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. He was Managing Director
of Abacus Fund Managers (Guernsey) Limited between 1993 and
2004. Currently he carries out a number of consultancy assignments
as well as being a director of a number of private equity
funds.
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Jeff Chowdhry
Director
Jeff is currently Head of Emerging Market Equities at F&C
Asset Management plc, with overall responsibility for investments
in global emerging markets. Previously, from 1997 to 2005,
he was a director of Sun F&C Asset Management (India)
Limited and also (until 1999) managed the Indian Investment
Company SICAV, an open ended investment fund registered in
Luxembourg. In 1994 he 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 has 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 Lend Lease Global Investment and Executive Manager of listed
fund General Property Trust.
Phillip is currently a non executive director of Great Portland
Estates and a member of the Management Committee of the Hermes
Property Unit Trust.
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Roddy Sage
Director
Roddy 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 Ltd.
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Serena Tremlett
Director
Serena Tremlett is Managing Director of Morgan Sharpe Administration
Limited, a Guernsey fund administration company. She
was previously company secretary of Assura Group Limited,
a company listed on the London Stock Exchange investing in
property, pharmacy and related medical businesses prior to
undertaking the management buy-out and re-branding of Assura’s
fund administration entity in 2008. Her experience
covers many years of acting as a non-executive director and
the administration of closed-ended private equity, property
and mezzanine debt vehicles.
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