Jonathan Compton - Managing Director

12 years fund management in London and Hong Kong with Samuel Montagu then Baring International; 10 years as a stockbroker with Credit Lyonnais Securities Asia (CLSA). Read Law at Durham University then called to the Bar.

Andrew Duncan - Junior Investment Analyst

Spent 18 months in audit (Investment Management) at Deloitte & Touche.  Degree in Business Studies from Lancaster University.

Richard Greenwood - Investment Analyst

After a short spell teaching Classics, Richard qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Deloitte & Touche where he was involved in cash flow modelling and tax structuring for M&A deals.  Read Classics at Lincoln College, Oxford.

Ian McCallum - Director & Chief Investment Officer

10 years as an analyst in London, Asia and Turkey for Merrill Lynch, Peregrine Securities and CLSA.  Read Accountancy and Finance at Heriot-Watt University, then qualified as a Chartered Accountant.

Felicity Smith - Senior Fund Manager

20 years of experience covering European equities with Morgan Stanley, Investment Advisor International and ABN Amro. Read modern languages at Balliol College, Oxford and is fluent in French and German.

Robert Dann - Sales & Client Relationships (Institutional & Retail)

First worked at Bedlam as an intern then joined full time after gaining his degree in Business Administration from the University of Kent.

Mark H. Stanley - Head of Sales & Client Relationships

25 years industry experience including spells at JP Morgan, Threadneedle and Wellington Management.  Read economics at University of Kent at Canterbury. Fellow of the Pensions Management Institute.

Sarah Bann - Investment Operations

3 years in operations at Catella Wealth Management and prior to that Blueprint Partners in marketing. Read Geography at Liverpool.

Lesley Cartmell - Director & Investment Consultant

18 years fund management at Clerical Medical and United Friendly. Read Economics at the London School of Economics and taught the same in Tokyo. MBA from City University Business School

Michael Comras - Finance Director

After leaving Coopers & Lybrand, 14 years experience in financial services organisations. Subsequently finance director of small and medium-sized companies. A Chartered Accountant.

Steve O'Neill - Investment Operations

Spent 18 months at Morgan Stanley as an interbank fx analyst in the settlements team. Previously with National Australia Bank. Studying part-time for a BSc in Accounting in Finance at the LSE.

Tim Vaughan - Head of Investment Operations

His first move into fund management was to Fidelity where he spent 2 years in their European Retail Operations overseeing client trading services and operational risk management. Read Classics at Christ Church, Oxford.

Caroline Pemberton - Office Manager

12 years in the fund management industry working at Marathon Asset Management, the last 4 spent in Connecticut running the US office. Prior to that, spent 8 years at Coats Viyella Plc.

Emma Symonds - Marketing Secretary

Spent 13 months at The Cornell Partnership, a City based recruitment boutique, as a consultant and executive assistant.  Read History of Art at University of Leeds.

Rodney Baker-Bates

Positions have included Group Finance Control Director at the Midland Bank, Director of Finance and Information Technology at the BBC, Chief Executive at Prudential Financial Services and currently Director at C. Hoare & Co and other companies. Qualified accountant.

Duncan Clark

17 years at Brown Brothers Harriman. Managing Director of the London office and the US parent. Led US Equity research, sales and private equity marketing in the EU and North America. Currently MD of Braxted Capital. Read History at Christ College, Cambridge and received an MBA from the University of Columbia, New York.

Nigel Johnson-Hill - Chairman

HSBC and W.I.Carr, then 10 years as Managing Director of Hoare Govett in Hong Kong. 10 years as Chairman and MD of Hoenig UK.  Director of The Vintry Wine Co., Liv-ex and Mundane Asset Management. Is a fellow of the Securities and Investment Institute.

James Osborne

18 years at A&L Goodbody having joined as a solicitor in 1973, retired in 1992 although still employed as a consultant.  Since then has held numerous directorships, most notably Deputy Chairman of Ryanair.  Read Law at Trinity College, Dublin.