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Andrew Walls & Melanie HirdIn Conversation
Andrew Walls & Melanie Hird are co-founders and directors of Fresh Thinking Capital, a financial institution in Leeds which provides loans to SMEs and entrepreneurs to help them take advantage of opportunities.
Melanie Hird is the co-director & co-founder of Fresh Thinking Capital.
Career Overview
In the early part of Mel’s career she spent 10 years in Restructuring working for Ernst & Young, Kroll and seconded to HSBC Bank advising on businesses of all sizes across the UK and overseas. Mel has focussed on investing since 2007 and has co-founded a number of private investment funds where the focus included turnaround and growth capital. Mel has taken Non-Executive roles and equity participation in the various investments.
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