Linda Wilding trained as a scientist before moving on to qualify as a chartered accountant with EY. She spent her subsequent executive career in Private Equity as a fund manager with Mercury Asset Management plc, concentrating on the Leisure and Biotechnology sectors. She has been a plural non-executive for over 20 years, acting for both public company and Private Equity backed business. She has chaired private and public companies in the Consumer and MedTech sectors. She is experienced in all segments of Private Equity and Venture Funding, having been a Director at Electra plc, an investment trust funding mid-sized leverage buyouts and SID at Imperial Innovations plc, a fund backing university spinout.
She is currently on the boards of: BCPT plc, a quoted UK commercial property REIT, where she chairs the newly formed ESG Committee; Skagen Conscience Capital, a private wealth manager, an early adopter with a continued strong commitment to socially responsible investing; and Wesleyan Assurance Society, a FCA and PRA regulated UK mutual providing financial services to doctors, dentists and teachers.
She has chaired many audit, ESG, investment and remunerations committees during her non-executive career.
Linda was chair of Governors for Schools, a UK charity recruiting, training and promoting good governership as a proven route to better educational
outcomes. She is also a member of her local Multi-Academy Trust.