Elisabeth was appointed to the Board as Chair on 18 December 2017. She has 40 years’ experience in the asset management industry, having started her career in Edinburgh in the 1980s, then moving to Hong Kong in 1992 where she remained until 2008, latterly in the role of Managing Director and Country Head of Schroder Investment Management (Hong Kong) Limited. She is a Non-Executive Director of BlackRock World Mining Trust plc and Chair of JPMorgan Global Emerging Markets Income Trust plc and a former Chair of the Association of Investment Companies (AIC). She is resident in the UK.

Patrick was appointed to the Board in September 2020. He qualified as a Chartered Accountant with KPMG Guernsey in 1991 and is also a member of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment. He worked in the fund industry in Guernsey since joining Rothschild Asset Management C.I. Limited in 1992 before moving to become managing director at Butterfield Fund Services (Guernsey) Limited (subsequently Butterfield Fulcrum Group (Guernsey) Limited), a company providing third party fund administration services, where he worked from April 2002 until June 2009. Patrick is a former Chairman of the Guernsey International Business Association and of the Guernsey Investment Fund Association. He is a Non-Executive Director of CT UK Capital and Income Investment Trust plc. and VH Global Energy Infrastructure plc. He is resident in the UK.

Lynne was appointed to the board in May 2021.  She has over thirty-five years’ experience in financial markets, initially in London in the late 1980’s before being seconded by Credit Suisse to Guernsey, Channel Islands in 1995.  Since 2020 she has led the investment arm of a Single Family Office in Guernsey, as their Chief Investment Officer. Prior to which she worked for twelve years as an Investment Consultant for an Independent Investment Consultancy.  She is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and a Chartered Wealth Manager.  She is also an ASIP qualified member of the CFA UK member of the CFA, 953214, as well as a Chartered Director and Fellow of the Institute of Directors.  Lynne is a Director of several private companies, including a global operating company and has prior experience as a Non-Executive Director of a listed Frontier Equities Investment Company.  She is based in Guernsey, Channel Islands.

Nick was appointed to the Board in July 2022. He has 35 years’ experience in the asset management industry, mostly as a Portfolio Manager, he was with HSBC Global Asset Management between 2005 and 2020, initially as Global Head of Emerging Markets Equities and then Head of Equities. Previously he was a Director of F&C Investment Management and has spent the last 25 years investing in global emerging markets equities. He is a non-executive director of Aberdeen Equity Income Trust and a partner in Panorama Property Investments LLP. Nick is a member of the CFA Institute and CFA Society of the UK. He is resident in the UK.