Meet Our Team
We think that the best collaborations should be established from the very beginning. During the course of your investment partnership with Middleton Enterprises, you will have the opportunity to engage in conversation with the most senior members of our decision-making team. Every single member of our team makes a sizeable personal commitment in each and every transaction that we successfully close; as a result, the success of each and every company in which we invest is of the highest professional and personal significance to us.
Jeremy Middleton
Founder and CEO
David Alprovich
Chief Operating Officer
Mike Elliot
Investment Director
Brett Rogers
Investment Director
James Middleton
Investment Associate
Charlie Staite
Investment Analyst
Rachel Johnston
Financial Controller
Morag Stead
Management Accountant
Lucy Middleton
Marketing Executive
Paul Woolston
Chairman
Nick Moore
Non-Executive Director
Catherine Middleton
Trustee of the Middleton Foundation and a Non-Executive Director
Jeremy Middleton
Founder and CEO
Jeremy co-founded HomeServe and helped to grow the business to a £4bn exit. With an entrepreneurial background, Jeremy provides strategic advice and financial support to investees.
David Alprovich
Chief Operating Officer
David is responsible for the asset allocation and leads on venture capital investments. David has 12+ years of investment experience and has worked on 50+ venture capital transactions.
Mike Elliot
Investment Director
Mike is a Chartered Accountant, working in finance within several entrepreneurial businesses before joining Middleton Enterprises. He leads our Growth Capital investments. Mike has over 15 years’ experience in finance and investment.
Brett Rogers
Investment Director
Brett manages our Listed Equity Strategy. He is responsible for managing our analysts, meeting with management teams and recommending trades to the investment committee, having worked on the strategy since inception.
James Middleton
Investment Associate
He is responsible for developing our growth capital portfolio by identifying opportunities, conducting in-depth research and supporting our investee companies. James joined MEL having graduated from the University of Sheffield where he studied business.
Charlie Staite
Investment Analyst
He is responsible for conducting in-depth research, analysing data and building financial models for the Middleton Enterprises listed equities investment process.
Charlie joined MEL after graduating from the University of Otago with a Masters in Economics.
Rachel Johnstone
Financial Controller
Rachel qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 2011, after graduating from Newcastle University with a Degree in Accounting and Finance. Rachel joined Middleton Enterprises, having previously worked in a wide range of business, including multi-nationals, PE backed entrepreneurs, and Charities.
Morag Stead
Management Accountant
Morag manages the company’s finances on a day-to-day basis, as well as preparing management info’, plus what you already have there. Previously she has held financial positions at several trading companies in the North East.
Lucy Middleton
Marketing Executive
After graduating from Newcastle University with a Masters Degree in International Marketing MSc, Lucy has 5+ years’ experience working in the marketing department for a variety of consumer companies, and also works for Charity Escapes.
Paul Woolston
Chairman
Paul headed up PWCs practice in the North East. He was also the first Chairman of the North east Local Enterprise partnership and has extensive connections with regional businesses, and in the public and charitable sectors.
Nick Moore
Non-Executive Director
Nick is a Company Director, General Manager, business consultant and investor with over thirty-five years blue-chip experience in international sales, marketing and business development in the consumer goods, technology, consultancy, and market research sectors.
Catherine Middleton
Trustee of the Middleton Foundation and a Non-Executive Director
A former midwife at RVI in Newcastle, Catherine is a board member of Maggie’s, a ‘US’ Active Fundraising Committee Member and was previously Press Officer for Variety, the children’s charity.