Dicks joins Private Equity Investor

Peter Dicks has joined Private Equity Investor plc, the investment trust that invests principally in early to pre-IPO stage IT companies, as non-executive director.

Dicks co-founded Abingworth, one of the UK’s first venture capital companies, in 1973 and stayed there until 1991. Since then, he has been non-executive director or chairman of a number of companies in the private equity or investment field including Vencap International Fund Managers Ltd, Gartmore Fledgling Trust plc and Sportingbet plc.