Rodney Appiah
Board Director
Rodney Appiah is a non-executive director and finance professional with a 15 year track record of effective leadership, commercial growth and outperformance across investment banking, leveraged finance, private equity and venture capital. A serial angel investor, Rodney is co-founder of Cornerstone Partners, the leading angel syndicate in the UK focused on investing in businesses led by black and diverse founders. Rodney was previously Director at Foresight Group, one of the UK's leading and longest established investors in private equity and sustainable infrastructure investing, and was a former senior investor at BGF, one of the most active growth capital investment firms in the world focused on regional SME investing.
Rodney initially began his career at Merrill Lynch where, over a five year period, he closed more than 15 transactions ranging from £50m to £1.2 billion in size. An experienced board director, Rodney is a non-executive director of the UK Business Angels Association (UKBAA) and is an advisor to a number of early UK stage businesses.