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Nicholas Hardie

Nick is a chartered accountant with experience of corporate treasury and general financial management gained from working in manufacturing, retailing and property investment and development.  He has a portfolio of non-executive and consultancy positions in a wide range of organisations covering health, housing and musical education. Sadly he lacks any musical talent, preferring to enjoy […]

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Suzanne Szczetnikowicz

Suzanne is a Senior Associate in the London office of Milbank, where she advises project sponsors and lenders in the development, financing and restructuring of significant energy and infrastructure projects around the world.  In 2014 Suzanne co-founded a grass roots network, Women in Law London (the WILL network), which she now chairs, to address the […]

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Alistair Lomax

Alistair joined the Aurora board in Summer 2018. Alistair studied oboe and baroque oboe at the Royal Northern with Robin Canter. He has had a varied career as performer, minor impresario, facilitator, charity chief executive and higher education fundraiser, working with the likes of Oxfam, Save the Children International, Refugee Resource, UCL, Imperial College and […]

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Rachel Mortimer

Rachel started her career as a corporate lawyer at Herbert Smith Freehills, followed by a stint with a private equity group as General Counsel and Chief Operating Officer. She has spent the majority of her career as Executive Director, then COO at UK Government Investments Limited, a public sector body which advises the UK Government […]

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Mike Laven

An accomplished technology entrepreneur, for over 30 years Mike has built companies in London and Silicon Valley as Founder, Executive, Board Member, advisor and investor. He is currently CEO of Currencycloud, one of the founding firms of the London ‘FinTech Revolution. Mike is on the Board of RxArt a nonprofit whose mission is to help […]

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Dame Liz Forgan DBE

Liz Forgan was formerly a journalist (The Evening Standard, The Guardian) and media executive (Founding editor Channel 4, MD BBC Network Radio). She has been Chair of the Heritage Lottery Fund, Arts Council England, The Scott Trust, the Guardian Foundation, the Bristol Old Vic and the National Youth Orchestra of Great Britain. A former flautist, […]

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