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Michael’s expertise lies in assisting public and private growth companies with corporate, transactional, investor and regulatory matters to allow management to focus on delivering their business strategies. He has many years corporate finance and broking experience, advising across a range of sectors and transactions, and has worked with companies from the FTSE 250 to AIM as well as private businesses. After 12 years at Investec, Michael joined h2glenfern in 2009 to develop a market-focused remuneration consultancy, advising on pay structures for executives at quoted and private growth companies and within the financial services arena.

Bill is an experienced fund manager who has worked for several leading fund management companies for 25 years. He worked at Schroders Investment Management for 10 years, leading the UK Equities team from 1999 – 2002. He also served on the Institutional Investor Group of the London Stock Exchange and on the advisory boards of several venture capital funds outside Schroders. After Schroders, he was at Aviva before becoming Chairman of the United Lincolnshire Hospitals Trust and advising a number of privately owned companies. Bill graduated in Modern History from Oxford before going on to qualify as an ACA with Touche Ross in 1980.

Clive has over 20 years’ experience of the capital markets as both a No.1-ranked analyst covering the UK, Continental European and Global Transport sectors at Smith New Court/Merrill Lynch and more recently in the private equity and corporate advisory as a partner at NewSmith Capital. On a sector basis, Clive and his team secured advisory relationships with numerous companies and Government agencies. Clive’s early career began with P&O and Jardine Matheson, after reading history at Cambridge.

Steve has recently retired from a 32 year career in the Investment Management industry. His last position was Head of European Equities at Credit Suisse Asset Management. Prior to this, he worked for JP Morgan and NM Rothschild leading investment management teams in equity research, portfolio management and client servicing. Steve graduated from Bristol University and enjoys playing golf and tennis. He also considers himself to be somewhat of an expert in wild mushrooming.

Nina Harrison-Bell has worked in television and corporate communications for over 15 years – starting her career with 5 years at Thomson Reuters and working on behalf of clients ranging from the World Bank and the UN to Adidas and Siemens. Before joining h2glenfern, Nina helped to establish and then headed up the corporate production unit at ITN Productions – providing production services to over 500 clients. Nina has worked across ITN’s news business with ITV News, Channel 4 News and Five News as well as at the Associated Press and Sky News. She has a BAFTA nomination and a Royal Television Society Award for her work in the corporate production sector.

Tim has an invaluable depth of understanding of the financial markets and their drivers derived from over 20 years of experience. After starting as an analyst, Tim went on to head a sales desk at Citigroup before becoming Head of Research in debt and equities for Europe, Middle East and Africa at Merrill Lynch. Tim was educated in Scotland, has a degree in Business Studies and is a keen shot.

James has been Eurofin Capital’s Chief Investment Officer since 2008. He brings over 20 years of investment experience both as an investment manager and an asset allocator in the traditional and the alternative investment worlds. Prior to joining the Eurofin Group, James was Executive Director of UBS Wealth Management Hedge Fund Advisory business and Member of the UK Investment Committee and held senior management positions at Mizuho Investment Management in London and BAREP Asset Management, in Paris. He began his investment career as a fixed income Portfolio Manager at Rupert Loewenstein, a high net worth specialist manager.

Before joining h2glenfern, Claire practised as a criminal barrister for a number of years before joining the pan-European Equity Sales desk at Merrill Lynch, where she sold UK and European equities into primarily Dutch accounts. Whilst at Merrill Lynch Claire was involved in numerous IPO and secondary fundraisings, accompanying corporates on both deal and non deal road shows around Europe. Claire read Law at Bristol University and enjoys travel.

Lucy has more than 12 years’ experience as an equity research analyst, primarily at Merrill Lynch where she worked for ten years. For the majority of that time, Lucy led the Software and Computer Services team. Under her leadership, the team was rated number one by both Institutional Investor and Extel. Latterly, Lucy was head of the pan-European Small and Mid-Cap Equity Research team. Lucy began her career at KPMG where she qualified as a Chartered Accountant before going on to work in corporate broking and equity research at Dresdner Kleinwort. Lucy studied History and Economics at Cambridge and enjoys running and yoga.

Clare has over 10 years’ experience in the financial services industry. She has worked across a range of communication activities including PR and marketing for companies such as Jupiter Asset Management and Cavendish Corporate Finance. Most recently she was an equity research editor at ABG Sundal Collier, a Norwegian investment bank. Clare has an English degree from King’s College London and studied Medicine at University College London.

Michael is a chartered accountant, who qualified with Deloittes in 1981. After working as an investment advisor in the Middle East, he returned to the UK and has been involved in setting up and running several businesses. He currently provides consultancy advice to SMEs and charities. Michael has a keen interest in food and sailing.

Andrew has over 20 years of experience in many aspects of investment banking. Starting his career as an analyst, he went on to head sales desks at both BZW and Credit Suisse, and also the European Equity Product at Credit Suisse. In 2006 he became Chief Executive of Evolution Securities. Educated in Yorkshire, Andrew has a degree in Business Studies and enjoys participating in and watching many sports.