Edward is a serial entrepreneur with significant transaction and operating experience.

He started his career at Bain & Company before leaving to join Punch Taverns as Group Commercial Director. At Punch, Edward was one of 6 executive directors who grew Punch from 1,500 pubs to almost 7,000 pubs when he stepped down as an executive in early 2002. Responsible for IT, regulatory, gaming, marketing and supply chain. During his tenure he reduced the size of his departments by about 50% significantly reducing overheads and improving effectiveness. He also oversaw renegotiation of supply contracts saving the company over £50 million per annum.

In 2002, he co‐founded Sun Capital Partners with Hugh Osmond and others. The Sun team has generated an IRR of over 60% on their investments. At Sun, Edward co‐led the acquisition of CenterParcs properties for £480 million in 2002, which was sold to RBS for over £800 million in 2006. He also led the internal review process at Pearl which resulted in the £486 million outsourcing deal to Tata Consultancy Services in 2005 as well as the overhead and cost reduction programme when Pearl acquired Resolution in 2007/8. In addition, he sourced and led the £500 million reverse of Pearl Group into Liberty, a €600 million cash shell in 2009.

Edward is an investor / founder in a number of smaller companies and co‐founded Auctus Industries with Valerio Massimo di Roccasecca, Terry Twigger and Konstantin Sivokhin in 2014.

Edward played a key role in the acquisition of Shimtech Industries in 2015, later renamed Avantus Aerospace in 2020, and sits on its Board of Directors.

Edward was educated at Pembroke College, Cambridge University where he graduated with an MA in Economics in 1996.