Michael Murphy, Chief Executive

Michael Murphy, BA (Mod), FCA is a graduate in Economics from Trinity College Dublin, and a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. He has 14 years experience in the private equity industry as a senior investment executive with Nadcorp from 1987-1991 and as Chief Executive of NCB Ventures since 1997. He was elected Chairman of the Irish Venture Capital Association in 2003/04 and has been a director of the Association since 1998. He was also a director of the European Venture Capital Association in 2003/04.

In addition to private equity, and professional accountancy experience he was a finance director in the period 1992-1997 in a start-up manufacturing company, and with the international consultancy company IDI. He has therefore obtained wide venture capital and industrial experience, in both the public and private sectors, with particular focus on SMEs.

michael.murphy@ncb.ie

Leo Hamill, Investment Director

Leo Hamill, BBS, MBA, is a graduate in Business Studies from Trinity College Dublin, and holds a first class honours MBA from the Michael Smurfit School of Business. Leo has gained seven years Corporate Finance experience with Merrion Corporate Finance and NCB Corporate Finance. He has extensive corporate finance advisory experience, including IPOs, mergers & acquisitions, private equity fundraisings, MBOs, public to private transactions, strategic reviews and independent valuations across a range of sectors. Recent transaction experience includes the purchase of myHome.ie for The Irish Times, the sale of Record Data to Iron Mountain and fundraisings for Irish Broadband, AEP Systems and Leisure Spread (trading as SportSpread.com).

leo.hamill@ncb.ie

Will Prendergast, Investment Executive

Will Prendergast, B. Eng, holds a first class honours degree in Chemical Engineering from University College Dublin. Prior to joining NCB he was employed by Accenture in London as a strategy consultant. During this time he managed teams in the delivery of operational and strategic reviews for a range of clients in the healthcare, software, consumer goods and life sciences sectors. His assignments have included feasibility and market entry studies, outsourcing strategies, customer relationship management projects and post acquisition integration strategies.

will.prendergast@ncb.ie

Nicky Fitzgerald, Investment Executive

Nicky Fitzgerald, BBS, ACA is a graduate in Business Economics and Social Studies from Trinity College Dublin and is an Associate of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland. She spent four years in KPMG's Assurance division, qualifying as an ACA during her time there. She gained significant experience in managing teams performing audits and special assignments. Her client base included blue-chip clients in the pharmaceutical, media, food, beverage and fashion sectors. Nicky also worked on various projects in KPMG's Business Advisory Services and Professional Standards divisions.

nicky.fitzgerald@ncb.ie

Derek Crawley, Technology Consultant

Derek Crawley has 16 years experience in Information Technology and before joining NCB in 1995, he worked in the IT divisions of Siemens and Ulster Bank. His expertise includes web, communications, mobile devices and software, video multimedia, networking, security and IT compliance. His practical experience in the ICT sector is significant. He is a technology consultant to NCB Ventures advising on technology projects and leads technical due diligence assignments.

derek.crawley@ncb.ie