Advisors

Brian is a Board Director of Prestige International Marketing Services Limited and, as the International Advisory Sales Director for Prestige Asset Distribution Limited, is responsible for International Business Development.

He was formerly with Abbey National Financial and Investment Services (a subsidiary of Abbey National plc) as Regional Manager and Sector Sales Manager in Asia with Scottish Provident International (a life insurance company) and Scottish Mutual International (a life insurance company). He has an extensive background in international business development and has held several commercial roles in marketing offshore – banking, investment funds, securities and insurance-related products – with over 20 years in the Offshore Markets of Asia and Middle East.

Formerly a Senior Private Client Manager at Berkeley Burke International (a Hong Kong-based private client financial services firm) and a Private Client Wealth Manager at Connaught Financial Planning (a Hong Kong-based private client financial services firm). Formerly Managing Director at Firstlink Financial Services (a UK-based private client financial services firm) and a partner at Rothgrove Financial Services (a UK-based private client financial services firm). Also, formerly a Sales Consultant at Marlowe-Sachs (a UK-based private client financial services firm).

Carl is the Compliance Officer for Prestige Capital Management Limited.  He is a Compliance Executive who has been employed by Cordium, Malta, for nearly four years; Cordium is part of the international ACA Compliance Group.  He previously worked for Melita plc, a Maltese telecommunications company in sales and marketing roles.

He was recently awarded the Chartered Institute for Securities and Development’s Diploma in Investment Compliance, Investments and Securities.  He has been awarded a Bachelor of Commerce (Honours) in Banking, Finance and Marketing by the University of Malta.

He speaks English, Italian and Maltese.

Awaiting approval in Malta by the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA)

Chris is the Compliance Officer and Money Laundering Reporting Officer of Prestige Capital Services Limited.  He has over 20 years’ compliance experience gained mainly at Lazard Brothers, London, assisting the Group Compliance Director. More recently he has been a consultant providing compliance services, including monitoring, to small, regulated firms of asset managers, venture capitalists and corporate financiers. He specialises in money laundering awareness training and regularly provides training to small, regulated firms.

He is a qualified Chartered Certified Accountant (FCCA) who changed career in 1993 to specialise in Compliance.

Chris is approved in the UK by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) to perform a Senior Management Function.

David is a Director of Privilege Holdings Limited (formerly Eastern Counties Finance Limited) and Nucleus Commercial Finance Limited and serves as a board advisor to Prestige Fund Management Limited – focusing on asset-based lending, leasing and finance solutions. He also advises on the company’s proprietary investments, as well as researching new investment opportunities.

He brings a wealth of experience in commercial asset-based lending and finance activity, having worked for Barclays Bank plc from 1974-2001, where his last role involved acting as a Corporate Manager responsible for a mixed portfolio of 150 small and medium-sized enterprise clients with a bias towards property development / investment and franchised motor dealers. From 2001-2010 he was employed by Allied Irish Bank where he built from scratch over 5 years a GBP 160 million loan book which had minimum defaults and focused on charitable, healthcare and education sectors, unlike most other British teams which were heavily exposed to the property sector.

From 2010-2013 he was persuaded to rejoin Barclays where he acted as a Relationship Director with a portfolio of over 40 corporate clients (sales turnover GBP 5m – 50m) biased towards professional service sectors. He brings a particular set of professional skills including credit analysis, credit negotiation, business risk analysis, market risk analysis and operational risk analysis as well as previous experience at British Insurance Association, London.

Graham serves as the Company Secretary of Privilege Holdings Limited, Privilege Asset Finance Limited and Privilege Project Finance Limited as well as various subsidiaries and special purpose vehicles and is also a Prestige Board Advisor. He acts as internal legal counsel for Prestige Funds. He is a qualified lawyer, conversant in all areas of law, but with particular emphasis on hedge funds and alternative investments. He has over 25 years of experience in the alternative investments business, including international experience as a practicing attorney in the Cayman Islands, where he advised on banking, insurance, trusts and mutual funds.

From 1989 he was based in the UK as a lawyer and manager for Gaiacorp, the currency hedge fund, and subsequently from 1994 as Managing Director of its London subsidiary, Titan Capital Management, where he played a key role in developing the firm’s global business, including creating and managing global investment management, fund administration and independent financial advisor networks. He then helped to coordinate its sale in 2002. He has worked extensively as a consultant in the City of London, including with Mottram Partners and Millers Associates, and is currently director of the hedge fund consultancy, Hawksmoor Partners.

He is a practicing consultant solicitor with Charterhouse Law and has an MA in Law from Cambridge University.

Sharon serves as a qualitative research analyst for Prestige Fund Management Limited and serves as an advisor to the Board.

She started her career as an Analyst for Hewitt Associates (Chicago) and, following that, was a corporate healthcare consultant with Deloitte (Chicago) between 1999 and 2002. Ms Carlson has also worked extensively in the non-profit sector as a Project Co-ordinator for the Stupski Foundation in San Francisco as well as Finance Manager for the American Refugee Committee in Darfur, Sudan.

She holds a BA from Northwestern University (Economics and German Studies) and an MPhil from Oxford University (Development Studies). She speaks German fluently and has a working knowledge of French.

Stuart is an experienced marketing and communications professional with over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. He has spent over 10 years as a journalist and editor, covering wealth management, cross-border fund management and investment banking. More recently he has worked in communications and digital marketing roles within the investment banking, fintech and forex trading sectors.

He has written books on trading and offshore funds and continues to advise clients in the asset management, financial data and commodities trading industries.

Tim is Regional Sales Director for Asia for Prestige Asset Distribution Limited and Prestige International Marketing Services Limited.

He has worked in Financial Services for over 20 years covering the Asia Pacific region since 2009. He was formerly with Thomas Lloyd, an Investment Bank and Investment Management Group based in Zurich which was primarily focused on green energy and clean technology. He was previously a Sales Manager with DIS (an international independent investment fund distributor), before which he was a Consultant with Asia Pac Limited (a Hong Kong-based private client financial services firm).

He has been resident in Asia for over 20 years and has extensive experience in a variety of financial services related firms.