Gresham House plc

Anthony was appointed as a Director in December 2014 and is a member of the Company’s Remuneration Committee and Audit Committee and Chair of the Company’s Nomination Committee. He has spent over 50 years working in the City of London and was Chairman of the Association of Investment Companies from 2001 to 2003. He is a Director of Hansa Capital Partners LLP and was until recently Chairman of BMO Global Smaller Companies plc and Finsbury Growth & Income Trust plc.

Anthony was a Director of Brit Insurance Holdings plc from 1999 to 2008 and represented the company on the Council of Lloyd’s of London from 2006 to 2008. Prior to this, he was Managing Director of Finsbury Asset Management Limited from 1988 to 1998.

Tony has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gresham House plc since December 2014. He chairs the Investment Committees of Gresham House plc and Strategic Equity Capital plc and is a Non-Executive Director for Gresham House Asset Management Ireland Limited.

Tony led the management buy-in and established a new management team that transformed the firm from an investment trust into the listed specialist asset manager it is today with over £4bn AUM.

Tony has a long track record of investing and advising numerous public and private equity businesses. From 2002 to 2011, he established and grew SVG Investment Managers before being asked to lead SVG Advisors (formerly Schroder Ventures, London) as CEO. He started his career at Phillips & Drew Fund Management (later UBS Global Asset Management), one of the UK’s most prominent value investment firms with £60bn in assets under management at its peak and where he was a member of the Investment Committee. He was also previously Chair of the LPFA Investment Panel and Non-executive Board member.

Tony has over 25 years of investment experience and holds an MA in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge (where he was also a junior rugby international and Blue).

Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer for Gresham House plc and has over 19 years of finance and operational experience in private equity. Kevin joined Gresham House from Oaktree Capital Management where he was a senior vice president responsible for finance and operations in the European Principal team covering private equity and debt opportunity funds. Prior to joining Oaktree, Kevin was Director – Group Reporting and Valuations at 3i Group plc.

Kevin qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He also holds a BCom from the University of Edinburgh.

Rachel joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director in March 2018 and is a member of the Audit, Remuneration, Sustainability and Nomination Committees as well as being Gresham House plc’s Consumer Duty Champion. Rachel is currently a Non-Executive Director of Witan Investment Trust plc, Cushon Group Limited and The Mercantile Investment Trust plc. She is also Chair of Parkinsons UK Investment Committee, and NewlonBuild Limited, which is the private sale development subsidiary of Newlon Housing Trust, and was previously Chair of the Association of Investment Companies.

She spent her executive career in equity research and sales and was a Managing Director at Deutsche Bank’s corporate and investment banking division. Since then she has worked as a Non-Executive Director on the boards of a number of companies in the financial services, housing and investment company sectors.

Sarah was appointed as a Non-Executive Director and Audit Committee Chair of the Company following the conclusion of the Company’s 2022 AGM. Sarah is also a member of the Sustainability, Nominee and Remuneration Committees.

Sarah is a qualified chartered accountant and brings to the Board over 30 years’ experience in financial services including audit, corporate finance, investment banking and asset management. During her executive career, she was a top-rated equity research analyst covering the UK general financial services sector and also founded and ran a hedge fund investment management business.

Sarah is Non-Executive Director at CMC Markets plc, the FTSE Small Cap UK-based global provider of online retail trading, where she chairs the Group Remuneration Committee and sits on the Audit, Risk and Nomination Committees. Sarah is also a Non-Executive Director of Marex Group plc and XPS Pensions Group plc. At Marex Group plc Sarah is chair of the Audit & Compliance committee (subject to FCA approval) and sits on the Remuneration, Audit & Compliance, Risk, and Acquisitions & Disposal Committees. At XPS Pensions Group plc she sits on the Audit & Risk, Remuneration and Nomination Committees and also chairs the Sustainability Committee.

Gareth joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director in October 2019, having previously served in the Company’s Advisory Group. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit, Nomination and Remuneration Committees and Chairman of the Sustainability Committee. Gareth was appointed Chairman of M&C Saatchi with effect from 1 January 2021 and PodPoint plc in November 2021. He was previously Chair of William Hill plc, Ferguson plc and DS Smith plc. Gareth’s executive career was spent at Imperial Brands, serving for 38 years. He became CEO in early 1996, leading the de-merger from Hanson plc later that year. During his tenure as CEO, Imperial grew to be one of the world’s largest global consumer products businesses, posting huge shareholder returns. On retirement in mid-2010, Harvard Business Review cited him as one of the World’s Top 50 CEOs in terms of value creation.

Simon joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director in December 2017 and was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in October 2018. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit, Nomination and Investment Committees.

Simon has over 25 years’ experience in the City and was, until 2022, CEO of Bonhill Group plc, an AIM listed digital media and events business. He was previously, Chief Executive of Liberum, the investment bank that he co-founded in 2007. Prior to Liberum, Simon was head of sales for small companies at Collins Stewart plc and was also a Director at Beeson Gregory Limited.

Tony has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gresham House plc since December 2014. He chairs the Investment Committees of Gresham House plc and Strategic Equity Capital plc and is a Non-Executive Director for Gresham House Asset Management Ireland Limited.

Tony led the management buy-in and established a new management team that transformed the firm from an investment trust into the listed specialist asset manager it is today with over £4bn AUM.

Tony has a long track record of investing and advising numerous public and private equity businesses. From 2002 to 2011, he established and grew SVG Investment Managers before being asked to lead SVG Advisors (formerly Schroder Ventures, London) as CEO. He started his career at Phillips & Drew Fund Management (later UBS Global Asset Management), one of the UK’s most prominent value investment firms with £60bn in assets under management at its peak and where he was a member of the Investment Committee. He was also previously Chair of the LPFA Investment Panel and Non-executive Board member.

Tony has over 25 years of investment experience and holds an MA in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge (where he was also a junior rugby international and Blue).

Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer for Gresham House plc and has over 19 years of finance and operational experience in private equity. Kevin joined Gresham House from Oaktree Capital Management where he was a senior vice president responsible for finance and operations in the European Principal team covering private equity and debt opportunity funds. Prior to joining Oaktree, Kevin was Director – Group Reporting and Valuations at 3i Group plc.

Kevin qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He also holds a BCom from the University of Edinburgh.

Bruce was appointed Chairman of the world’s leading insurance market, Lloyd’s of London, in June 2017 and is Vice Chairman of Banco Santander SA and Chairman of Cuvva Ltd, an app-based motor insurance provider. He was Non-Executive Chairman of Moneysupermarket.com Group plc from 2014-2019 and a Non-Executive Director of JLT Group plc from 2016 to 2017, prior to which he was Non-Executive Chairman of Aon UK Ltd from 2012 to 2015, Senior Independent Director of Catlin Group Ltd from 2010 to 2014 and Chief Executive for Marsh UK and Europe from 2003 to 2006.

He was also a Senior Independent Director of Close Brothers Group plc from 2006 to 2014. He previously worked at JP Morgan for 18 years in a number of senior roles and was Managing Partner of 3i Group plc’s Quoted Private Equity Division from 2007 to 2009. He is a past President of the Chartered Management Institute.

Simon joined the Company as a Non-Executive Director in December 2017 and was appointed Chairman of the Remuneration Committee in October 2018. He is also a member of the Company’s Audit, Nomination and Investment Committees.

Simon has over 25 years’ experience in the City and was, until 2022, CEO of Bonhill Group plc, an AIM listed digital media and events business. He was previously, Chief Executive of Liberum, the investment bank that he co-founded in 2007. Prior to Liberum, Simon was head of sales for small companies at Collins Stewart plc and was also a Director at Beeson Gregory Limited.

Alan has been a private equity investor for 30 years, in roles including Senior Partner and Global Head of Healthcare at the private equity firm 3i Group plc. He became CEO of Hermes GPE in 2010 before leaving to co-found GHO in 2014. Alan has invested in a number of high-growth healthcare companies including Quintiles and Phibro Animal Health, and currently serves on the boards of drug development specialist Quotient Sciences, pharmaceutical ingredient specialist Alcaliber, and intensive care specialist Linimed Gruppe.

Alan holds a Bachelor’s degree in Law, an MSc in Enterprise and is a graduate of the Advanced Management Programme at INSEAD. He has served as Chairman of the BVCA and its Responsible Investment Advisory Board.

Sir Laurie has nearly 40 years’ experience in corporate finance advisory, latterly specialising in the financial institutions sector, and is currently a Senior Advisor to Evercore Europe investment banking and was previously Chairman of Lexicon Partners.

Prior to Lexicon Partners, Sir Laurie was a Partner in the Phoenix Partnership, becoming a Managing Director in the Financial Institutions Group of Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette after it acquired Phoenix in 1997. He spent the first 18 years of his career at Samuel Montagu, now part of HSBC Investment Bank, where his final responsibility was as Deputy Head of UK Corporate Finance.

This included a posting in Singapore, where he was Area Manager responsible for operations in southeast Asia. He is currently Chairman of Pantheon International plc and J.P. Morgan Multi-Asset Trust plc. He is a non-executive Director of Aggregated Micropower Holdings plc and Fidelity Japan Trust plc. In the not-for-profit sector, he is Chairman of Historic England and a Trustee of The English Heritage Trust, a Trustee of The Allchurches Trust and Chairman of The Windsor Leadership Trust.

Tony has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Gresham House plc since December 2014. He chairs the Investment Committees of Gresham House plc and Strategic Equity Capital plc and is a Non-Executive Director for Gresham House Asset Management Ireland Limited.

Tony led the management buy-in and established a new management team that transformed the firm from an investment trust into the listed specialist asset manager it is today with over £4bn AUM.

Tony has a long track record of investing and advising numerous public and private equity businesses. From 2002 to 2011, he established and grew SVG Investment Managers before being asked to lead SVG Advisors (formerly Schroder Ventures, London) as CEO. He started his career at Phillips & Drew Fund Management (later UBS Global Asset Management), one of the UK’s most prominent value investment firms with £60bn in assets under management at its peak and where he was a member of the Investment Committee. He was also previously Chair of the LPFA Investment Panel and Non-executive Board member.

Tony has over 25 years of investment experience and holds an MA in Management Studies from the University of Cambridge (where he was also a junior rugby international and Blue).

Rupert has been the Managing Director of Gresham House Asset Management Ltd since September 2015. He is a member of the Group Management and Investment Committees.

Rupert has a proven track record of delivering significant value to shareholders and has over 32 years’ experience in asset management, private banking and wealth management, focusing on product innovation, investment management, business development, banking and wealth structuring.

Before joining Gresham House, Rupert was CEO and CIO of Schroders (UK) Private Bank for 11 years, and spent 17 years at Rothschild, where latterly he was Head of Private Clients for Rothschild Asset Management.

Kevin is the Chief Financial Officer for Gresham House plc and has over 19 years of finance and operational experience in private equity. Kevin joined Gresham House from Oaktree Capital Management where he was a senior vice president responsible for finance and operations in the European Principal team covering private equity and debt opportunity funds. Prior to joining Oaktree, Kevin was Director – Group Reporting and Valuations at 3i Group plc.

Kevin qualified as a chartered accountant with Deloitte and is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales. He also holds a BCom from the University of Edinburgh.

Andy is responsible for operational and technology initiatives across Gresham House. Andy has a strong technology, operations and business background, having previously worked for LDC and the wholesale division of Lloyds Banking Group, where he led numerous operational improvement and technology programmes.

Throughout his career Andy has advised companies on identifying value creation opportunities to support growth that can be driven through operational improvement and technology, as well as supporting complex post-merger integrations. Andy holds an MBA from the University of Warwick.

Samee has been the Chief Legal Officer and Company Secretary of Gresham House plc since April 2019. He is responsible for Gresham House Group legal matters. He joined Gresham House from the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), where he was responsible for building and leading ADIA’s private equity legal and compliance team for five years. Prior to ADIA, Samee worked at SVG Capital plc alongside Tony Dalwood and Graham Bird. He has over 22 years of legal, commercial and financial experience, covering private and public equity, M&A and corporate finance. He also has a first-class honours degree in law and qualified as a solicitor at Slaughter and May.