Peter Barkley

Partner

Peter Barkley

Pete joined WestBridge in 2019 and co-leads origination and execution across the UK. Pete set up the Manchester office and now splits his time between London and Manchester, supporting new deal activity across the UK.

Prior to joining WestBridge, Pete worked as a corporate finance advisor specialising in advising management teams, both buy and sell side. He has previously held roles at BDO and Dow Schofield Watts.

Pete sits on the board of Causeway Securities, Aptus, Alpine Fire Engineers and Survey Solutions and is heavily involved in value creation at all of these companies. Pete played a significant role in our investments in APEM and Eque2 delivering 11.5x and 5x money respectively.

Pete is a chartered accountant and graduated from the University of Hull with a degree in Accountancy.