The Board
The Directors, all of whom are non-executive, are responsible
for the determination of the investment policy of the Company and for
the overall supervision of the Company's activities. The Board of the
Company has been assembled to give shareholders the benefit of international
real estate, fund management and financing experience.
The Board has established an audit committee, comprising
David Jeffreys, Serena Tremlett and Roddy Sage. The committee will
be responsible for ensuring that the financial performance of the Company
is properly reported on and monitored. Additionally it will review the annual
and interim accounts, results, announcements, internal control systems and
procedures and accounting policies of the Company.
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David Jeffreys
Director (Chairman)
David Jeffreys qualified as a Chartered Accountant with
Deloitte Haskins and Sells in 1985. He works as an independent
nonexecutive director to a number of Guernsey based investment
fund companies and managers and is a Guernsey resident.
From 2007 until 2009 David was the Managing Director of
EQT Funds Management Limited, the Guernsey management office
of the EQT group of private equity funds. He was previously
the Managing Director of Abacus Fund Managers (Guernsey)
Limited between 1993 and 2004, a third party administration
service provider to primarily corporate and fund clients.
In addition to the Company, David is a director of the following
listed companies: Alpha Pyrenees Property Trust, Ingenious
Media Active Capital, PFB Data Centre Fund and Tetragon Financial
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Jeff Chowdhry
Director
Jeff Chowdhry is currently Head of Emerging
Market Equities at F&C Asset Management
plc, with overall responsibility for investments
in global emerging markets. Previously, he
was a director of Sun F&C Asset Management
(India) Limited and also managed the Indian
Investment Company SICAV, an open ended investment fund
registered in Luxembourg. Prior to this, Jeff managed the
India
Fund Inc, a closed ended investment fund listed in New York
that seeks long-term capital appreciation through investing
primarily in Indian equities.
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Phillip Rose
Director
Phillip Rose is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and
holds a Master of Law degree. He has over 25 years’ experience
in the real estate, funds management and banking industries
in Europe, the USA and Australasia. He has been the
Head of Real Estate for ABN AMRO Bank, Chief Operating Officer
of European shopping centre investor and developer TrizecHahn
Europe, Managing Director of retail and commercial property
developer and investor Lend Lease Global Investment and Executive
Manager of listed fund General Property Trust.
Phillip is currently CEO of Alpha Real Capital LLP, a non
executive director of London office and retail property investor
Great Portland Estates Plc and a member of its Audit Committee. He
is also a member of the Management Committee of the Hermes
Property Unit Trust and its Audit Committee.
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Roddy Sage
Director
Roddy Sage is currently Chief Executive
Officer of the AFP group of companies,
providing corporate and taxation advisory
services in Asia. Prior to that he spent 20
years with KPMG Hong Kong, 10 years of
which were as Senior Tax Partner for Hong
Kong and China. He has held Chairmanships within KPMG
and outside as Chairman of the Hong Kong General Chamber
of Commerce’s Taxation Committee and is a non-executive
director of Tai Ping Carpets International.
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Serena Tremlett
Director
Serena Tremlett has over 20 years’ experience in financial
services, specialising in closed-ended property and private
equity
funds and fund administration over the last 13 years.
She is a Guernsey resident and Managing Director of Morgan
Sharpe Administration, a third party fund administrator which
was acquired by her and her team by way of management buy-out
in April 2008 and is a non-executive director on Alpha Pyrenees
Trust, Ingenious Media Active Capital and NewRiver Retail
in addition to various unlisted funds and general partners.
Serena was previously company secretary (and formerly director)
of Assura Group, a company listed on the London Stock Exchange investing in primary healthcare property, pharmacy
and medical businesses and ran Assura’s Guernsey head
office.
Prior to working for Assura, Serena was head of Guernsey
property funds at Mourant Guernsey for two years and worked
for Guernsey International Fund Managers (now Northern Trust)
for seven years where she sat on a number of listed and unlisted
fund boards.
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