ABOUT US
FOUNDING PARTNER
Julia Colegate-Stone
Julia founded Hurston Eliot in 2014. She started her career as a lawyer in the Investment Management group of Linklaters before moving to Deutsche Bank, where she spent several years advising hedge funds and their investors. Throughout her corporate career, Julia felt passionately about entrepreneurship. This prompted her to join a software start-up as Head of Business Development, before leaving to launch Hurston Eliot. Julia is a qualified solicitor (non-practising) and holds an MA (Hons) in English from the University of Oxford.
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PARTNER
Kate Lindsay-Fynn
Kate joined Hurston Eliot in 2018. She began her career with JPMorgan as an analyst in investment banking, before co-founding KHG Partners, an executive search boutique, which she grew until its subsequent sale to Hydrogen Group Plc in 2010. Kate was then Group COO at Hannam & Partners, before operating independently in a variety of consulting mandates for investment management firms and their portfolio companies. Kate read Classics at the University of Bristol.
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OUR NAME
We are named after the authors George Eliot and Zora Neale Hurston.
Both Hurston and Eliot wrote about the “hidden lives” of their subjects. They also both did things differently. We think we do too and, in doing so, hope to help businesses and individuals reach their own inimitable potential.
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“The whole experience was smooth from start to finish. I found the level of preparation for interviews to be not only detailed but savvy. The speed of response was brilliant. Julia stood out for me amongst many people I’ve been in contact with over the years both for my career and to hire people onto my teams. First rate.”
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