James Mawson
Founder, CEO and editor-in-chief
James Gunnell
Managing director
Tim Lafferty
President
Commercial
Janice Mawson
Consulting director, Leadership Society and subscriptions
Dan Stevens
Marketing manager
Jo Garner
Finance director
Charlie Hayward
Head of partnerships and engagement
Hannah Bayes-Brown
Admin, data and technology
Zowie Fort
Events and communications co-ordinator
Christina Riboldi
Events director, US
Petra Johansson
Events manager
Editorial
Thierry Heles
Editor, Global University Venturing
Rob Lavine
News editor, Global Corporate Venturing
Kaloyan Andonov
Analyst, GCV Analytics
Edison Fu
Supplements editor
Alessia Argentieri
Council reports editor
Jana Reuther
Head of benchmarking
Fernando Moncada Rivera
Senior reporter
In more detail
James Mawson
Founder, CEO and 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 academic researchers launch or develop their spinouts and work with external peers. The company, Mawsoniaâs, 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 Daviesâs book, Flat Earth News; was a foreign correspondent in central and eastern Europe; and was international editor for FT Business.
After graduating from Kingâs College, London, Jamesâs 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 Associationâs 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 Readersâ 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 copywriting and consulting agency. He also writes plays (his first was professionally staged in 2005) and is currently working on a novel. He has an MBA from 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 University of London.
