Catriona Brown
Associate General Counsel
Catriona joined Cranemere in 2017, following seven years in private practice. At Cranemere, Catriona advises on the full lifecycle of acquisitions, as well as corporate governance and operational matters relating to Cranemere and its operating companies. Prior to Cranemere, Catriona worked at Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, representing clients in the UK, US, Europe and Africa in relation to investments, M&A and corporate matters. Catriona obtained her Bachelor of Laws with honors at Aberdeen University.
I joined Cranemere because, following my earlier career working as an adviser to founders and investors who supported them, I wanted to become more involved in the growth of innovative companies “from the inside.” I expected that I would probably find my way onto the in-house team of a founder friendly VC fund, but the opportunity to join Cranemere presented itself. I was impressed by the vision that Vincent had for the company as a true alternative to traditional private equity, and the chance to join at a stage where Cranemere itself was still growing offered the possibility of being a meaningful part of its development.
More than my education and experience, what defines me is finding the one-liner in any situation.
My favorite quote is “Only crime and the criminal, it is true, confront us with the perplexity of radical evil; but only the hypocrite is really rotten to the core.”