Management

Board

The Board is responsible for the determination of the Company’s investment objective. It has overall responsibility for its activities, for supervising the Investment Advisor’s performance in relation to the Company and for compliance with the Listing Rules, Prospectus Rules and the Disclosure Rules and Transparency Rules. The Directors, all of whom are non-executive, are as follows:


Board of Directors

Jack Perry

Jack Perry - Chairman and Non-Executive Independent Director

Appointment
Appointed to the Board and as Chairman in November 2012

Experience
Jack is an independent non-executive board member and adviser to a number of public and private companies. He is currently Chairman of European Assets Trust PLC and a director and chairman of the audit committee of the Witan Investment Trust plc. He previously served as Chief Executive of Scottish Enterprise, Scotland’s enterprise, innovation and investment agency for six years until November 2009.

Prior to this he was the managing partner of Ernst & Young in Glasgow. In addition, he was Regional Industry Leader for Scotland and Northern Ireland for Ernst & Young’s Technology & Communications and Consumer Products practices. Jack is a former Chairman of the Confederation of British Industry (CBI) Scotland and was a member of the CBI President’s Committee.

He is a former non-executive director of FTSE 250 company, Robert Wiseman Dairies PLC and Capital for Enterprise Ltd. He also served as a member of the Advisory Committee of Barclays UK & Ireland Private Bank.

Jack is a member of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of Scotland.

Committee Membership
Nomination Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Remuneration Committee

Stuart Beevor

Stuart Beevor - Non-Executive Independent Director

Appointment
Appointed to the Board in November 2012

Experience
Stuart is an Independent Consultant with various roles advising clients in real estate fund management, investment, development and asset management. He is a non-executive director of Empiric Student Property plc and a Trustee Director of the Legal & General UK Senior Pension Scheme. From 2004 to 2013 he was a non-executive director at Unite Group Plc and from 2013 to 2020 a non-executive director of Metropolitan Thames Valley Housing. From 2002 to 2011 he was Managing Director of Grosvenor Fund Management Limited and a member of the Board of Grosvenor Group Limited, the international property group. Prior to joining Grosvenor, he was Managing Director at Legal and General Property Limited, having previously held a number of roles at Norwich Union (now Aviva). Stuart is a Chartered Surveyor with over 35 years’ experience in real estate both in the UK and overseas.

Committee Membership
Audit and Operational Risk Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Nomination Committee, Remuneration Committee

Fiona Le Poidevin

Fiona Le Poidevin - Non-Executive Independent Director

Appointment
Appointed to the Board in September 2020

Experience
Fiona is a non-executive director with a particular focus on listed investment companies and private equity. A Chartered Director, Fellow of the Institute of Directors and Chartered Accountant (FCA), Fiona has over 23 years’ experience working in financial services in both London and the Channel Islands across the accounting and tax professions with experience in strategy, marketing, PR and the regulatory and listed company environments.

Until the end of July 2020, Fiona was Chief Executive Officer of The International Stock Exchange Group Limited, a company listed on The International Stock Exchange, where she was responsible for the commercial aspects of the exchange group’s operation. Previously Fiona was Chief Executive of Guernsey Finance, the promotional body for Guernsey’s finance industry internationally, and prior to this she was an auditor and latterly tax adviser at PwC (London and Channel Islands) and KPMG (Channel Islands) for over 13 years.

Fiona is a member of the AIC Channel Islands Committee and the IoD Guernsey Committee and non-executive Chairman of a local Sea Scouts group.

Committee Membership
Audit and Operational Risk Committee, Nomination Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Remuneration Committee

 

Paul Meader

Paul Meader - Non-Executive Independent Director

Appointment
Appointed to the Board in November 2012

Experience
Paul is an independent director of investment companies, insurers and investment funds. Until the autumn of 2012 he was Head of Portfolio Management for Canaccord Genuity based in Guernsey, prior to which he was Chief Executive of Corazon Capital. He has 35 years’ experience in financial markets in London, Dublin and Guernsey, holding senior positions in portfolio management and trading. Prior to joining Corazon he was Managing Director of Rothschild’s Swiss private banking subsidiary in Guernsey. He is a non-executive director of the following listed companies: Volta Finance Limited and Schroder Oriental Income Fund Limited.

Paul is a Chartered Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Securities & Investments, a past Commissioner of the Guernsey Financial Services Commission and past Chairman of the Guernsey International Business Association.

He is a graduate of Hertford College, Oxford. Paul is a resident of Guernsey.

Committee Membership
Audit and Operational Risk Committee, Nomination Committee, Management Engagement Committee, Remuneration Committee