Baird Capital Hires New Director on Global Private Equity Team
LONDON (18 Nov. 2024) – Today, Baird Capital, the global private equity and venture capital arm of Baird, announced that Daina Spedding has joined its London office as a Director with the Global Private Equity team. Spedding will focus on sourcing and driving private equity investments across the team’s global footprint.
Spedding joins Baird Capital from BGF, where she was an investor and has been leading deal teams since 2019. In this role, she was responsible for deal sourcing and execution, coaching and mentoring more junior investors, alongside board roles in the investee companies to help them scale operations. Spedding was also a driving force behind the firm’s Diversity Action Group, which helped BGF become the most active institutional growth investor in female-founded scaleups in the UK for four years running. Before BGF, she was a Private Equity Investor at Blue Coast Capital for nearly ten years.
It’s a pleasure to welcome Daina to Baird Capital. She’s a highly experienced private equity investor with an excellent track record in backing founder-led businesses, which, alongside our US growth focus, is well aligned with Baird Capital’s global strategy. We are all delighted to have her join the team.
James Benfield, Partner in Baird Capital’s London Office
Spedding commented: “Baird Capital’s investment strategy, inclusive culture, and global footprint make it an exciting new home that resonates with my professional growth ambitions. It’s great to join a growing and experienced team and contribute to the success of Baird Capital’s global platform.”
Spedding holds the Chartered Financial Analyst® designation and earned a Master of Science degree in Strategic Management from EDHEC Business School in France. She earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Economics from the Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia. She has additional Executive Training from the London Business School, focusing on Mergers & Acquisitions.
For more information on Baird Capital and its Global Private Equity and Venture Capital teams, visit BairdCapital.com.
About Baird Capital
Baird Capital manages two investment platforms, Venture Capital and Global Private Equity, and invests in B2B technology & services-focused companies worldwide. Founded in 1989, the group focuses on investing in sub-sectors where it has deep institutional knowledge and leveraging global operating capabilities to support the operational and growth needs of partner companies. Baird Capital is the direct private investment arm of Robert W. Baird & Co. For more information, please visit BairdCapital.com.
Baird Capital Partners Europe Limited is authorised and regulated by the Financial Conduct Authority.
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