Key personnel
Paul DuqueminDirector of Braemar Group PCC LimitedPaul Duquemin is Managing Director of Ardel Fund Services Limited. Paul has over 20 years’ experience in offshore finance, primarily in the administration and product development of offshore and onshore funds with Rothschild Asset Management and BISYS. |
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Nigel WardDirector of Braemar Group PCC LimitedNigel Ward has over 35 years’ investment and banking experience and is currently a Vice-President of Bank Sarasin (CI) Limited. He is director of Crystal Amber Fund and the Premier RENN Entrepreneurial Fund Limited. He has a wide experience of international investment markets, private and retail banking, compliance and also of the managed funds industry. |
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Jonathan Webster-SmithFund Manager – Balanced Fund, Cautious Growth Fund and Defensive Income FundJonathan is a Director of Brooks Macdonald Asset Management. He is also an investment manager with responsibility for managing discretionary client portfolios and pension funds and is head of the Brooks Macdonald Asset Management Managed Portfolio Service (MPS) Team. |
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Robin EggarFund Manager – Defensive Capital FundRobin is a Director of Brooks Macdonald Asset Management, with responsibility for the management of client portfolios and pension funds. He leads one of the five investment teams in London. |
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Alan StokesInvestment Governance DirectorAlan is responsible for the oversight of all investment processes and procedures relating to our funds. Alan has over 40 years’ experience in the investment industry, 30 of which have been dedicated to the research and management of unit trusts and open ended investment companies (OEICs). |
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Orla BallIn-House CounselOrla gained over 12 years' experience as a corporate lawyer with Eversheds LLP. She brings in-house much of the legal work that the group previously contracted out to external law firms and coordinates the legal work which is outsourced. |
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William TaylorFinancial AnalystWilliam has responsibility for the company’s financial modelling and the financial forecasting of the alternative funds. He also provides financial analysis to Braemar Estates, the group’s property asset management division. William is a Pure Mathematics graduate and a Chartered Accountant. |
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Julie SerrageMarketing ManagerJulie is responsible for all marketing activities of the business, including communications and PR, event management and brand management. She works closely with the New business development team and holds the Chartered Institute of Marketing Professional Postgraduate Diploma. |
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Andrew BanksHead of Compliance and RiskAndrew is responsible for maintaining an effective Compliance department whose primary responsibility is to ensure that the firm complies with increasingly complex regulatory requirements. Andrew also oversees the firm’s group risk framework which provides a methodology for managing the risks that the firm is faced with. |
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