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 LONDON -- Ariadne Capital, a pan-European venture group, said it has added Roger Ashby, David Johnson, Francesca Lahiguera, Duncan Norris, and Erik Wenngren as executives-in-residence. Each will have a different focus. The firm now has eight EIRs. Mr. Johnson will focus on sales development and will assist clients with the identification of appropriate sales channels, the development of sales and marketing strategies, and the strengthening of sales forces. His work experience includes a position as a European director at a Fortune 1000 company, and a European marketing role at a small Asian software company Ms.Lahiguera, whose focus is executive search and interim management, has worked with clients including Xerox, Vivendi, Easynet, Le Figaro, and Alcatel with talent development needs. She began her career in executive search as a member of the IT practice at Heidrick and Struggles. Prior to her career in executive search, she spent 12 years in software sales and marketing with Interleaf, Informix, and Sun Microsystems. Ms. Lahiguera is based in Paris and serves on the board of the Paris Professional Women's Network. Mr. Norris, whose focus is corporate venturing/IT services, has experience in technical sales support as well as consulting for a U.S.-based computer firm, an Australian telecommunications corporation, and several financial services companies in the U.K. He also served as CEO of Royal and Sun Alliance's corporate venturing division, Global Ventures. Mr. Wenngren will focus on capital markets. He has more than 15 years of experience in securities and capital markets, most recently serving as global head of equities for Danske Securities, where he was responsible for the strategic planning, budgeting, recruitment and daily management of equity sales, trading, research, and syndication. Mr. Ashby will focus on startup technology and intellectual property. He has experience in starting technology businesses, particularly those arising from university research. He began his career in the petrochemical industry as a project manager responsible for turnkey construction contracts and was later appointed development director of Renwick, a diversified engineering group. He also co-founded Dove Energy Limited, a company that used new low-cost technology to acquire declining oil reserves and recover additional outputs. Ariadne Capital is a European venture capital group that invests in early-stage private companies and advises later- stage private and public companies undergrowing significant growth or change. The firm focuses on enabling technologies, life services, communications, and software. Ariadne portfolio companies include F.I.T., which develops personal information management applications; and tenUK, a lifestyle and home-management service provider.  |
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