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Kpedekpo was born in Aberdeen, Scotland on 27 August 1976.
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Playing for Aberdeen as a schoolboy and later while at university, Kpedekpo left football to move to Australia working for Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler. He returned to Scotland to work for the Bank of Scotland before starting investment firm Panoramic Growth Equity. While still at school, Kpedekpo played for Aberdeen as a centre forward. Joining the club at the age of 16, he made his debut at 18 while continuing to study, eventually completing a university degree in management and accounting.
He made eleven league appearances in total, without scoring.
Following the completion of his degree Kpedekpo returned to playing full-time football with Aberdeen. Finding himself frustrated by his lack of first-team football, Kpedekpo was offered the opportunity to go on loan to another club, but instead chose to leave football and follow up an offer given to him by Klynveld Peat Marwick Goerdeler at a university awards dinner.
Moving to Australia on secondment, Kpedekpo stayed there for five years before moving back to his native Scotland to work for the Bank of Scotland. Kpedekpo started investment firm Panoramic Growth Equity with some colleagues from the Bank of Scotland.
The firm secured £21.7 million from the United Kingdom Government"s Enterprise Capital Fund, the first Scottish-based company to benefit from that scheme.
In June 2010 the firm held a first close of its debut fund at £34 million, the only Small and Medium Size Enterprises growth fund to close in the United Kingdom in 2010 until then
