An entrepreneur from Tunbridge Wells is heading up a new London base for a global consultant and investment group.

Paul Bowman, a founding partner of Label Ventures, based in Southborough, will head up the London team when it opens in May ahead of rolling out its "international expansion plans".

Label Ventures says it wants to compete with traditional consulting firms like Accenture and Deloitte, modelling itself "on a music label rather than a holding company".

It says that means it can scan global markets to "sign the hottest creative and technology talent" to work with them.

Mr Bowman said: “Building our base in London now is a key step for us, firstly because it will enable us to support our clients here better as they start to return to the office. Secondly though we also want to invest behind the studios and tech companies here as they scale up so that they can play their part in building back better.

“This next 12 months will have their challenges for a lot of companies but they also represent a once in a generation opportunity. Some brands will genuinely build back better and will prosper as a result and, right now, there is a set of leaders who get that. I want to be here to connect those people to the creative talent and the technology platforms they need to deliver on that ambition.”

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