Board of Directors

All Directors and the Company Secretary can be contacted through the Registered Office.

Executive Directors

Gavin Rochussen

Chief Executive Officer

Gavin Rochussen, Chief Executive, joined Polar Capital in July 2017 and was previously Group Chief Executive at J O Hambro Capital Management Limited (JOHCM). Prior to JOHCM, Gavin was Group Chief Executive at Fleming Family & Partners Limited, a European multi-family office. Gavin qualified as a Chartered Accountant in 1983 in South Africa and was a founding partner of Anderson Rochussen Crisp Inc, a professional services practice, where he led the firm between 1984–1996. Before moving to the UK in 2002, he was Group Finance Director at Allied Electronics Corporation Limited, a JSE listed group. Gavin is advisor to Amigona Holdings Inc, an investment holding Company, an Independent Advisor to James Hambro & Partners LLP, a wealth management boutique.

John Mansell

Finance Director and Chief Operating Officer

Appointed to the Board in 2002, having joined Polar Capital in 2001. Prior to joining Polar Capital he spent 11 years at Lazard Asset Management. John is a fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants of England and Wales.

Non-Executive Directors

Tom Bartlam

Chairman

Appointed to the Board in July 2007 and became Chairman in September 2007. Tom was a managing director of Intermediate Capital Group plc which he co-founded from 1989 until his retirement in 2005. He is non-executive Chairman of Jupiter UK Growth Trust plc.

Chairman of Nomination Committee
Member of Audit Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Brian Ashford-Russell

Non-Executive Director and Founder

Appointed to the Board in 2002. Brian was head of the technology team at Henderson Global Investors from 1987 until September 2000 and is a co-founder of Polar Capital. He was the appointed fund manager of Polar Capital Technology Trust plc, from launch in 1996 until May 2006.

Jamie Cayzer-Colvin

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board in 2002. Jamie is a director of Caledonia Investments plc and Chairman of Henderson Smaller Companies Investment Trust plc.

Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee

Alexa Coates

Non-Executive Director and Chairman of the Audit Committee

Appointed to the Board in July 2018. Alexa is a chartered accountant with 25 years’ experience in finance and accounting. She has spent the last 10 years at a senior level in the financial services industry, having joined HSBC in 2008 where she became the Global CFO of Asset Management before heading up the finance function for commercial banking, Europe. She is a non-executive director of Schroders Oriental Income Fund Ltd, a Guernsey domiciled, London-listed investment trust.

Chair of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Quintin Price

Non-Executive Director

Appointed to the Board in July 2018. Quintin has had a 30 year career in the investment banking and investment management industries, working at a senior level for a number of leading companies. From 2005 to 2015 he was at BlackRock where he was global head of alpha strategies and a member of the global executive committee. He is a senior advisor at Actis, a privately-owned private equity, real estate and energy & infrastructure company.

Member of Audit Committee
Member of Nomination Committee
Member of Remuneration Committee

Win Robbins

Non-Executive Director and Chair of Remuneration Committee

Appointed to the Board in June 2017. Win is a non-executive Director of City Merchants High Yield Trust Ltd. a Jersey-domiciled, London-listed investment trust and a non-executive member of the Investment Committee of St. James Place Partnership plc. Win is also an Independent Trustee of the Institute of Cancer Research Pension Fund.

Member of Nomination Committee
Chair of Remuneration Committee
Member of Audit Committee

Company Secretary

Neil Taylor
Company Secretary