLEY worked at Permira, the private equity firm, from 1989 to 2006 where he sat on the firm’s management board as it grew to $30bn and one of the world’s largest private equity firms .
He has now embarked on a second career around international development, beginning with a Masters degree in Development Studies at The School of Oriental and African Studies in London (SOAS). His focus is on sustainable private sector growth in poor countries. In the SME world he is Chairman of Aureos (with $1.1bn in funds and 29 offices it is the largest SME investor in the world) and on the Board of Manocap (a private equity fund based in Sierra Leone). In addition he is working in the Microfinance field in India and Nepal.
Graham is also a visiting professor to INSEAD. He first visited Nepal in 1981 where he had a chance meeting with Sir Edmund Hillary and became involved in fund raising for the Trust thereafter. He and his wife live in Surrey with their 4 children.
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