Board Members

Gerald Corbett, Non Executive Chairman

Gerald was appointed as Non-Executive Chairman in March 2012. Gerald currently chairs Betfair Plc, Britvic Plc and Moneysupermarket.com Plc and is a Non-Executive Director of Numis Securities Plc. His previous Non-Executive Director roles include Greencore Group Plc, Burmah Castrol Plc and MEPC Plc. Gerald was previously Chairman of SSL International Plc and the Woolworth Group Plc.

During his executive career, he was Chief Executive of Railtrack and Group Finance Director of Grand Metropolitan Plc and Redland Plc.

Andrew Fisher, CEO, Director

Andrew was appointed a Board Director on 17 November 2004. He is the current Chief Executive of Towry and prior to this was Chief Executive of Cox Insurance Holdings.

Andrew has held a number of other senior positions in the financial services industry, including Chief Executive of the Coutts Group.

Louis Elson, Non Executive Director

Louis was appointed as Non Executive Director on 7 October 2003. He represents the majority shareholder Palamon Capital Partners, which he co-founded in 1999 and of which he is Managing Partner.

Louis has extensive experience in European private equity, and previously worked as a London-based partner of Warburg Pincus and before that in investment banking at Goldman, Sachs & Co and in publishing at Time Inc.

Sally James, Independent Non Executive Director

Sally was appointed as Independent Non Executive Director on 8th February 2011. She is also a Non-Executive Director of UBS Ltd and Chair of their Audit Committee and is a Non-Executive Director of UBS Securities France SA. Sally holds several other non-executive board roles including membership of the Board of Barts and the London NHS Trust and is a Governor of the College of Law, North London Collegiate School and the Bridge Academy School. She is also an independent member of the Council of the University of Sussex, as well as Chair of their Audit Committee and a member of their Nominations and Remuneration Committee. Sally has held a number of senior positions in the financial service industry including Managing Director and General Counsel of UBS EMEA.

Gaius Jones, Director

Gaius was appointed a Board Director on 17th December 2009. He is a Senior Client Partner at Towry working with Private and Corporate Clients and Trustees and their professional advisers.

He joined John Scott & Partners (now Towry) in 1999 and was appointed to their board in 2003. He previously worked for a major firm of Chartered Accountants.

Daan Knottenbelt, Non Executive Director

Daan was appointed as Non Executive Director on 1 August 2003. He represents the majority shareholder Palamon Capital Partners, which he joined in February 2000 and became a Partner of in January 2002.

Daan has had many years of experience in management consulting, having worked in the UK, USA, Netherlands and Belgium.

Paul Wright, Director

Paul was appointed a Board Director on 23 April 2009. He is Finance Director of Towry, having previously been Finance Director for Man Investments and Coutts Group.

Paul has also held senior finance roles with Standard Chartered Bank and Hambros. His most recent role was Chief Financial Officer for a company advising the Singapore Government on part of their investment portfolio.