Strategies

Our investment teams have distinct strategies and focus on investing in mid-market companies in a variety of sectors in the US and Europe.

All strategies

Our investment teams have distinct strategies and focus on investing in mid-market companies in a variety of sectors in the US and Europe.

Flexible capital and strategic assistance for market-leading companies in high-growth sectors in North America and Europe

Equity capital for mid-sized companies in the DACH region and Italy

Growth capital and strategic assistance to software companies throughout Europe

Impact platform investing in climate and nature-based solutions

Private equity primaries, co-investments, and secondaries across North America and Europe

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Gus Woolley

Vice President

Gus Woolley

Vice President

Gus Woolley is a Vice President at Bregal Sphere. He joined Bregal in 2021 as an Associate on the Responsible Investing team before transitioning to an Impact Associate role at Bregal Sphere. Prior to joining Bregal, Gus was an Associate in J.P. Morgan’s Global Environmental & Social Risk Management team, where his primary focus was undertaking ESG due diligence on client transactions - covering a range of ESG issues, ESG-finance products, and high-risk sectors.

Gus graduated with an MSci in Physical Geography from Durham University, where he wrote his Masters’ thesis on soil carbon dynamics in the Western Southern Alps, New Zealand. Gus also holds the CBI Certificate in Green Finance and is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society.

About the Bregal team

Our experienced global investment team seeks to create long-standing relationships and drive lasting impact within our portfolio companies, which are active across Europe and North America. The firm consists of over 250 professionals, from the investment teams to finance, ESG, investor relations, tax and legal, and marketing and communications. We employ people from diverse backgrounds across the organisation and we believe we are a better firm because of it.[[1]]

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