Stephen Priestley, Managing Director and Head of Industries, Technology and Services, British International Investment

Stephen joined British International Investment in January 2019 and now serves as the Managing Director and Head of Industries, Technology and Services.

ITS Group covers multiple sectors including, Services (including Consumer and Business), Manufacturing, Agriculture, Real Estate and Technology and Stephen is responsible for overseeing all our investment activity in these sectors.

Stephen was most recently at Standard Chartered bank where he was the Regional Head of Global Banking for Africa, Middle East, and Pakistan. He was a member of the leadership team for the Corporate and Institutional Banking business for the combined region over the past few years, setting strategy and managing the day-to-day business for offices in 15 African and nine Middle East, North Africa, and Pakistan (MENAP) countries. Prior to that, he held multiple roles with Standard Chartered based in Johannesburg, including Head of Origination and Coverage for Africa and Head of M&A, Africa. Stephen has previously held significant roles at JP Morgan over several years including Managing Director, Head of Investment Banking Coverage for sub-Saharan Africa.

Stephen has a BSc degree from London School of Economics, an MA in International Affairs from SAIS, John Hopkins University and an MBA from the Wharton School.