The Board and Committees
The Board
Sue Inglis
Chair
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Relevant skills and experience
Sue is an experienced lawyer and corporate financier with comprehensive investment company sector knowledge and technical expertise from more than 30 years advising listed investment companies and financial institutions. Her executive roles included Managing Director – Corporate Finance in the investment companies team at Cantor Fitzgerald Europe and investment companies and financial institutions teams at Canaccord Genuity. Sue was a partner and head of the funds and financial services group at Shepherd & Wedderburn, a leading Scottish law firm. In 1999 she was a founding partner of Intelli Corporate Finance, an advisory boutique firm focusing on the asset management and investment company sectors, which was acquired by Canaccord Genuity in 2009.
Sue retired as an executive in 2018 to pursue a career as a non-executive director, focusing on investment companies. Sue has previously served on the boards of several listed investment companies, including NextEnergy Solar Fund Limited, and was chair of The Bankers Investment Trust PLC.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: Sue is the senior independent director of Baillie Growth US Growth Trust PLC and Seraphim Space Investment Trust PLC. She is also the senior independent director and chair of the audit committee of CT Global Managed Portfolio Trust PLC and Momentum Multi-Asset Value Trust PLC.
Other significant appointments: None.
Mukesh Rajani
Senior Independent Director
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Mukesh is an experienced advisory, tax, structuring and audit professional with more than 40 years of experience. He worked at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”) for 35 years, where he was a partner for 25 years. During his time at PwC, Mukesh advised leading UK and international organisations on a broad range of complex business issues including market assessment, entry strategy, regulatory requirements, partner selection, mergers, acquisitions, disposals, business reorganisations, capital markets, tax structuring, tax litigation and complex cross-border matters. He was a member of PwC’s Emerging Markets Group and established and led PwC’s India Business Group for more than 20 years.
Mukesh was previously an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of the UK India Business Council, an advocacy and strategic advisory business on a mission to build economic prosperity in the UK and India.
Mukesh is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: None.
Other significant appointments: None.
Kirstine Damkjær
Director
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Kirstine is is a chair and non-executive director at several companies in Africa, Denmark and the UK. She has over 25 years of international investment and asset management experience from positions as non-executive director, CEO of EKF the Danish Export Credit Agency, Chief Investment Officer and Global Head of Equity at the International Finance Corporation and Principal with the World Bank Pension Plan and Endowment.
Kirstine has worked across multiple sectors with a strong focus on the sustainability and climate investment agendas.
Kirstine is a graduate of the University of Aarhus, Denmark and a Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA), and has attended trainings at Stanford, IMD, INSEAD and Copenhagen Business School.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: None.
Other significant appointments: Kirstine is non-executive chair at Formuepleje She is also a non-executive director at Africa Finance Corporation, PensionDanmark, ResourceDanmark and Bladt Industries.
Clifford Tompsett
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Clifford is an experienced advisory, transaction and audit professional having spent his whole career at PricewaterhouseCoopers (“PwC”), including the last 26 years as a partner. He has deep experience and knowledge of work in emerging markets and across a range of sectors and the execution of complex transactions, including mergers and acquisitions. He created, built and led PwC’s Global IPO Centre based in London and with hubs in Hong Kong and New York.
Clifford has previously served as an independent non-executive director and the chair of the audit committee of Kismet Acquisition One Corp, a Nasdaq listed special purpose acquisition company (“SPAC”) which completed the US$1.9 billion acquisition of Nexters Inc., an international game development company, in 2021. He is also a former senior independent director and chair of the audit and risk committee of Cello Health plc, the AIM-listed global healthcare advisory company.
Clifford is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales.
Current external appointments
Listed companies: Clifford is an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of Quadro Acquisition One Corp, a Nasdaq listed SPAC.
Other significant appointments: Clifford is an independent non-executive director and chair of the audit committee of REED Global Limited (the recruitment company).
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ESG Monitoring and Stewardship Committee (ESGC)
An independent and objective committee, serving to foster a culture of responsibility and transparency across all ESG considerations.
Vivienne Maclachlan
Managing Director, Chief Financial Officer
- More than two decades of dedicated financial services and M&A experience.
- 10 years of capital markets experience across multiple jurisdictions and in-depth knowledge of best-practice corporate governance and regulatory reporting.
- Alfa Financial Software – Chief Financial Officer
- PricewaterhouseCoopers – Director, Capital Markets Group
Andreas Schmitzer
Managing Director, Head of Investment Products & Services
- More than two decades of dedicated financial services and asset management experience
- DCM Deutsche Capital Management – Head of Operations & Strategy
- DZ Privatbank – Relationship Manager, Private Banking
- Citibank – Investment Advisor
- Hypo Vereinsbank – Customer Advisor
James Kinsbrook
Director, Infrastructure Asset Management
- Twelve years of financial services experience
- Fidelity – Global Trading and Derivatives
- EDF Trading – Supervisor Energy Derivatives
Market Risk Committee
A dedicated knowledge and resource centre for the monitoring and analysis of all risks which may arise or impact the portfolio.
Emma Anderson
Managing Director, Group Finance Director
- More than two decades of Financial management and financial reporting experience
- 15 years of financial services experience, across multiple jurisdictions and regulatory frameworks
- Capital Dynamics – Chief Financial Officer
Howard Church
Managing Director, Infrastructure Asset Management
- 38 years of financial services experience having held senior capital markets and treasury roles.
- Citibank – Head of Trading Desk
- Royal Bank of Scotland – Senior Treasury Role
- Riyad Bank – Senior Money Market Specialist
- AUB Kuwait – Senior Treasury Manager
- Societe Generale – Director Client Collateral Management
- Was one of the first traders on the then newly-incorporated London International Financial Futures and Options Exchange
Nick Parsons
Managing Director, Head of Research
- More than 37 years of financial services and asset management experience with deep knowledge of FX and currency markets.
- Developed ThomasLloyd impact measurement and reporting framework and led SFDR implementation.
- National Australia Bank – Head of Research UK & Europe
- Commerzbank – Head of Markets Research
- BNP Paribas – Global Head of Currency Research
