Leadership

Overseeing 1,750 full-time staff members across our various businesses, RDCP’s leadership team has a reputation for effectively combining their approach as both experienced investors and operators. We are straight shooters that always strive for speedy execution on acquisitions.

RDCP FOUNDERS

Sameer Rizvi
Founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
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Sameer Rizvi founded RD Capital Partners (RDCP) with Iryna Dubylovska in the summer of 2015. From a young age, Sameer dreamed about running his own investment firm. Reading about legendary investors such as Warren Buffett, Chamath Palihapitiya and Sam Zell, Sameer wanted to create an investment conglomerate of his own. This is what drove him to launch RDCP.

As co-founders, Sameer and Iryna tend to wear lots of hats. Nevertheless, Sameer predominantly splits his time between capital allocation, deal origination and asset management. Sameer leads the firm’s initiatives on originating dealflow. He maintains relationships with a network of investment bankers, mid-market advisors and business brokers. Sameer has the final say on capital allocation, i.e. whether surplus profits should be used to grow the existing portfolio companies or invested to acquire new businesses. Finally, Sameer works closely with the CEOs of each portfolio company, heavily involved in key board-level strategic decision-making.

Sameer started his career at Commerzbank in London, working in equity sales, in the sales & trading division of the investment bank. Sameer then joined the Royal Bank of Scotland, working in both the Dubai and London offices, in the debt capital markets (DCM) division.

Sameer has a bachelor’s degree in economics and finance from McGill University in Canada. Sameer is also a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA®) charterholder. Sameer was the youngest CFA in the history of the institute when he received the honour in 2015.

Iryna Dubylovska
Founder & Chief Strategy Officer (CSO)
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Iryna Dubylovska founded RD Capital Partners (RDCP) with Sameer Rizvi in the summer of 2015. Iryna comes from an entrepreneurial family. Her late father Michael Dubylovsky, who founded an engineering business in Algeria called Serfi, always told her “don’t work for others; if you want to build real wealth, only work for yourself.” This is what pushed her to start RDCP.

As co-founders, Iryna and Sameer tend to wear lots of hats. However, Iryna predominantly spends her time acting as the equivalent of the “head of the investment committee,” approving or disapproving dealflow that Sameer brings forward. No acquisitions are made unless both Iryna and Sameer unanimously agree on an investment decision. Iryna also has the final say on key human capital management decisions across all portfolio companies.

Prior to RDCP, Iryna worked at the Royal Bank of Scotland in London as a junior investment banker, in the corporate advisory (i.e M&A) division.

Iryna has a bachelor’s degree in business management from Kings College London (KCL) and a master’s degree in economics from University College London (UCL).

PORTFOLIO COMPANY LEADERSHIP

Phil Morgan
Managing Director of Intelling
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Phil launched the Intelling business in 2012. In 2017, Phil led the Intelling business through a £3m private equity investment, and subsequently led a majority sale to RDCP, successfully growing Intelling Group's total annual revenue to over £40m.

Over 25 years of experience working in the customer management industry, specialising in outbound/inbound marketing.
Previously in executive roles at LBM (Convergys Intelligent Contact), Littewoods Gaming and British Gas.
Business and finance undergraduate degree.

Gareth Dillon
Managing Director of RDCP Infrastructure
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Over 30 years of experience working on complex projects within infrastructure, urban regeneration and traditional construction.
Leading over 200 staff members, acting as line manager to multiple subsidiary senior management team members.
Previously executive roles at Cluster Construction, Churngold Construction, Madillon Projects and SS Engineering.
Member of the Chartered Management Institute.
Mining engineering undergraduate degree.

Rosie Howell
Managing Director of RDCP Care
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Overseeing over 300 staff members across 6 care homes.
Over 30 years of healthcare experience.
Served in senior management roles at various firms including Embrace Care, Avery Healthcare and Restful Homes.
Staffordshire University undergrad; qualified nurse.

Richard Franks
Managing Director of Chilango
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Led Chilango for 5 years as Head of Operations, Director of Operations, and then Managing Director since January 2020.
Over 20 years of management experience, leading teams and companies in the hospitality and retail sectors.
Previously in leadership roles at Apostrophe Cafés, Gather & Gather, Harris + Hoole, and EAT.

Michael Underdown
Managing Director of Ancient House Printing Group
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Highly experienced commercial print professional and sector expert.
Over 35 years with Ancient House Starting; initially working in production press, then working with the sales teams; and for the past 20 years, leading the business as Managing Director.
Overseen growth of Ancient House from a £6m turnover business to a £18m turnover business.