Prior to Stanford, Shorthouse worked in the investment-banking group at Morgan Stanley and in 1987 interned at Golder, Thoma & Cressey in Chicago.
From the mid-1990s, he served as co-head of Warburg's London office and made several notable deals, including a founding investment in Channel 5, the sale of mortgage broker John Charcol to Bradford and Bingley for £100m [2] and deals in Aegis, London Weekend Television and Esprit Telecom.
Overall, he was involved in the investment of over $2 billion in the UK and Europe, in sectors such as financial services, manufacturing, real estate, sport, and technology, media and telecommunications.
[3] While at Warburg, Shorthouse participated in the winning bid to create Channel 5, the final terrestrial television network to launch on British TV.
Channel 5's licence to broadcast was awarded under a controversial auction process conducted by the Independent Television Commission (ITC).
Englefield’s initial partner was Etienne de Villiers, a former president at Walt Disney Television International.