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<div><span class="moduleBodyTitle">BRITISH BUSINESS ANGELS ASSOCIATION: PROMOTING INTELLEGENT CAPITAL</span><span class="moduleBodyTitle"><br/><br/>What does BBAA Do?</span><br/>The
British Business Angels Association (BBAA) is the new National Trade
Association for the UK’s Business Angel Networks and its Associates and
Affiliates. It has evolved from National Business Angel Network
(NBAN) and is backed by the DTI and is sponsored by Nesta and
Kingston Smith.<br/><br/>The BBAA has a number of roles that include:</div><br/><ul><li><div>Promoting
business angel finance as a normal way for new and high growth
potential businesses to fund their risk capital requirements.<br/><br/></div></li><li><div>Having an agreed code of conduct for all Members to promote best practice and transparency across the industry. <br/><br/></div></li><li><div>Encouraging contact and the exchange of experience and ideas between Business Angel Groups.<br/><br/></div></li><li><div>Representing
Business Angel groups at a national and governmental level, and on
their behalf undertake lobbying and similar activities.</div></li></ul><div>The BBAA <a target="_blank" href="../../../../portal/images/stories/PDFDOCS/articles_of_association.pdf" title="Articles of Association">Articles</a> and <a target="_blank" href="../../../../portal/images/stories/PDFDOCS/bbaa_memorandum_of_association.pdf" title="Memorandum of Association">Memorandum</a> will give you a clearer idea about our aims.<br/><br/><br/><span class="moduleBodyTitle">How is BBAA Run?</span> <br/>BBAA
is a member led and run Trade Association. It has a flexible,
straightforward, corporate structure that reflects the specific needs
and desires of its members. In line with this it has now
established a new corporate structure for the BBAA, which is simple and
leaves room for it to be adapted to the specific needs and desires of
its members.<br/><br/>On the 7th June 2005 BBAA held their first AGM
at this meeting the members of BBAA voted for its board. There are
currently ten BBAA board members: Anthony Clarke (Chairman), Anthony
Collinson, Christopher Fogg, John Goodger, Ken Cooper, Mark White,
Martin Carr, Oliver Woolley, Paul Gardner and Sally Goodsell. A
biography of each of the board members can be found <a target="_blank" href="../../../../portal/images/stories/PDFDOCS/bbaa_board_profiles.pdf" title="BBAA_Board_Profiles">here</a>. Of these eight have been voted for by the members and two Ken Cooper of the DTI and Mark White of Nesta have been co-opted.<br/><br/>Each
year Full BBAA members are given the opportunity to appoint their own
board. It will be the board’s role to drive the BBAA’s future strategy
and direction. However, within the board there is an executive
committee who have more hands on contact with the running of BBAA.
Currently the Executive Committee is comprised of Anthony Clarke,
Anthony Collinson, Oliver Woolley and Paul Gardner. <br/><br/><span class="moduleBodyTitle">Who are our members?</span><br/>BBAA’s
Full Members are formally structured or constituted business angel
group, network or syndicate, which have an active involvement in the
SME investment market. All Full Members must agree to abide by the BBAA
<a target="_blank" href="../../../../portal/images/stories/PDFDOCS/code_of_conduct.pdf" title="Code of Conduct">Code of Conduct</a> and <a target="_blank" href="../../../../portal/images/stories/PDFDOCS/disciplinary_procedure.pdf" title="Disciplinary Procedure">Disciplinary Procedure</a>. Before organisations can become a member of BBAA they must have two full members of BBAA to sponsor their application.<br/><br/>BBAA has Full Members from across the United Kingdom, a list of these can be found in the <a target="_self" href="/" title="Members Directory">Full Members Directory</a>. <br/><br/>BBAA
also have a number of Associates, these are organisations other than
business angel groups who have evident interest in the business angel
and SME investment market, these organisations includes corporate
financiers, academics, solicitors, accountants, venture capitalists and
other relevant professionals and intermediaries. A directory of BBAA’s
Associates can be found in the <a target="_self" href="/" title="Members Directory">Associates Directory</a>.<br/><span class="moduleBodyTitle"><br/>
Who are our sponsors? </span><strong><br/></strong><br/>BBAA currenly has two sponsors <a target="_blank" href="http://www.nesta.org.uk/" title="Nesta">Nesta</a> and <a target="_blank" href="http://www.kingstonsmith.co.uk/" title="Kingston Smith">Kingston Smith</a>. BBAA is also supported by the <a target="_blank" href="http://www.sbs.gov.uk/" title="SBS">DTI/SBS</a>. <br/><br/><span class="moduleBodyTitle">Contact Us</span><br/>If you would like further information or have any questions regarding BBAA please do not hesitate to contact us:<br/><br/>Liz Carrington<br/>5<sup>th</sup> Floor<br/>52 – 54 Southwark Street<br/>London<br/>SE1 1UN<br/>Tel: 0207 089 2305<br/>Fax: 0207 089 2301<br/>E-mail: <a href="mailto:liz@bbaa.org.uk">liz@bbaa.org.uk</a></div><br/>
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