Experience

Alderwood Capital

• United Kingdom
• Investment Management
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner, Senior Advisor

  • Jul 2021 - Present

  Alderwood Capital is an investor in specialist, single strategy asset management businesses. As a team we have the experience, the patience, the industry knowledge and the sourcing connections to uncover best in breed boutique active managers seeking equity capital. We are a new firm but, as a team, we have been doing this a long time and we believe we have one of the strongest track records in this specialist area of asset management. Our success is based on four unshakable beliefs: - We believe that asset management does not get better when it gets bigger. - We believe that focused specialist boutiques consistently outperform generalists over time. - We believe that firms where management are also owners outperform other firms over time. - We believe that thoughtful, patient asset managers serve their clients and wider stakeholders better than firms fixated on asset raising, diversification, short term returns and hyperactive trading. At Alderwood Capital, I am a Partner and Senior Advisor. Show less



Northill Capital LLP

• United Kingdom
• Financial Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Partner, General Counsel and Chief Administrative Officer

  • Jan 2011 - Dec 2020

  Founding partner of Northill, an investor in asset management businesses. A member of a professional partnership team with extensive experience of global asset management businesses. Northill currently owns a portfolio of six high quality asset management businesses with total AUM of over $90bn. I have a broad remit overseeing legal, risk, compliance, governance, operations, technology, project management and working closely with the Finance and HR partners and Northill strategy team. Take the lead alongside Strategy team in managing acquisitions – due diligence, structuring and negotiation of transactional and forward-looking agreements (e.g. shareholder and partnership agreements); Assist with employee/partnership people issues including succession planning and design and implementation of long-term incentive plans; Responsible for Northill’s Irish Super Manco/UCITS/AIF Fund Platform; Extensive board and Committee experience. A Northill representative director on the boards of four of the six investee managers. Member of Northill’s key governance committees; Show less



BNY Mellon

• United States
• Financial Services
• 700 & Above Employee

• Associate General Counsel

  • Oct 1999 - Dec 2010

  From 1999 to 2007 I was Mellon Financial Corporation's International General Counsel and from 2007 to 2010, Associate General Counsel at the merged firm of Bank of New York Mellon Corporation. I led at team of over 35 with lawyers based in EMEA, Asia (including Japan) and Latin America. In addition to supporting the global asset management and asset servicing businesses, I was heavily involved in corporate work including (i) M&A in a number of jurisdictions including the UK, Ireland, The Netherlands, Germany, India, China, Australia, Japan, Brazil and Chile and (ii) establishing new offices (branches, sales offices, subsidiaries) and businesses in several countries within Europe, in the Middle East, Asia (including India, China and Japan) and South America. I was a member of the Global Legal Department Management Committee at both Mellon and BNY Mellon. My department maintained external law firm relationships in over 100 legal jurisdictions. Show less



Dechert LLP

• United States
• Law Practice
• 700 & Above Employee

• Senior Solicitor

  • Dec 1997 - Oct 1999

  I worked in the Financial Services Group advising clients on regulatory matters including helping them secure UK regulatory approvals, establishing offshore investment funds (BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Ireland etc.) and supporting corporate transactions involving asset management firms. I worked in the Financial Services Group advising clients on regulatory matters including helping them secure UK regulatory approvals, establishing offshore investment funds (BVI, Cayman, Guernsey, Ireland etc.) and supporting corporate transactions involving asset management firms.



GOTTEX FINANCIAL PRODUCTS LIMITED

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Group Legal Advisor

  • Jul 1995 - Nov 1997

  Sole group legal counsel based in the UK marketing office. Provided legal support to the Bermuda based hedge fund business and interbank interest rate derivative broking business based in Lausanne and Munich. Sole group legal counsel based in the UK marketing office. Provided legal support to the Bermuda based hedge fund business and interbank interest rate derivative broking business based in Lausanne and Munich.



Clerical Medical Investment Group

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Senior Legal Advisor

  • Feb 1991 - Jun 1995

  Member of a team of financial services lawyers advising mainly on a wide range of retail onshore and offshore life insurance and other investment products and their distribution in Europe and Asia. Member of a team of financial services lawyers advising mainly on a wide range of retail onshore and offshore life insurance and other investment products and their distribution in Europe and Asia.



Ernst & Young (ex Arthur Young)

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Assistant Legal Advisor

  • Oct 1988 - Jan 1991

  Supported the firm's General Counsel on a wide range of corporate and commercial legal matters including business dispositions. Co-authored Kogan & Page "Guide to the Companies Act 1989". Supported the firm's General Counsel on a wide range of corporate and commercial legal matters including business dispositions. Co-authored Kogan & Page "Guide to the Companies Act 1989".



Retail Motor Traders Federation

• London, England, United Kingdom

• Assistant Legal Advisor

  • Sep 1987 - Oct 1988

  Member of a team of three lawyers providing legal support and guidance to the member retail motor traders. Member of a team of three lawyers providing legal support and guidance to the member retail motor traders.