Directors

David was Chief Investment Officer at Scottish Widows from 1978 to 1998, and Deputy Group Chief Executive at Scottish Widows from 1990 to 1998. He is currently a member of the Investment Committee for the Carnegie Trust for the Universities of Scotland. David holds Non-Executive Directorships of Edinburgh New Income Trust plc and Schroder UK Growth Fund plc and is a Trustee of AMEC Pension Schemes.

Jeremy was a Private Client Stockbroker at Greig Middleton & Co Ltd in Glasgow from 1987 to 1992. Jeremy joined Cornelian Asset Managers in 1992 and led the management buyout in 2000. Jeremy's primary role with regard to client portfolios is to provide advice on investment strategy and asset allocation.

John joined Cornelian Asset Managers in May 2005 from National Australia Group where he was responsible for the implementation of the new IFRS accounting standards across the Group's UK Banks. Prior to that, John held a range of senior roles in the Finance, Strategy and Operations functions of the National Australia Group in Scotland and Australia. At Cornelian he is responsible for the operational aspects of the business including Risk, IT, Finance, Investment Administration, and Human Resources.

After graduating from Oxford University Marcus worked for the SG Warburg Group and Kleinwort Benson Investment Management in London, before moving to Stewart Ivory & Co. Ltd in 1994. At Stewart Ivory he was responsible for UK Equity and Fixed Interest investment and managed Investment Trust, Unit Trust, Pension and Charity portfolios. Marcus was a Director of Stewart Ivory, a member of the Asset Allocation and Audit Committees and Chairman of the Pension Fund Trustees. He joined Cornelian Asset Managers in May 2002. He manages the team of Investment Managers as well as client portfolios and chairs the Investment Committee.

Hector joined Cornelian from Scottish Value Management where he managed the successful SVM UK Alpha Fund.  Prior to this, he spent over six years at Standard Life Investments where he was appointed Investment Director, and was a key member of the Continental European equities team.  Hector started his career at Norwich Union Investment Management having completed an MBA in Strategic Management from Imperial College Business School.  At Cornelian, Hector is responsible for the management and development of the investment process and investment performance across all funds. He also works closely with the Private Clients & Charities team, headed by Marcus Brooks, in the daily monitoring and management of our client  portfolios.

Michael was Managing Partner of Maclay Murray & Spens from 1994 to 2003, and Chairman until 2007. During this time he held Board positions including John Menzies plc, Securities Trust of Scotland plc, Scottish Screen, and Malmaison Hotels Ltd. His Non-Exectuive Directorships now include Lex Mundi, the world's leading association of independent law firms, Scottish Amicable, Broadgate Marketing and Chairman of Walkers Shortbread.