Adrian CollinsChairman
Joined the Board in June 2009. He holds a number of other non-executive directorships, including City Natural Resources and New City High Yield. Adrian has worked in the fund management business for over 35 years, a large part of which was at Gartmore Investment Management Limited where, latterly, he was the Managing Director.
John S IonsChief Executive
Joined the Board in May 2010. Prior to joining Liontrust in February 2010, John was Chief Executive of Tactica Fund Management since it was established in 2005. Previously, John was Joint Managing Director of SG Asset Management and Chief Executive of Societe Generale Unit Trusts Limited, having been a co-founder of the business in 1998. John was also formerly Head of Distribution at Aberdeen Asset Management.
Vinay AbrolChief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer
Joined the Board in September 2004. Vinay is responsible for overseeing all finance, information technology, operations, risk and compliance of the Group. After obtaining a first class degree in computer science from Imperial College of Science and Technology, Vinay worked for W.I. Carr (UK) Limited specialising in the development of equity trading systems for their Far East subsidiaries, and then at HSBC Asset Management (Europe) Limited where he was responsible for global mutual fund systems. Following a short period at S.G. Warburg and Co. he joined Liontrust in 1995.
Glyn HirschNon-Executive Director, Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee
Joined the Board in June 1999. Glyn is Chief Executive of Raven Russia Limited. He holds a number of other non-executive directorships. He is a law graduate of Southampton University and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. He also worked for 10 years as a corporate financier at UBS Limited.
Alastair BarbourNon-Executive Director, Chairman of the Audit Committee
Joined the Board in April 2011. Alastair is an independent Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee. Mr Barbour is a chartered accountant with 25 years’ experience spent auditing and advising boards and management of public companies in the UK and internationally, principally in the financial services industry. He trained with Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co in London before being admitted as a partner with KPMG in Bermuda in 1985. Alastair returned to the UK as a partner of KPMG in 1991 and has specialised in financial services with extensive experience in advising on accounting, financial reporting and corporate governance. He is also a Director of Standard Life European Private Equity Trust PLC and CATCo Reinsurance Opportunities Fund Ltd.
Mike BishopNon-Executive Director
Joined the Board in May 2011. Mike Bishop has more than thirty years’ experience as a fund manager and is currently a non-executive director of Hermes Focus Asset Management and an adviser to its UK equity activist funds. Before joining Hermes in 2005, Mr Bishop was Head of Pan-European Equities at Morley Fund Management Limited and a director and fund manager at Gartmore Investment Management. At Gartmore, Mr Bishop was on the main board for nine years and was a key member of the team that grew pension funds under management from £300 million in April 1984 to £20 billion in 1996 and total assets rose over this period from £1.5 billion to £25 billion.
Jonathan Hughes-MorganExecutive Director
Joined the Board in October 2011. Jonathan began his career as a trainee fund manager with Hendersons, moving after four years to Sun Life as a fund manager. Following spells at Odey Asset Management and Edmond de Rothschild, Jonathan joined Jardine Fleming to run their European business for three years. In 1998 he co-founded Thames River Capital with Charlie Porter. Jonathan was Managing Director of Thames River, leaving at the end of 2006 to set up Occam Asset Management. Jonathan graduated from the University of Warwick with a degree in Management Science.