George Anson, a HarbourVest managing director, has resigned as a director of the company while Peter Wilson has been appointed as a director, effective 30 May 2013.
Anson joined the board in October 2007.
Sir Michael Bunbury, chairman, says: “The board of HarbourVest Global Private Equity is very pleased that HarbourVest managing director Peter Wilson has agreed to become a director. He is a member of HarbourVest’s London-based secondary team and I am confident that he will provide continuity for the Company, having been a partner of George Anson for over 17 years.”
Wilson (pictured) joined HarbourVest’s London-based subsidiary in 1996 and leads HarbourVest’s secondary investment activity in Europe. He serves on the advisory committees for partnerships managed by Baring Vostok Capital Partners, CVC Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Index Venture Management, Nordic Capital, and Paragon Partners.
Prior to joining HarbourVest, Wilson spent three years working for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he originated and managed two regional venture capital funds in Russia. He serves as chairman of the board of trustees of City Year London. Wilson also spent two years at The Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
