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Alpha Development

A leading specialist financial training provider

Company overview

Founded by Ian Dawson in 2003, Alpha Development (Alpha) is a specialist Early Careers, Sales, Management & Leadership training provider for blue-chip financial services institutions. Alpha’s USP is its ability to design and deliver complex global training programmes at scale, with insightful content and a partnership approach to driving value for its customers. Alpha specialises in the delivery of complex global financial training programmes, supporting investment banking and asset management L&D departments in both the design and delivery of training.

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This investment supports our next phase of delivering for clients. We are excited to partner with BGF, which has a proven track record of facilitating ambitious growth plans. The investment will support our US market expansion to localise support for US clients, accelerate our product development roadmap (especially in digital), and expand our senior leadership team with a specific focus on further EdTech expertise.

Paul Monk, CEO

Company information

Head office
  • London
Founder
  • Ian Dawson
CEO
  • Paul Monk
Chair
  • Jonathan Tate
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BGF team
Investment date
  • Mar 2022

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