Managing Private Portfolios for Single Family Office

Sourcing , Selection, Fee negotiation Investment Due Diligence , Legal, Tax and Operational implementation and ongoing monitoring of Private Markets investments including , Hedge Funds , Private Debt Funds , Private Equity including Venture Capital and Growth , Infrastructure including Renewable Energy and Private Real Estate Investments for $18bn Corporate Pension Plan

* Responsible for Risk Management ( Market & Operational ) for Credit / Macro focused (" Decca Strategies") Hedge Fund and Managed accounts from launch * Daily Risk Exposure calculation , investigation and explanation (VAR, Greeks , CS01, CS10 , DV01) *P&L / NAV production for funds covering Fixed Income: Bonds / CDS / CDS Options / Interest Rate Futures Equity: Cash , CFD , Listed Options, FX: Spot, Forward , NDF , Swap , Options - vanilla, exotic's. Commodities : Oil , Nat Gas , Metals . *Financial Management of Decca Management company.

*Responsible for the management of the finance function for the group which was distressed when joined. Member of and reporting to Executive committee. Responsible for financial reporting (IFRS) , management accounting, tax , treasury, planning , budgeting and forecasting.Responsible for regulatory (including financial) compliance and reporting to UK and US regulators.Company closed down in Q1 2015.

Chief Operating Officer- COO * Leading Middle office team of 4 ( Senior Ops Manager, Risk Officer, 2 Middle office Executives) ; * Senior point of contact for Fund Administrators, Auditors, and Custodians, Legal Counsel, Directors, Trustees for both Cayman and UK registered fund range. ; * Responsible for Compliance monitoring, engaging with external compliance consultancy IMS and the Authorised Corporate Director (ACD) for the UK regulated funds. Responding to FSA routine queries, notifications, filings etc. ; * Responsible for managing outsourced IT solutions provider relationship, engaging on Hardware, software, network, internet issues, development of strategic plan for upgrades and budgetary control aspects. ; * Implemented full disaster recovery test and office move/refurbishment project. Dealt with Landlords agent and legal aspects of Licence to Alter, budgetary aspects and the external project managers. ; * Implementation of enhanced usage of firm middle office software (Tradar) for automation and reconciliation process. ; * Implemented (with external Fund Administrator) valuation policy process and procedures for internal Fund of Hedge Fund and Managed Futures Fund that were used to gain access to those asset classes ; * Identification of Risk and Attribution reporting software to replace Excel/VBA in house tool. ; * Supported Index Arbitrage Strategy Launch. ; * ISDA/CSA negotiation for OTC Derivative contracts with Investment Bank Counterparties. ;

Head of Operations -Member of LLP: International Investment Company focused on Emerging Markets in Russia , Ukraine, Georgia , Azerbijan. Built Out Middle Office Process, Systems and Controls to support significant increase in number of funds and strategy types. * Responsible for middle office Fund Control at GML. Primary point of contact for two Custodians, two Third Party Fund Administrator and Auditor's in Dublin, Cayman and Cyprus. ; * Responsible for Change of Lead Administrator Project and selection of new Custodian for launch of group of strategies. ; * Implementation of Wall Street Office Portfolio Management System for Loans, Private Equity, Credit, EM Distressed debt, and Bond Portfolio's. ; * Responsible for project management for operational aspect of launch of five funds ; * Acted as Head of Fund Controllers for 5 Jersey based Funds and 2 Cayman Based Funds. ; * Implemented Operational and Accounting elements of merger of two feeder's funds into single feeder and Master Feeder structure into flat fund structure. ; * Acted as Financial Controller for two Cypriot Based Holding companies (subsidiaries of Flag Ship Jersey master fund) used for investing tax efficiently in Russia and Ukraine in Banking and Property Investments sectors. Acted as Corprorate Director for the Cypriot Companies.

Kinetic Partners LLP, London (Asset Management/ Alternatives Industry Global Professional Services Firm) Partner/Member, Consulting Department : * Consultant to Mondrian Investment Partners Limited on Hedge Fund Investment Vehicle Product launch * Member on number of Consulting Projects with Investment management community including involvement in litigation support against Fund Administrators and Auditors for Investors in Cayman Fund managed by failed UK Hedge Fund Manager. ; * Transaction support to global fund administration, custody and trustee provider on sale of Off-Shore business to local competitor. ; * Managed middle and back office outsourcing deal for Private Equity Manager for their Venture Capital (AIM Trading) Trust Business. ; * Regulatory consulting to FSA authorized Hedge Fund Manager's on impact of MiFID and CRD - EU Financial Regulation. ;

Clareville Capital LLP , Award Winning European Long/Short Equity Hedge Fund Manager ( Pegasus Fund Ltd) * Built Out Middle Office Process, Systems and Controls to support significant increase in number of funds and strategy types. * Responsible For Financial Control and Regulatory Compliance for UK LLP * Head of Middle Office Operations, main point of Contact for 5 Prime Brokers and 3 Fund Administrators. Responsible for P&L and Net Asset Value reconciliation across four fund Products * Responsible for development of Operational Support infrastructure. ; * TRADAR Portfolio Management tool implementation ;

Responsible for *Management Accounting for UK and Australian entities. *Budgeting and Financial Planning, Financial Analysis of Actual v's Forecast/Budget results. *Tax Management and compliance, (Corporate, VAT, Payroll) *Statutory Audit Clearance *Consolidation/Group Reporting of Corporate entities *Regulatory Financial Reporting *Preparation of reporting packs to Management Board. *Maternity Leave Cover-Contract role

* Statutory Accountant and Financial Reporting for Series of Leasing Holding Companies ; * Company Secretarial responsibilities * Managing quarterly Treasury funding rollover requirements * Managing Spot and Forward FX Hedging process on Foreign Currency Funding and * Lease Asset Receivables including effecting an Cross Currency Interest Rate Swap program.

11/98-10/1999 11/98 to 06/99 Working and travelling in Australia. 07/99 to 10/99 - Getting Married in Moscow, Russia ( to a Russian Citizen) and travel in Donbass Region , Ukraine.

Auditor to range of large International corporate (S&P 500 / FTSE 100 / EuroSoxx 50) clients, Irish Subsidiaries. * Range of FCMG , Pharmaceuticals, Financial Services companies audit engagements

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