BGF appoints former bankers Widdall and Norman
The Business Growth Fund (BGF) has appointed Matt Widdall (pictured) as senior investment manager in Manchester and Greg Norman as investment manager in Bristol.
Widdall joins from Lloyds Acquisition Finance, where he was a director focused on origination and execution of leverage debt opportunities for UK buyouts. Previously, he spent 12 years in the corporate finance advisory team at Deloitte, serving as a director for four years.
Widdall graduated from Sheffield University in 1994 and later qualified as a chartered accountant with the ICAEW.
Norman joins from RBS where he was a director in the structured finance division. Based in Reading, he also focused on origination and execution of private equity and corporate transactions. Previously, he spent three years in RBS's large corporate banking teams in Southampton and Gatwick.
Norman graduated from the University of Southampton in 2002 and went on to join Natwest as a graduate in the bank's retail banking business.
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