HARBOURVEST HVGPE : HVPE Announces Change in Directorate

31 May 2013

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited ("HVPE" or the "Company"), a closed-end investment company, today announces the resignation of Mr. George Anson, a HarbourVest Managing Director, as a director of the Company and the appointment of Mr. Peter Wilson as a director effective 30 May 2013. Sir Michael Bunbury, on behalf of the Company, expressed his thanks to Mr. Anson for his contribution to the Company since joining the Board in October 2007.
Speaking for the Company, Sir Michael said:
"The Board of HarbourVest Global Private Equity is very pleased that HarbourVest Managing Director Peter Wilson has agreed to become a director. He is a member of HarbourVest's London-based secondary team and I am confident that he will provide continuity for the Company, having been a partner of George Anson for over 17 years."
Mr. Wilson joined HarbourVest's London-based subsidiary in 1996 and leads HarbourVest's secondary investment activity in Europe. He serves on the advisory committees for partnerships managed by Baring Vostok Capital Partners, CVC Capital Partners, Holtzbrinck Ventures, Index Venture Management, Nordic Capital, and Paragon Partners. Prior to joining HarbourVest, he spent three years working for the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, where he originated and managed two regional venture capital funds in Russia. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Trustees of City Year London. Mr. Wilson also spent two years at The Monitor Company, a strategy consulting firm based in Cambridge, Massachusetts. He received a BA (with honors) from McGill University in 1985 and an MBA from Harvard Business School in 1990.

Notes to Editors:

HarbourVest Global Private Equity Limited ("HVPE") is a Guernsey-incorporated closed-end investment company which has a dual listing on both the London Stock Exchange and Euronext Amsterdam. HVPE is registered as an investment company with the Netherlands Authority for the Financial Markets (AFM). HVPE is designed to offer shareholders long-term capital appreciation by investing in a private equity portfolio diversified by geography, by stage of investment, by vintage year, and by industry. It invests in and alongside HarbourVest-managed funds which focus on primary
partnership commitments, secondary investments, and direct investments in operating companies. HVPE is advised by HarbourVest Advisers L.P., an affiliate of HarbourVest Partners, LLC.

HarbourVest Partners, LLC ("HarbourVest") is an independent global private equity investment firm and an SEC registered investment advisor, providing vehicles for institutional investors to invest in the venture capital and buyout markets in the U.S., Europe, and elsewhere through primary partnerships, secondary purchases, and direct investments. The HarbourVest team began investing in 1982 and has committed more than $30 billion to investments over its more than 30-year history. Across its global investment platform, HarbourVest and its affiliates have more than 230 employees in Boston, London, Hong Kong, Tokyo, Bogotá, and Beijing.

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