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This list showcases the top London based Director operating in the Asset Management space. If you think a Director is missing from this list, feel free to contact our editor on editor@beststartup.co.uk.
The individuals on this list have been included because of exceptional performance in one of the following categories:
- Innovation – Operating as a key part in an extremely innovative business or startup.
- Growth – Operating as a key figure in the growth and upscale of a market leading business or startup.
- Management – Showing exceptional management skills.
- Societal impact – Putting their business on the map for their positive societal or environmental impact.
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Mubashir Mukadam
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mubashir Mukadam (London) joined KKR in 2011 and leads the European special situations business. Prior to joining KKR, he was a managing director with York Capital in London where he helped build the European distressed and event-driven credit business. While at York Capital, Mr. Mukadam also led investments across a range of instruments and sectors and retained oversight over the trading of complex securities. In addition, he served on the informal creditor committees for a number of large European bank liquidations. Prior to joining York Capital, Mr. Mukadam was a director in Deutsche Bank? distressed debt proprietary/broker-dealer group where he sourced and invested across single asset trading names, loan and liquidation claim portfolios, and distressed private equity opportunities. He started his career at Bankers Trust/Deutsche Bank in the mergers and acquisitions group. Mr. Mukadam holds an M.B.A. with honors from The Wharton School and a B.S. (Honors) from the University of Bath.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
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Sergio D’Angelo
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Sergio D’Angelo (London) joined KKR in 2005 and has been involved in the investments in Inaer, SBS Broadcasting, Selenia, NXP (formerly Philips Semiconductor), ProSiebenSat.1, and Alliance Boots. He is currently a member of the board of directors of Alliance Boots. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. D’Angelo was with the private equity firm BC Partners in Milan for over a year. Prior to that, he worked in the investment banking division of Citigroup in London. He holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, from L. Bocconi University, Milan, Italy.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Mark Brown
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Brown (London) joined KKR in 2013. Mr. Brown was most recently a managing director at GSO Capital, the credit arm of Blackstone, which he joined in October 2007. At GSO Capital, he was part of the fund’s rescue financing efforts across Europe. He served on the board of directors of The Miller Group, Giant Cement LLP, and Alcontrol Laboratories. Prior to joining GSO Capital, Mr. Brown worked for Deutsche Bank as a vice president in the Distressed Products Group where he focused on European distressed corporate loans and special situations. His previous work experience also includes debt advisory at Close Brothers Corporate Finance and audit and private equity/corporate transaction support with KPMG in New York. Mr. Brown trained as a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Financial Analyst in South Africa. He currently serves on the board of the holding company of the Italian vending machine business, Argenta.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Stephen Shanley
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Stephen joined TCV in 2012 and focuses on investment opportunities in the internet and infrastructure sectors. Prior to joining TCV, Stephen spent several years as an Analyst and Associate with Needham & Company’s technology investment banking group. While at Needham he completed a variety of public and private M&A and capital raising transactions within the Internet & Digital Media and Semiconductor sectors. Prior to joining Needham & Company, he was an Associate with KPMGs Transaction Services group focusing on buy-side financial due diligence. Stephen received a B.S. in Economics and a B.S.C. in Accounting from Santa Clara University, where he was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa, and is a Certified Public Accountant.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
James Hatchley
Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Hatchley (London) is a Managing Director and Chief Operating Officer (Europe) for KKR with local responsibility for the operations of KKR’s businesses across the MENA region. Mr. Hatchley joined KKR as Co-Chief Executive of Avoca Capital in 2014 where he has responsibility for business strategy, strategic fund raising and oversight of non-investment functions. He joined Avoca in May 2012. Previously, he spent 23 years working in the City of London as an investment banker with Schroders, Greenhill and Freeman & Co. Mr. Hatchley established Freeman & Co.’s European business in 2006. During his time as a banker he provided independent strategic and financial advice to a wide range of banks, insurance companies and selected institutional investors. Mr. Hatchley qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Arthur Andersen. He has a first class B.Sc (hons) Degree in Mathematics and Economics from the University of Surrey in the UK.
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Johannes P. Huth
Managing Director & Head of KKR EMEA of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Johannes P. Huth (London) joined KKR in 1999 and is a Member of KKR and Head of KKR’s operations in Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. He has participated in investments including Wincor Nixdorf, Zumtobel, Demag Holdings, MTU Aero Engines, DSD, Selenia, Kion Group, NXP Semiconductors, Pro7 Sat1, BMG, Wild, and Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF). He is currently a member of the Supervisory Board of Kion. He serves as Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of NXP BV. He is Chairman of the Supervisory Board of WMF, and member of the Board of Hertha KGaA. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Huth was a member of Investcorp’s Management Committee and was also responsible for the firm’s operations in Europe. Previously, he was with Salomon Brothers, where he was a vice president in the mergers and acquisitions departments in London and New York. Mr. Huth holds a B.Sc with highest honors from the London School of Economics and an M.B.A. from the University of Chicago. He is Chairman of the Trustees of the Private Equity Foundation, Vice-Chair of the Board of Trustees of the Design Museum, trustee of the Staedel Museum in Frankfurt, a governor of the London School of Economics, and trustee of The Education Endowment Foundation.
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Philip Wack
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Philip Wack (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Industrials and Chemicals team. At KKR, Mr. Wack has been involved with the investments in KION, Saba Infraestructuras and WMF. Currently, Mr. Wack serves on the board of directors of WMF. Prior to joining KKR, he spent four years at JP Morgan in Frankfurt as a member of the mergers and acquisitions department. He holds a M.Sc. in Business Administration from WHU-Otto Beisheim School of Management in Koblenz (Germany).
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About Kohlberg Kravis Roberts: Kohlberg Kravis Roberts is a global alternative asset manager focusing on private equity, fixed income, and capital markets.
Valeria Rebulla
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Valeria Rebulla (London) joined in 2009 and heads the Capital Solutions Group in Europe. Since joining KKR Capital Markets, she has played an instrumental role in arranging multiple financings for KKR acquisitions and portfolio companies, including: PortAventura, SBB, Acteon, OEG Offshore, Fotolia, Bond Aviation, Inaer, Versatel, Alliance Boots, Wild Flavours, WMF and NXP. Prior to joining KKR, she was an executive director on Goldman Sachs’ Leveraged Finance Capital Markets desk. She began her career at Goldman Sachs in the late 1990s and developed a broad range of skills in the Advisory Group, and subsequently in the venture capital group (then “GS Ventures”), before moving into the Leveraged Finance Division. She holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, from L. Bocconi University.
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Ghassan Nicolas Kara
Director, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ghassan Nicolas Kara (London/Paris) joined KKR Capstone in 2009. He was previously an associate principal at McKinsey & Company, where he worked on diverse turnaround engagements in EMEA. Prior to his McKinsey experience, he was owner and manager of an SME in the printing and packaging industry. He holds an M.B.A. from INSEAD, an M.Sc. in finance from Imperial College London and in engineering from Ecole Centrale Paris.
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Guillaume Cassou
Director, Real Estate of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Guillaume Cassou (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is responsible for the European Real Estate team. Prior to KKR, Mr. Cassou was an executive director at Goldman Sachs real estate principal investment area in London since 2007 focusing on real estate and real estate-related investments across Europe. Previously Mr. Cassou worked in Goldman Sachs investment banking group from 2001 to 2007, where he was involved in a number of mergers, acquisitions, and capital market transactions. He holds an M.Sc. from Ecole Polytechnique, Paris.
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Christian Ollig
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Christian Ollig (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is a member of the Consumer industry team, within KKR’s Private Equity platform. At KKR, Mr. Ollig has played a significant role in KKR’s investments in Wild Flavors, Cognita, Hertha BSC, and Württembergische Metallwarenfabrik AG (WMF). Prior to joining KKR, he was a vice president at Lehman Brothers in the Mergers & Acquisitions Group, and the Media Group in Frankfurt and New York. At Lehman he was involved in a range of KKR investments, including SBS Broadcasting and Kion. He holds an M.B.A. (Diplom-Kaufmann) with distinction from the University of Cologne and London Business School.
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Mark Ennis
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Ennis (London) joined KKR Capital Markets in 2013.
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Abhishek Kapur
Managing Director – Regional Lead, KKR Capstone of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Mark Howard
Managing Director & Chief Compliance Officer International Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Howard (London) joined KKR in 2011 as a Compliance Officer for Europe and Mid-East. Before joining KKR.
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Federica Gironi
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Federica Gironi (London) joined KKR Capital Markets (KCM) in 2013. Since joining KCM, Federica has worked on a variety of financings including PortAventura, SBB/Telemach, Bond Aviation, Northgate, Pets at Home, and Telepizza, and the IPO of Pets at Home. Prior to joining KCM, she was a vice president at Citigroup’s leveraged Finance Group and has previously also worked in the mergers and acquisition division. She holds an M.Sc., summa cum laude, in Accounting and Corporate Finance from L. Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.
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Mark Danzey
Director, Capital Markets of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Mark Danzey (London) joined KKR Capital Markets (KCM) in 2009.
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Jean -Pierre Saad
Director, Private Equity of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jean-Pierre Saad (London) joined KKR in 2008 and is focused on Technology, Media and Telecom investments in EMEA. He has been involved in KKR’s investments in SoftwareONE, SBB/Telemach (United Group), NXP Semiconductors, Acteon and Legrand. Mr. Saad is also responsible for Middle East and North Africa investment efforts. Prior to joining the Firm, he worked in the telecoms and media team of Lehman Brothers in London where he advised KKR on a number of investments including SBS Broadcasting. Mr. Saad holds a Grande Ecole degree from HEC Paris as well as an Engineering degree with high distinction in Computer and Communications from the American University of Beirut.
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Ludo Bammens
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Ludo Bammens (London) joined KKR in 2009 as the Director of European Corporate Affairs. Before joining KKR, Mr. Bammens was the Director of European Public Affairs at Coca-Cola Company Europe Group. Prior to taking this role he was Vice President, Public Affairs and Communications for the Europe Group of Coca-Cola Enterprises, the largest bottler in the Coca-Cola system. He joined Coca-Cola from Janssen Pharmaceutical (the pharmaceutical branch of Johnson & Johnson) where he was Director of European Public Affairs. From 1986-1991, Mr. Bammens was Deputy Chef de Cabinet of King Baudouin of Belgium. Mr. Bammens is honorary member of the Executive Board of the Belgian Banking and Market Supervisory Authority and former member of the Stakeholder Group of the European Securities and Market Authority(ESMA).
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Meenal Devani
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Meenal Devani is the Investments Committee Member at St Catharine’s College Cambridge.
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Justin Lewis Oakes
TitleDirector of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Justin Lewis-Oakes (London) joined KKR in 2011 and is a member of the Consumer team and the Pets at Home and Cognita portfolio teams. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Lewis-Oakes spent four years in the UK mergers and acquisitions team at Goldman Sachs in London. He holds a B.A. (Hons) in Classics from Balliol College, Oxford.
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Jurcell Virginia
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Jurcell Virginia (London) joined KKR in 2012 and is a Director in the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Virginia was responsible for the business development activities for EIM SA in the Netherlands and Southern Africa. Previously, he was engaged with a number of entrepreneurial companies. Mr. Virginia started his career with ABN AMRO where he worked for 7 years in the corporate finance department in Amsterdam and Sao Paulo. His most recent position was as VP Corporate Finance. Mr. Virginia holds a Masters in Econometrics from Tilburg University, The Netherlands.
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James Sclater
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Sclater (London) joined KKR as part of Avoca Capital, and is a senior portfolio manager for the European long/short credit business. Before joining Avoca in 2011, Mr. Sclater worked at Ilex Asset Management and Liontrust Asset Management. Previously, he worked for Cairnsea Investments running a long/short equity fund. He originally qualified as a lawyer with Clifford Chance, where he worked primarily in banking and project finance. He then worked for a project management company in Mozambique. Mr. Sclater is a graduate of the University of Bristol where he earned a B.A. in philosophy and politics.
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Simon Thorp
Director, Credit of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Simon Thorp (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital, and leads KKR Credit’s European long/short credit business. Before joining Avoca in 2011, he managed the Liontrust Credit Fund at Liontrust (formerly Ilex Credit Fund). Prior to this role, he was CEO of Exco plc, a U.K.-based business. He commenced seventeen years of fixed income trading experience with Akroyd and Smithers and spent two years with S.G. Warburg before joining Salomon Brothers to run its U.K government bond trading team. In 1992, he joined the newly formed NatWest Markets, responsible for European government trading and sales before managing credit products. He was co-head of global fixed income and sat on the debt capital markets management committee for four years. He received his B.Sc in Economics and Politics from the University of Keele.
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Franziska Kayser
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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Clayton Perry
Managing Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Clayton Perry (London) joined KKR in 2014 as part of Avoca Capital and is responsible for the strategic development of KKR’s collateralized loan obligation business. Before joining Avoca in 2010, he worked for Credit Suisse for sixteen years in a variety of roles, most recently running the collateralized loan obligation arranging business. Mr. Perry has a B.A. from Otago University and an M.Sc from the London School of Economics.
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Ryan Miller
Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
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James Marsh
Director, Principal, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
James Marsh (London) joined KKR in 2012 as a member of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, he worked at Barclays Capital in its power, utilities & infrastructure group, where he was involved in a variety of merger, acquisition and financing transactions. He also worked for three years at the quantitative investment strategies division of Goldman Sachs Asset Management. He holds an M.A. from Harvard University and a B.A. from the University of Cambridge.
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William Needham
Managing Director of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
William Needham (London) joined KKR in 2014 and is European Legal Counsel for KKR Credit.
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Paul Roberts
Managing Director, KKR Prisma of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Paul Roberts (London) joined KKR Prisma, which previously conducted business as Prisma Capital Partners LP, in 2008. Mr. Roberts is part of the Client and Partner Group, focusing on customized hedge fund solutions. Prior to joining KKR Prisma, Mr. Roberts was a managing director and co-head of European shares at Goldman Sachs & Co. Previously, he worked in the equity derivatives group of Goldman Sachs & Co. advising institutions on portfolio restructuring and hedging strategies. Earlier in his career, he was the head of derivative sales at SG Warburg, responsible for the distribution of all listed and OTC products. Mr. Roberts holds an M.A. in Economics from Cambridge University.
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Douglas Watt
Director, Client and Partner Group of Kohlberg Kravis Roberts
Douglas Watt (London) joined KKR in 2011 and is part of the Client and Partner Group. Prior to joining KKR, Mr. Watt was with Goldman, Sachs & Co., most recently as part of the U.K. Institutional team at Goldman Sachs Asset Management. Previously, he worked at BNP Paribas in their equity derivatives team, and with PricewaterhouseCoopers in the Cayman Islands. He started his career with Arthur Andersen in Glasgow where he qualified as a Chartered Accountant. Mr. Watt holds a BAcc (Hons) in Accountancy and Marketing from Stirling University, and is a CFA Charterholder.
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Angelie Panteli
CFO & Board Director of LendInvest
Angelie is a chartered accountant and chartered tax adviser and has extensive experience in roles across both large global listed businesses and more recently, fast growth technology businesses. Prior to joining LendInvest, Angelie was at Blippar, the world leading augmented reality technology company. Angelie heads up our finance team and is a member of LendInvest’s Board of Directors.
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Nestor Paz Galindo
Managing Director of UBS
Nestor Paz Galindo as managing director and head of sell-side and financial sponsors M&A for EMEA. Paz Galindo will join the bank from JP Morgan in March next year. Paz Galindo has spent all of his professional career to date at JP Morgan. He has held a range of M&A-related roles over 22 years, most recently including managing director of the bank’s European financial sponsors group.
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Marc Wursdorfer
Managing Director of UBS
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Oleg Rasskazov
Executive Director, Quantitative Research of JP Morgan Chase
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Richard Hayden
Executive Director of JP Morgan Chase
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Enrique Perez Hernandez
Managing Director & Head of EMEA Technology Investment Banking of Morgan Stanley
Enrique Perez-Hernandez is the Managing Director at Morgan Stanley & Co Ltd in London. For the last 20 years he’s been the head of EMEA technology and investment banking at Morgan Stanley, a global financial services firm and a market leader in securities, asset management and credit services. In 2010 he was promoted and moved from the Madrid offices to London. He previously advised the Madrid branch on takeovers, share and convertible bond issues, and acquisition financing. Enrique is skilled in investment banking, equities, corporate finance, capital markets, business strategy and financial markets. He holds a BA in business administration from Universidad Complutense de Madrid.
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Jessica Alsford
Managing Director of Morgan Stanley
Jessica Alsford is an Executive Director and Head of Morgan Stanley’s Sustainable + Responsible investment research team. Jessica joined the firm in 2005 and spent five years co-heading the Business Services team within Equity Research. In 2010, the team was ranked second in the Institutional Investor and Extel surveys. Prior to joining Morgan Stanley, Jessica was an equity research analyst at Cazenove. She holds an M.A. in social and political sciences from the University of Cambridge and is a CFA charter holder.
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Frederik Wijsenbeek
Managing Director, Morgan Stanley Tactical Value of Morgan Stanley
Frederik is a senior private equity investor with fourteen years of experience in Europe and North America. During that time he has been responsible for twelve successful transactions across multiple sectors with equity investments ranging in size from €25m to €250m. From 2010 to 2013, he was the Head of Direct Private Equity in Europe for OTPP, a $130bn Canadian pension plan with a $12bn private equity portfolio. Between 2003 and 2009, Frederik was a Partner at Bregal Capital, a €2.5bn private equity fund backed by the Brenninkmeijer family. He started his career in New York at Securitas Capital, a $600m private equity joint-venture between Swiss Re and Credit Suisse. Frederik graduated from Stanford University with a BA degree with Distinction in Political Science and a minor in Economics. He subsequently completed an executive education program at Harvard Business School. Frederik is a board member of the ChildLine Schools Service at the National Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Children (“NSPCC”). He is a Dutch national.
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Paolo Simonato
Managing Director of BlackRock
Paolo Simonato, Managing Director, is a senior member of the investment team and head of the London office for BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) within BlackRock Alternatives Investors (BAI). He has primary responsibility for the sourcing, diligence and monitoring of private equity funds, secondary transactions and direct co-investments with leading private equity firms across Europe.
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Martin Cook
Managing Director of BlackRock
As EMEA Head of Technology & Operations, Cook is responsible for working closely with the Head of EMEA, the Chief Operating Officer and the BlackRock Executive Committee to ensure effective delivery of technology and operations within the EMEA Region. Prior to joining BlackRock in 2006, Cook spent ten years with Wall Street Systems in the design, development, and implementation of a front-to-back integrated trading system for global financial institutions, and two years in a similar role with Calypso Technology, a market-leading Derivatives Technology provider. Other industry roles included that of Assistant Treasurer at the London Office of Credit Agricole Indosuez, and the Derivatives Risk Controller at Foreign & Colonial Investment Management. Cook studied Mathematics, Economics and Physics at Palmers College, and “Institute of Bankers” professional qualifications at Thurrock Management College.
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Sandra Boss
Senior Managing Director, Global Head of Investment Stewardship of BlackRock
Sandra Boss has been a director of the Company since November 2015. Ms. Boss has served since September 2014 as an independent director of the Prudential Regulation Authority, part of the Bank of England responsible for the prudential regulation and supervision of around 1,700 banks, building societies, credit unions, insurers and major investment firms. Ms. Boss was a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company, a global management consulting firm, from 2005 to 2014, and a Partner from 2000.
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Raja Hussain
Director of BlackRock
Raja Hussain, Director, is a member of the BlackRock Private Equity Partners (PEP) group within BlackRock Alternative Investors. He is responsible for performing due diligence on and monitoring private equity investments. Prior to joining BlackRock in January 2010, Mr Hussain was a senior associate in the Financial Entrepreneurs Group (private equity coverage team) within the Investment Banking division of Citi, advising on a range of mid to large cap private equity and debt investments across the EMEA region. He joined Citi in 2007. Mr Hussain began his career at Ernst & Young in 2004, where he trained and qualified as a Chartered Accountant working within the Mergers and Acquisitions lead advisory team, advising on European financial services transactions. Mr. Hussain earned a BSc, honours degree, in Economics from University College London in 2003. He is a qualified Chartered Accountant and Member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.
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Brett Pybus
Managing Director – Head of iShares EMEA Investment and Product Strategy of BlackRock
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Eric Kump
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
Eric J. Kump is a Managing Director and Partner. He is Head of the Carlyle Sub Sahara Africa Fund and an advisor of the Carlyle European Partners investment committee. He is based in London. Eric Kump has more than 20 years of private equity experience spanning four continents and numerous sectors. Prior to joining Carlyle European Partners in 2010 , Mr. Kump was a Managing Director and Head of the European Private Equity team of Dubai International Capital (DIC). Prior to that, he was a Managing Director with Merrill Lynch Global Private Equity (MLGPE) where he was a member of the global investment committee. Mr. Kump is on the Board of Directors of MPS, TiAuto Investments and J&J. Mr. Kump received his M.B.A. from Harvard Business School and he received a B.A. in finance and accounting from Pace.
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Katherine Elmore-Jones
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Katherine Elmore-Jones is a Managing Director advising on Investor Relations and Fundraising across Europe. She is based in London. Prior to her current role, Ms. Elmore-Jones was Director of European Communications, in charge of managing Carlyle’s public relations in Europe. Before joining Carlyle, she was with Herald Communications and Seed Capital, a U.K. venture capital firm. Ms. Elmore-Jones received her M.A. in biological sciences from Oxford University. She has been registered with the FSA since 2007 for the CF30 controlled function and holds a full Investment Management Certificate.
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Fernando Chueca
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Fernando Chueca is a Managing Director with Carlyle Europe Technology Partners focusing on buyouts, growth capital and strategic minority investments throughout Europe in the technology, telecommunications, software and business services sectors. Mr. Chueca is based in London Since joining Carlyle in 2001, Mr. Chueca has been actively involved and he has advised on 11 major investments and ten completed realizations, across Europe. Mr. Chueca is a member of the Board of Directors of Livingstone Technologies, and was formerly on the Board of Directors of Itconic, Expereo, ITRS Group, Arsys Internet, Bigmouthmedia, Nature Delivered (Graze) and FRS Global.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Alex Wagenberg
Managing Director and Partner of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
David FitzGerald
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Colin Atkins
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
Colin Atkins is a Managing Director and Head of the European Structured Credit advisory team based in London. Mr. Atkins joined the firm in 2004 as Head of Credit for the European Leveraged Finance business, a role in which he worked on many notable transactions, before taking on his current position. Mr. Atkins came to Carlyle from Prudential M&G where between 1999 and November 2004, he helped establish Prudential M&G’s Leveraged Finance platform, which became a market leader in the European institutional market. Over the five year period, the business invested over €2.5 billion in leveraged finance assets and Mr. Atkins had responsibility for primary market execution and secondary market loan trading. Mr. Atkins previously worked in Corporate Private Placements at PPM America in Chicago and held positions in Prudential M&G’s Corporate Tax and Treasury departments. Mr. Atkins holds a B.A. (Hons) in accounting & finance from Nottingham Trent University. He is a member of The Association of Chartered Management Accountants (ACMA) and is a CFA charter holder. Mr. Atkins has been registered with the FSA since 2010 for the CF30 and CF4 controlled functions.
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Martin Glavin
Managing Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Andrew Zimmermann
EMEA Controller(Director) of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group, The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
Stuart MacKenzie
Director of The Carlyle Group
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About The Carlyle Group: The Carlyle Group is a global private equity firm that caters to early and later stage companies.
George McDonaugh
Co-Founder, CEO and Managing Director of KR1 plc
I’ve been involved in blockchain technology since 2011. Before then I was an advertising copywriter for London based agencies. I have a masters degree in Anthropology and a further degree in Creative Advertising. I helped form one of London’s most popular blockchain meetups and co-founded kr1 in early 2016 and as such it become the first token focussed investment company in the world. We have the longest track record in the space and a global network of funds, developers and investors.
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About KR1 plc: KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe’s leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.
Keld van Schreven
Co-Founder and Managing Director of KR1 plc
Keld is cofounder of KR1 UKs leading crypto investment public company. First investors in Melonport, Funfair, Rocketpool and Etherisc. Keld is advisor to IXLedger and previously cofounder of several web startups since 1995. www.kryptonite1.co
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About KR1 plc, MAMA: KR1 plc (KR1:AQSE) is Europe’s leading digital asset investment company focused on decentralised and open-source blockchain networks.
Alon Kuperman
Director of GP Bullhound
Alon joined Atomico in August 2012 as a Senior Investment Manager, focusing on sourcing, evaluation, negotiation and due diligence of investment opportunities. Previously, Alon worked at Silver Lake Partners where he focused on sourcing and evaluation of investment opportunities in EMEA. During his tenure at Silver Lake, Alon handled Skype as a portfolio company and was involved in its sale to Microsoft. Prior to Silver Lake, Alon worked in the Investment Banking Division at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, where he advised on the sale of MIRS Communications to Altice, sale of Zentiva to Sanofi Aventis, acquisition of Integrated Dental Holding by Merrill Lynch Private Equity, Acquisition of Arab Pharmaceutical Manufacturers by Hikma, acquisition of minority stake in Bank Leumi by Azrieli Group and the IPO of Exillon Energy on the London Stock Exchange. Alon graduated from the London School of Economics with a First Class BSc (Hons) in Economics and speaks fluent Hebrew and advanced Russian.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Alexis Scorer
Executive Director of GP Bullhound
Alexis is an Executive Director at GP Bullhound. He has broad experience across the technology industry and has led successful M&A transactions in sectors including software, IT services, telecoms, internet and digital media. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alexis was Director of corporate development at Experian where he was responsible for deal origination and execution for the EMEA region. He previously spent more than 10 years working in the technology sector and held international Corporate Development roles at HP Enterprise Services and EDS, where he worked on numerous acquisitions and divestments across Europe. Alexis holds a BSc Joint Hons. in International Management and Modern Languages from the University of Bath and an MBA from Imperial College Business School.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Alessandro Casartelli
Director of GP Bullhound
Alessandro is a Director at GP Bullhound, focusing on the digital media, internet and software sectors. Prior to joining GP Bullhound, Alessandro was at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, working on a number of M&A and financing transactions in the consumer, retail and technology sectors. He holds a Master’s Degree in Corporate Finance (Hons) from Bocconi University in Milan.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Ben Prade
Director of GP Bullhound
Ben is a Director at GP Bullhound. After a long and varied career Ben is now passionate about helping technology entrepreneurs build the companies of the future. Ben also works closely with the many successful technology entrepreneurs in our network that want to re-invest their experience and capital to help the next generation of founders.
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About GP Bullhound: GP Bullhound is a technology advisory and investment firm that provides transaction advice and capital to entrepreneurs and founders.
Thomas Pinks
Investment Director of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
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About AURELIUS Equity Opportunities: Aurelius Equity Opportunities is an investment firm that provides equity, growth, debt and real estate investments.
Karun Dhir
Investment Director of AURELIUS Equity Opportunities
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About AURELIUS Equity Opportunities: Aurelius Equity Opportunities is an investment firm that provides equity, growth, debt and real estate investments.
Edward Glyn
Managing Director, Head of Global Markets, Global Head of Relationship Management of Calastone
Edward Glyn joined Calastone in 2014 and is responsible for managing and developing key client relationships across our global markets. Before joining Calastone, Edward spent nine years at SWIFT, most recently heading up the 100m transaction funds business across EMEA and leading the regional sales team managing SWIFT’s investment management, custody and asset servicing offerings. Prior to this, Edward spent a number of years in key commercial and strategic roles at Investia – former parent of JPMorgan FundsHub, ERI Bancaire, Thomson Financial and Tajan.
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About Calastone: Calastone is a global transaction network for the mutual fund industry.
Thomas Munk
Executive Director of Goldman Sachs Asset Management
Thomas Munk was the Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer at Compare Europe Group. He currently serves as an Executive Director at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.
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About Goldman Sachs Asset Management: Goldman Sachs Asset Management provides institutional and individual investors with investment and advisory solutions.
Nathalie Gaveau
President & Director of Tailwind Acquisition
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About Coca-Cola Europacific Partners, Tailwind Acquisition: Tailwind Acquisition is a $334M Purpose-Built SPAC.
Jeffrey Krogh
Director of BNP Paribas Private Equity
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About BNP Paribas Private Equity: BNP Paribas is a French private equity firm that provides a range of asset management services to its institutional and retail clients.
Johnny Dunford
Director Corporate Real Estate of BNP Paribas Private Equity
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About BNP Paribas Private Equity: BNP Paribas is a French private equity firm that provides a range of asset management services to its institutional and retail clients.
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Nigel Sillis
Director of Research of Barings
Nigel is the Director of Research and Scenario Team Head for Barings’ multi-strategy fixed income group and is based in London. He leads and coordinates the group’s macro-economic research, and market and currency forecasting work, supporting Investment Managers across diverse Global fixed income strategies. Nigel joined Barings in 2000 and, prior to being appointed to his current position, undertook various fixed income roles including Head of Credit Research and Investment Manager. He previously worked at NatWest Bank where he spent seven years working in Credit Appraisal, Financial Analysis and Credit Rating Analysis within the Corporate Finance division. Nigel is a graduate of the University of Manchester Institute of Science and Technology (First Class Hons in Financial Services) and is an associate member of the Chartered Institute of Bankers and of the Association of Corporate Treasurers. He was awarded the CFA designation in 2002.
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Colin Moar
Director – Global Equities – Investment Manager – Global Technology of Barings
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About Barings: Barings is a global financial services firm dedicated to meeting the evolving investment and capital needs.
Cristobal Mendez de Vigo y zu Loewenstein
Director of C-QUADRAT
Cristobal Mendez de Vigo y zu Loewenstein has been serving as a director of C-QUADRAT since January 2015.
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About C-QUADRAT: C-QUADRAT is a privately owned investment manager.
Andrew Smith
Business Development Director of 4me
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About 4me: 4me is an IT and Enterprise Service Management & Workflow application, providing complete visibility and control of service cost & quality.
Nick James
Managing Director of Lazard
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Jonathan Dawson
Managing Director of Lazard
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Luke Thomson
Director, Venture & Growth Banking of Lazard
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About Lazard: Lazard is a financial advisory and asset management firm focused on income strategies, alternative investments, and private equity funds.
Simon Cullen
Founder and Managing Director of Risksave Technologies
Simon Cullen is a founder of RiskSave, a financial technology and compliance firm. He has a first-class degree in mathematics and a masters in economics from Trinity College Dublin and is a qualified Financial Risk Manager (FRM). Simon worked for over fifteen years in banking and asset management, formerly being Head of Credit for Structured Debt for a large European Asset Manager. Simon has 15 years’ experience dealing with regulatory compliance and risk across banks and asset managers and oversees RiskSave’s compliance platform.
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About Risksave Technologies: Risksave Technologies is a fast-growing provider of regulatory hosting services.
Tauhid Ali
COO & Director of JATT Acquisition
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About JATT Acquisition: JATT Acquisition provides fund assistance to businesses from the life sciences sector.
Sean McLachlan
Senior Director of Aviva Investors
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About Aviva Investors, County Broadband, ITS Technology Group, TrueSpeed Communications: Aviva Investors is a global asset manager with expertise in real estate, fixed income, equity, multi-asset and alternative investments.
Isaac Vaz
Director of Aviva Investors
Isaac Vaz is a Director at Aviva Investors Infrastructure equity team, leading on the origination and execution of private equity transactions in the data centres, flexible generation, wind, district heating, and smart metres sectors. Prior to Aviva Investors, Isaac worked at Brookfield Asset Management focusing on global transportation and utilities infrastructure. Previous experience includes Ernst & Young’s transactions advisory services and external consulting work on transport economics and PPPs/PFIs to the European Commission and the World Bank. Isaac holds a Masters in Finance from London Business School and an Executive Master in Corporate Finance from ISTCE Business School in Lisbon. He holds the Investment Management Certificate (IMC) having also completed executive education programmes at Said Business School in Oxford and ESSEC Business School in Paris.
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About Aviva Investors: Aviva Investors is a global asset manager with expertise in real estate, fixed income, equity, multi-asset and alternative investments.
Jose Maria Carbajo
Co-Founder and Director of Nucoro
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About EtsFactory, Nucoro: Nucoro enables financial institutions to build digital savings, investment and wealth management propositions at speed and scale.
Alisdair Ferguson
Director of Caber Partners
Prior to joining Caber Financial, Alisdair was a Senior Investment Associate at Cambridge Associates, an investment consulting firm focused on providing investment advice to institutional investors, foundations and endowments, and private clients. Alisdair supported the construction and ongoing monitoring of client portfolios in the US and Europe and conducted due diligence on investment managers across multiple asset classes. Alisdair previously interned at Faber Capital, a Dubai-based boutique investment bank specializing in renewable energy, metals & mining and real estate transactions. He also spent a summer in Shanghai as an intern at E.J. McKay, a leading Chinese cross-border M&A advisory firm. Alisdair graduated cum laude from Williams College with a B.A. in Economics and Chinese. As part of his course, Alisdair studied abroad at the London School of Economics and the Minzu University of China in Beijing.
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About Caber Partners: Caber Partners is a Singapore-based investment firm, focused exclusively on the intersection of finance and technology.
Mark Standish
Director and Co-Founder of Q2i Group
Senior business and technology executive and investor in the financial and asset management industry. Former COO of Egerton Capital, founder of a hedge fund consulting firm and former professional services manager at Advent Software
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About Q2i Group: Blockchain Interoperability – Complex Transactions Monetised – Blockchain Agnostic Platform – Q2iD – ID Control – Q2iPay
Kevin Roche
Director of Private Debt & CLO’s of Hermes Investment Management
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About Hermes Investment Management: Hermes Investment Management is an asset manager with a difference.
Richard Callard
Executive Director of UK Government Investments
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About BIS, UK Government Investments: UK Government Investments offers corporate governance, financial interventions, consulting, acquirement, and management of corporate assets.
Manfredi Mattei
Executive Director of Partecipazione.AM
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About Partecipazione.AM: Partecipazione.AM provides consultation services on financial and investment management.
Jason Cogley
Managing Director of Fiera Infrastructure
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About Fiera Infrastructure: Fiera Infrastructure is an IT infrastructure company located in Toronto.
Carl Scott
Global Business Development Director of Adstream
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About Adstream: Adstream is an advertising content management and cross-media distribution technology platform. Changing the way advertisers track content.
Martin Kaye
Non-Executive Director of Pacific Premier Trust
Martin Kaye joined Norden Farm Centre for the Arts as Chairman in 2015.Martin was previously Head of Risk Management, and a Client Relationship Lead Partner, at BDO LLP, one of the world’s largest accountancy networks. Martin was with BDO LLP for 19 years, during which time he ran two major business units, chaired the firm’s pension scheme trustees and served on the firm’s Partnership Council, Audit Committee, and Management Executive. As well as acting as a Trustee for the Cherie Blair Foundation, Martin is a non-executive director of a Pension Trust Company.
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About Norden Farm Centre for the Arts, Pacific Premier Trust, Ross Trustees Services: Pacific Premier Trust is an alternative asset custodian, with decades of expertise in holding private equity, real estate, and notes.
Nigel Minett
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Trehane Oliver
Managing Director of McLarens Aviation
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About McLarens Aviation: McLarens Aviation is a privately held company that operates as a provider of claims, risk, and asset management services.
Suresh Mistry
Group Sales Director of Alquity
Suresh is a Board Director of Alquity and is responsible for the Asia and Middle East regions. He also leads the firm’s marketing activity as well as the development of the Alquity team. Suresh was instrumental in establishing the Alquity business at its outset in 2009. Suresh has over 25 years’ of management experience combining senior commercial roles and leading major consulting assignments. Trained in corporate finance at Lloyds Bank, he has worked with the likes of Barclays and 3i on developing and implanting business strategy, specialising in sales and marketing.
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About Alquity: Alquity mission is to transform how people invest, to achieve great returns while creating a better, fairer world for all.
Christine Johnson
Non Executive Director of CCLA Investment Management
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About CCLA Investment Management: CCLA Investment Management is a charity fund solutions firm that offers financial services, investment and asset management.
