Carnaby Enterprises.

Where investment, vision, and leadership come together.

Exclusive access to opportunity

Carnaby is a private network connecting discerning investors, visionary founders, and proven leaders across hospitality, wellness, lifestyle, and business services ventures.

For Investors
For Investors
For founders
For founders
Senior Appointments
Senior Appointments
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Our company ethos

Finding quality off-market opportunities is difficult for investors.

Finding the right funding for the next stage of growth as a founder can be just as challenging.

Carnaby believes neither should be.

We exist to bring clarity and connection to a world that can feel closed and complex. Our role is to help people with vision find the right partners, whether that means capital, opportunity, or leadership.

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Our work is shaped by three principles that define how we operate and what we value most.

Integrity: We act with honesty and transparency in everything we do. Trust is at the centre of every relationship we build.

Collaboration: We believe meaningful progress happens when the right people work together. We take time to understand each party’s goals so that every introduction has genuine potential to grow.

Purpose: We connect with intent. Each relationship we create should lead to lasting value, whether that means helping a founder raise capital, supporting a company through a senior appointment, or guiding an investor toward the right opportunity.

  • We work with founders to provide guidance in preparing for capital raising and introductions to investors who understand your sector and vision.

  • We curate introductions between capital partners and founders whose ventures combine strong commercial potential with creativity, authenticity, and long-term vision.

  • Exceptional ventures require exceptional leadership.

    Carnaby Leadership connects companies with proven senior executives across hospitality, lifestyle, Business services and consumer sectors.

What do we do?

Connecting Capital, Founders & Leadership in the World’s Most Compelling Sectors.

Who we are

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Carnaby is led by Chris Sheppardson and Brian Roirdan, two experienced leaders united by a shared belief in the power of hospitality, wellness, and lifestyle to shape how people live, connect, and experience the world.

With decades of insight and relationships at the highest levels of industry, Chris has built a reputation as one of hospitality’s most progressive thinkers and trusted advisors. Through ventures such as EP Business in Hospitality, Chess Partnership, and Creative Spaces, he has helped leaders and organisations reimagine the future of service, engagement, and experience.

Brian brings deep operational expertise and commercial leadership, shaped by more than two decades at the forefront of the UK’s hospitality and foodservice sector. Having held senior executive roles across major multi-site businesses, he has led organisations through transformation, growth, and operational change. Known for his pragmatic, hands-on approach, Brian combines strategic thinking with real-world delivery, making him a trusted partner to founders and leadership teams navigating complexity. At Carnaby, he works closely with portfolio businesses and partners to strengthen performance, scale operations, and build resilient organisations.

Together, Chris and Brian provide the leadership, insight, and practical experience that define Carnaby; connecting visionary investors with the people and ideas shaping the next era of hospitality, wellness, and lifestyle.