Advisers to the Board
Anthony Hodges
Anthony, has over 30 years’ experience in alternative investment, specialising in the design, implementation and development of hedge fund of fund businesses. His career started in 1977 in South Africa when he established his own fund management business, ALH Commodity Portfolios, using proprietary programmes trading commodities on the futures markets.
In 1982 he joined Rudolf Wolff & Co in London, a commodity broking firm, where he headed the research department, and from 1985 to 1996 he was Managing Director of Rudolf Wolff Fund Management.
In 1996 the company was bought by Sabre Fund Management. Anthony continued to run the business, before resigning in 1998 to set up Hodges Associates, an independent consultancy. From 2004 to 2012 he was in Dubai managing the alternative investment portfolio of the Ruler of Dubai, Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, before returning to the UK and his consulting business.
Charles Bathurst
Charles has over 35 years’ experience of senior executive roles and businesses development, primarily in financial services. During his career Charles has been responsible for initiating and managing to profitability new businesses, multiple product launches across onshore and offshore domiciles and building distribution channels in more than 30 countries globally.
Charles graduated from the Royal Military Academy Sandhurst serving as an Officer in the British Army and since 1989 Charles has worked in international financial markets specialising in the investment management sector. In 1998 Charles established Credit Agricole Asset Management in London becoming Managing Director.
In 2004 he moved to Old Mutual Asset Managers as Head of Global Business development and in 2008 joined J O Hambro Investment Management Limited as Director and Head of their internal Fund Management Group. In 2011 he set up his own independent consultancy service advising on business development and corporate governance to both emerging and established companies.