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Mr. North is a Managing Partner for LCH Partners. Prior to joining LCH Partners, Mr. North led Shutterfly, Inc. (NASDAQ: SFLY) as President and Chief Executive Officer and a member of the board of directors from May 2016 through the sale to Apollo Global Management in 2019. Under his leadership, Shutterfly doubled revenues to $2 billion, doubled free cash flow, and increased operating income ten-fold.

Prior to joining Shutterfly, Mr. North served as Managing Director of Amazon UK and co-led Amazon across Europe for six years, after leading Amazon’s UK Media businesses for four years. Amazon UK grew to almost $10 billion in GAAP revenue over this 10-year period, a 14-fold increase. Before joining Amazon, he worked in publishing as Global Managing Director of Phaidon Press, as Chief Operating Officer of HarperCollins Canada, and as Vice President and General Manager of Electronic Publishing for HarperCollins Publishers. He began his career as a management consultant with the media and entertainment practice of Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Mr. North also serves in leadership roles in several not-for-profit organizations. He is a director and chairs the audit committee of Character Lab, a non-profit dedicated to advancing the science and practice of character development in order to help children thrive; a member of the Collections Committee of the Harvard University Art Museums; and President of the American Friends of the Royal Collection. He and his wife also actively support the Wallace Collection and the Attingham Trust. He is an active angel investor, having made more than 30 investments in early-stage companies, with a particular focus on artificial intelligence and automation. Mr. North also mentors a number of technology entrepreneurs.

Mr. North earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Harvard College and a master’s degree in Philosophy from New York University. He and his wife have three children and divide their time between London and France. Born and raised in New York, Mr. North is a dual US/British national.