In this edition we speak to Catherine Lewis La Torre who is CEO of the Government-owned British Business Bank and took up the role on 1 September 2020. Catherine previously held the position of CEO of the Bank’s two commercial subsidiaries, British Patient Capital and British Business Investments.
Catherine Lewis La Torre has built a career in venture capital and private equity fund management. She joined the British Business Bank in 2016 from Cardano Risk Management, where she was Head of Private Equity, responsible for managing a global portfolio of private capital fund investments with over £1bn of commitments. Prior to this she was a Partner with secondaries specialist, Fondinvest Capital, in Paris having previously been one of the founding partners of fund-of-funds manager, Proventure which focused on venture and growth capital investing in Europe.