Our Team
Dr Simon Strojan
Founder & CEO
- Over 30 years in the financial services:
Barclays Wealth, NatWest, Lloyds, Tesco Bank - Compliance Director - The Big Exchange
- University Lecturer - Open University
- PhD (Wales) MPhil (Cantab)
Wendy Mayall
Chairperson
- FTSE 100 Phoenix Group - INED
- Liverpool Victoria - CIO
- Unilever plc - Group CIO
- Handelsbanken ACD - INED
Andrew Rand
Compliance Director
- Thompson Taraz Rand (Chartered Accountants) – Founder/CEO.
Over 30 staff offering audit, tax planning and compliance services. - Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants
Philip Reid
Director
- Chairman Capital Plus Partner
- Member of the London Stock Exchange
- CEO National Research Development Corporation
- Senior Vice President of Merrill Lynch
- Co-founder of Customer House Asset Management
Matthew Clarke
NED
- Experienced capital raiser and corporate financier
- Raised funding for Oxford and Exeter university spinouts
- Merlin Partners LLP – Founding (raised £1.36bn for clients)
- Mediterranean Oil & Gas plc – Chairman, NED
- Linklaters solicitor