Sebastian Chambers has first-hand experience of the practices and policies covered in the A-Z of Inequality; having had over thirty years experience in the City advising private equity, banks and debt funds. He is a non-executive director of CIL Management Consultants, Neptune (the home interiors business) and STL Tech (the innovation incubator). Sebastian is an active Angel investor and has backed a range of start ups including Supplycompass, KeyNest and Slip Safety. Sebastian is Chair of Trustees for Firefly International, a Scottish charity that works with children impacted by conflict in Bosnia and the Middle East. Prior to 2020, he was a partner at CIL for over 20 years, working with high growth UK and US companies and the private equity investors that back them. Previously, he ran a factory making door and building panels. Sebastian is a chartered accountant, spending five years with PwC – where he was an audit manager for clients including Bank of America and BNP Paribas. He has a degree in economics and social sciences from Manchester University.