Chartered Director ('CDir') and Fellow of the Institute of Directors ('FIoD')

Senior Independent Director ('SID')

FTSE250 Committee Chairmanships (over time) - 3 Risk Committees, Remuneration, Management Engagement Committee

Experienced at running both self-managed as well as third-party-managed closed-ended funds

Experienced at overseeing governance on related party transactions

Seasoned governance over (but not limited to):

• • Regulated compliance, supervision and disclosure - Financial Conduct Authority ('FCA'), Guernsey Financial Services Commission ('GFSC'), London Stock Exchange ('LSE'), Takeover Panel 

  • Valuation Policy - principally over Level 2 and Level 3 private assets across a wide variety of private equity holdings and real assets

  • Viability Statements

  • Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

  • Cyber Policy and Risk Management

  • Sustainability Reporting ('ESG') - incl. Sustainability Policy, SFDR alignment, TCFD Disclosures, SDG mapping, GHG measurement

  • Modern Slavery Act

  • Net Zero Transition - pathways to commitments and strategies 

  • Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive ('AIFMD') reporting

Proactive shareholder engagement and relationship management - as Senior Independent Director

Consulting shareholders - material decisions (e.g. Continuation Votes, Special Resolutions at AGMs, amendments to manager terms)

Experience hosting sell-side research presentations - as Senior Independent Director

Constructive engagement with all shareholders on Company, Strategy, and Governance - understanding divergent views

Extraordinary General Meeting ('EGM') requisition - management of motions and resolutions

Strategic Reviews and Forensic Due Diligence

Public Relations ('PR') 

Proxy Solicitation

Continuation Vote Recommendations

Private Equity Investment - expertise from perspective of both a deal executive and as an independent director of General Partner ('GP') boards

Private Equity Operations - expertise of an operating director seconded into project manage value creation programmes and execute restructuring plans

Private Companies and Real Assets

Breadth of investment governance and oversight - Control, JV, Minority and Buy&Build strategies

Chair of Investment Committee of two $Bn energy transition funds

Initial Public Offerings ("IPO") - to the Premium Segment of the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange

Tap issuance (on both fixed price and Dutch-auction terms) - within permitted limits renewed annually by shareholders at AGM

Convertible Share Issuance ("C Shares") - and subsequent conversion to ordinary shares on NAV-adjusted basis for each share class

Prospectus Issues

Private Equity Continuation Vehicles

Share Buy Backs - accretive repurchasing of issued share capital where it is trading at a discount to the Company's published NAV 

Tender - within permitted limits set and renewed annually by shareholders at AGM

Convertible Share Issuance ("C Shares") - and subsequent conversion to ordinary shares on NAV-adjusted basis for each share class

In-specie distributions of Company's investment securities directly to shareholders CREST accounts in-lieu of cash liquidations

Members Voluntary Liquidation - following shareholder resolutions

Rule 2.7 Recommended Offers - Public-to-Private transactions by way of Offer and Scheme of Arrangement

Sustainability strategy - leading to;

Liquidity profiling - leading to;

Discount control mechanisms - leading to;

Higher underwriting thresholds for new investment

Facility and Intercreditor Agreements - negotiation and execution

• • Revolving Credit Facilities

  • Net Asset Value ('NAV') Facilities

  • Capital Call Facilties

  • Refinancing

US Private Placement Issuance USD$

Covenants - compliance, resets and waiver negotiations