About the editor
Ross Butler is a specialist private equity journalist and commentator. In 2004 he was appointed editor of the leading European private equity magazine Real Deals. In 2005 and 2007 he was awarded the Most Outstanding Contribution Award at the BVCA's Private Equity & Venture Capital Journalist of the Year Awards. In 2008 he was nominated for Business Editor of the Year by the Periodical Publishers Association.
Ross is chairman of the judging panel at the annual Private Equity Awards, and European Private Equity Awards, and he is a regular speaker and moderator at industry conferences, including SuperInvestor, Buying into Buyouts, and the UK Technology Forum. He is also involved in the London Business School's Private Equity Institute and Harvard Business School private equity events.
Ross has written for a wide number of publications on the subject of private equity, including Future & Options World, Property Week, Legal Business, the Grocer and the Corporate Financier.