About Us - Our Board

The Directors are listed below, all of whom are independent. All Directors served throughout the period are non-executive.

Chairman

Gerry P Aherne

Gerry Aherne was appointed to the Board in 2011 having previously served as a non-executive director of Electric & General Investment Trust plc. He is currently a non-executive director of Henderson Global Investors plc and Mecom plc. In addition, he was an executive director of Majedie Investments plc and Chief Executive and founder of Javelin Capital LLP until April 2011. He has spent a long career as a fund manager and was an executive director of Schroder Investment Management Limited until 2002, managing both institutional segregated and pooled pension funds and unit trusts. He retains a special interest in the insurance industry, is a non-executive director of TSM Agencies Limited and was a founding director of PRI Group plc.

Directors

John D W Pocock

John Pocock was appointed to the Board in 2011. Previously, a director of Electric & General Investment Trust plc and formerly CEO of Druid Group plc and subsequently a director of Xansa plc, he is currently non-executive chairman of Maven Income and Growth VCT plc and non-executive chairman of Cognito Limited. He is also a director of Synergie Business Limited and a director and founder of Young British Entrepreneur Limited.

Jonathan G Ruffer

Jonathon Ruffer was appointed to the Board in 2011. Mr Ruffer trained as a barrister and stockbroker before moving into private client investment management in 1980, with Dunbar Fund Managers. Formerly chief investment officer of Rathbone Bros plc, he established Ruffer Investment Management Limited in 1994 and is chief executive of Ruffer LLP. He was previously a director of Electric & General Investment Trust plc.