Braveheart Investment Group has appointed Andrew Burton as a director of the board, the Perth-based fund manager announced following its Annual General Meeting (AGM).

Mr Burton, who is currently CEO of Viking Fund Managers Limited, has been with the Group since 2009.

The experienced fund manager has worked with high growth firms, advising on all aspects of early stage technology-based business and funding for more than 25 years.

He was chairman of the Yorkshire Association of Business Angels, an investment syndicate, before it was incorporated into Envestors at the company’s London office.

Previously, he was a director of national incubation body UKBI and of the Yorkshire and Humber Objective 2 fund, Partnership Investment Finance.

Mr Burton holds 880,000 ordinary shares in Braveheart, equivalent to 3.25 per cent of the issued ordinary share capital of the company.

All resolutions presented to the AGM were passed.