FORWOOD, EDWARD

Involvement: BOD GLIMMERGLASS as of 10/2011

Edward has had an 18 year career in managing, advising and investing in technology and other companies. Prior to that, he trained in corporate finance at Hill Samuel and Ernst & Young, having qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG. Edward has been a director or investor representative of some 25 growth companies over the past 20 years. He was the founding chief executive of kVault Software Limited in 1999 and negotiated its key financings from inception, concluding with a sale in 2004 to a large US company for $225 million. During this period Edward was active in the City in private equity and prior to that co-lead two management buy-ins of technology and engineering companies.