James Mawson Founder, Editor-in-chief
James was editor of Private Equity News, part of Dow Jones and The Wall Street Journal in London, for nearly four years until May, 2010 when he launched Global Corporate Venturing as an independent title from his own publishing company. This was followed by the launch of the second publication, Global University Venturing, in January 2012 to help students and faculty and academia more broadly launch or develop their entrepreneurial businesses and work with external peers. The company, Mawsonia’s, third title, Global Government Venturing, was launched in May 2014, and rebranded to Global Impact Venturing in February 2019.
As well as editing Private Equity News, James coordinated leveraged buyout and venture capital coverage for use by other titles in the Dow Jones and News Corporation group, acted as a spokesman on BBC radio and television and chaired awards and conferences for a host of media groups, including the BVCA awards and event for more than 1,000 people in October, 2009.
Previously, James had freelanced for a host of national and trade media titles, including the BBC, Financial Times, Economist, Independent on Sunday, Sunday Express and Dow Jones Newswires; provided research for Nick Davies’s book, Flat Earth News; was a foreign correspondent in central and eastern Europe; and was international editor for FT Business.
After graduating from King’s College, London, James’s first job was working at technology publishing house ComputerWire.
He is also a director of the London Press Club and has acted as a pro bono editor for the European Venture Philanthropy Association’s monthly newsletter.
Tim Lafferty President
Tim has worked in senior sales and marketing roles for international media companies for 20 years, on brands including BusinessWeek and Readers’ Digest. Until February 2010 he was the Director of Product Sales and Marketing at Dow Jones in Europe, overseeing the circulation sales and marketing activities of The Wall Street Journal Europe, Financial News, Private Equity News and Wealth Bulletin. He left Dow Jones to pursue his interest in writing, and founded Write Brain, a marketing copy writing and consulting agency (http://write-brain.co.uk). He also writes plays (his first was professionally staged in 2005) and is currently working on a novel. He has an MBA from the European University in Brussels and lives in Woking near London. James Mawson founded Global Corporate Venturing in early 2010 and Tim joined the company as its second employee in March 2011.
James Gunnell Managing Director
James Gunnell joined Global Corporate Venturing as Managing Director in 2019. Working closely with the editorial team, James and his team seek to connect global investors and the wider innovation ecosystem with the information, insights and access they need to succeed in an ever changing world. Prior to GCV, James worked for the Financial Times where he served as Managing Director of FT Live the events and conferences division of the FT newspaper. He holds a BA Hons from the University of London.
Janice Mawson Consulting Director, Leadership Society & Subscriptions
Dan Stevens Marketing Manager
Jo Garner Finance Director
Hannah Bayes-Brown Admin, Data & Technology
Felix Dewe Admin, Marketing
Rob Lavine News Editor, GCV
Thierry Heles Reporter, GCV & Editor, GUV & GGV
Kaloyan Andonov Reporter, GCV Analytics
Callum Cyrus Reporter, GUV/GGV
Edison Fu Supplements Editor, GCV
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