William Gilmore
William is an Investment Director in the private equity team, which he heads up, and is responsible for making investments in private equity funds globally. The private equity team manages more than €1.5bn in private equity commitments in over 60 fund investments. He is also a Member of the Advisory Committees of a number of Private Equity funds, a Director of the Private Equity Association and is regularly invited to speak at Private Equity Conferences.
Prior to joining SWIP in October 2000, William worked for Murray Johnstone for ten years, starting as an investment manager before being appointed investment director for private equity. In 1994 he was appointed assistant fund manager of Murray Ventures Plc.
Between 1987 and 1989, William was an investment accountant with Ivory & Sime, after spending four years with KPMG where he qualified as a chartered accountant.
William holds a BA in accountancy and economics from the University of Strathclyde.