Speaker Biography
Philip Yea, Chief Executive, 3i Group plc
Yea is the Chief Executive of the leading private equity and venture capital company, 3i Group plc. He joined 3i in July 2004 from Investcorp, where he was Managing Director. He joined Investcorp in 1999 from Diageo where he was Group Finance Director. His 13-year career at Guinness/Diageo mainly involved financial positions but also saw him in a number of wider-ranging roles including the Chairmanship of The Gleneagles Hotel and Guinness Publishing. He was also a Director of Moët Hennessy. Yea is a Non-Executive Director of Vodafone Group Plc. He has also been a Non-Executive Director of HBOS plc and Manchester United plc.
