About Us

Chairman

Member of Audit and Risk Committee, Management Engagement Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Rupert Dorey is a resident of Guernsey and has 35 years of experience in financial markets. Mr Dorey was at Credit Suisse First Boston Limited for 17 years from 1988 to 2005 where he specialised in credit related products, including derivative instruments where his expertise was principally in the areas of debt distribution, origination and trading, covering all types of debt from investment grade to high yield and distressed debt. He held a number of senior positions at Credit Suisse First Boston Limited, including establishing Credit Suisse First Boston Limited’s high yield debt distribution business in Europe, fixed income credit product coordinator for European offices and head of UK Credit and Rates Sales. Since 2005 he has been acting in a Non-Executive Directorship capacity for a number of Hedge Funds, Private Equity & Infrastructure Funds, for both listed and unlisted vehicles. Rupert is a former President of the Guernsey Chamber of Commerce and is a member of the Institute of Directors.

Senior Independent Director

Chariman of Audit and Risk Committee, Member of Management Engagement Committee and Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Mr Staples, a resident of Guernsey, is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales and an associate of the Chartered Institute of Taxation. He also holds the Institute of Directors’ Diploma in Company Direction. Mr Staples was a partner for thirteen years of PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) and led the tax practice in the South East of England, advising several large family and owner-managed businesses. He was also a member of the management board of the firm’s London and South East Middle Markets Tax Practice. Since leaving PwC in 2003, Mr Staples has served on the boards of several listed companies as a non-executive director including MedicX Fund Limited and Duet Real Estate Finance Limited as chairman of both. He is currently a director and audit committee chairman of two other listed companies, Ruffer Investment Company Limited and Baker Steel Resources Trust Limited. His other appointments are of the general partners of the main global private equity funds advised by Apax Partners.

Member of the Audit and Risk Committee, the Management Engagement Committee, and the Remuneration and Nomination Committee

Laure has a proven track record in fund management, corporate finance, private equity and capital markets and previous senior roles include the European Investment Bank, Lehman Brothers, Macquarie Capital Partners, Sunrise Senior Living, Pradera, Grainger plc and Lendlease. Laure’s non-executive experience includes board positions at a number of investment funds and property companies, including Thames Valley Housing Group, the Guinness Partnership, the MedicX Fund Limited and Primary Healthcare Properties plc.