Meet the Allenbridge Team
Ken Ayers is a Fellow of the Institute of Actuaries and qualified in 1965 whilst employed by the Standard Life. In 1970 he joined stockbrokers Laurie, Millbank & Co. and was Deputy Senior Partner when they were taken over by Chase Manhattan Bank in 1986. He left the bank in 1988 and joined Frank Russell Company (Russell are a leading consultant for manager selection for pension funds.) He became Deputy Managing Director of their London Company in 1990 and Managing Director of their Middle Eastern Region in 1993. In 1995/96 he was Sheriff of the City of London after which he returned to Russell. He is currently Chairman of FTSE International Bond Index Committee, and Investment Chairman of the National Association of Pension Funds (NAPF).
Alan
graduated from Cambridge University with a double first in Economics in
1970. During his 30 year career in financial markets and international
industry he has been a stockbroker and partner at Simon and Coates, Chief
Economist for Royal Dutch Shell, Investment Director for Lazards and Deputy
to the Chief Executive and overall Head of Discretionary and Advisory
Investment Management of UBS Private Banking in London. Most recently,
he has been appointed independent advisor to the Trustees of National Grid
Transco pension fund (formerly British Gas).
Richard graduated from The Nottingham Trent University in 1999 with a BA (Hons) in Financial Services. He joined Rensburg plc as an advisory private client investment manager, following which he helped manage discretionary private client portfolios with HSBC Investment Management. Richard is a Member of the Securities Institute and the Tax Shelter Consultant at Allenbridge.
With almost twenty years experience in financial services, Andrew is the EIS analysis for Allenbridge. Previously, Andrew worked in portfolio management for the accountant, Blick Rothenberg, having joined from the American fund manager, Fisher Investments. Andrew began his career in financial service with Matrix-Securities, where he raised funds for tax-efficient investments across a wide range of sectors, including film financing, property, oil & gas development, and venture capital as part of the earliest venture capital trusts. Andrew is a graduate in English Literature from Sheffield University.