Roger Jeynes

Roger is the senior independent director of the Development Bank of Wales and co-chairs its investment committee. In compliance with the Combined Code, he is retiring after 9 years service on 31 October 2025. 

Roger has over 25 years experience in Corporate Finance and Venture Capital, including independent director roles at five listed Venture Capital Trusts (VCTs) and 9 years as Chief Operating Officer of AIM-listed technology merchant bank Interregnum plc where he directed equity investment and led its Mergers & Acquisitions practice. His early career was in the technology industry with technical, marketing and general management positions at IBM, EMC and Pyramid Technology, and he was chair of Zoo Digital plc between 2010 and 2019. 

A mathematics graduate of the University of Sheffield and Fellow of the RSA, Roger holds a certificate in investment management from IIMR and was Professor of Management Practice at Anglia Ruskin University from 2008 to 2017.