Andrew West spent twenty years in the mainstream of the City of London and Wall Street, as a corporate financier with a specialty in Mergers & Acquisitions. Since 1999 he has run his own corporate finance advisory practice, in addition to sitting on numerous boards. Since 2011 he has been a Managing Partner of Progression Capital Advisers LLP, the General Partner of the Global Microfinance Equity Fund. In consequence of his microfinance experience, he has developed a recent interest in the field of social enterprises and impact investment, where he is seeking to apply his skills and experience in financial engineering and dealmaking to optimum effect.