Lester Petch is the Executive Chairman, Chairman of our Investment Committee and a founder of the Company.  He has over 27 year's frontline Investment Management experience in major Institutional Investment Institutions as a regional and global Investment Manager and has been a Director of or Chief Executive Officer of UK FSA regulated entities since 1989.  Lester originally trained as an Investment Analyst before becoming a Manager of direct investment portfolios in the Life and Pensions funds industry.  His tenure has included managing monies for Royal Insurance, PosTel Investment Management and Target Group and is presently a Director of a number of International Investment Funds.  He is a Fellow of the Securities Institute and Graduate of the Investment Management Programme of the London Business School.

Phillip Hadley is the Managing Director of the Company and has responsibility for investment management activities.   He has nineteen years of experience in the asset management industry, starting his career in the United Kingdom before relocating to Mauritius as a founder of the company in 2005.  As an investment manager Phillip has focused on applying quantitative and qualitative research techniques to multi-manager alternative investment portfolios.  His tenure with a number of international asset management firms and as a Director of UK FSA regulated business gives him an in-depth knowledge of portfolio construction techniques, strategic allocation modelling and benchmarking.   He is a graduate of the Queen Mary College, University of London, and holds an MBA from the University of Birmingham.

Yogita Conhye has held senior financial and management roles during the last 8 years of her career having been a key partner of a manufacturing company in Mauritius.  She originally joined the Company in 2005 as a Senior Administrator and has since been promoted and given full control of our Administration and Reconciliation Departments.

Sandesh Gungaram's experience has been forged through many years service in both London and Mauritius. He has responsibility for defining the future direction of our information technology efforts and for maintaining both our internal and online systems.

Rachael Esther joined the Company in 2008 as our Business Manager to support our current international activities and develop our future interests in Mauritius.  Mauritian by birth, Rachael spent the last 18 years living in Europe and acting as corporate development manager for companies based in both the UK and Slovakia.  Rachael is a business graduate from the University of Greenwich in the UK.  Her specialist skills in Human Resources and Client Liaison bring support to the management team.

John is responsible for our international business development. His experience in the financial services sector gained over the last twenty years gives him strong insight and understanding of the industry and the challenges it faces. Following his graduation from Leeds University, UK where he studied Business Management we went on to hold prominent roles at a number of life and pension companies, including NPI, Scottish Mutual and Scottish Provident International. John is also a member of The Personal Finance Society and is an Associate of Securities and Investment Institute and is also qualified to hold the Certificate in Securities.

Eileen Turney has been involved in the financial services industry for over 25 years dealing with office management, Human Resources and product support and development.  Her specialist skills in Human Resources and Client Liaison bring support to the Company’s management team.  She is a founder member of the Company and has been involved since its inception in 2005.

Vickash Bissessur is a Research Analyst in our Fund Management department having joined the company in 2005.  He obtained his first degree from the University of Technology, Mauritius and holds ACCA Level One qualification.  He is currently completing his MBA Finance from the same institution and is studying towards his ACCA Level Two.

Nishal is an Administrator and team-leader within our Administration and Reconciliation Departments.  He joined the Company in 2007, having previously worked for the Mauritius Post and Cooperative Bank.  Nishal is currently completing a Bachelors Degree in Banking and International Finance from the University of Technology, Mauritius.

Kooshal is a Research Analyst in our Fund Management department.  He joined the Company in 2008 after working for one of the largest administration companies in the country.  He is a Graduate in Finance & Law from the University of Mauritius and is currently studying towards his CFA qualifications.

Hooma joined our administration and reconciliation department in 2009 directly from the University of Mauritius where she graduated in Business Economic.

Khousboo joined our administration and reconciliation department in 2009 directly from the University of Mauritius where she graduated in Accounting with Finance.

Loovanee joined our administration and reconciliation department in 2010 directly from the University of Mauritius where she graduated in Business Economics with Information Systems.

Sunjana joined our administration and reconciliation department in 2010. She is studying towards her ACCA Level One.