Compliance and Risk Management

Boura Tomlinson – Director of Legal and Compliance

Boura joined Polar Capital in October 2007. She is responsible for the legal and compliance functions within the company. Before joining Polar Capital she spent 7 years at the Financial Services Authority as a manager supervising wholesale & derivatives firms and most recently as an Enforcement manager bringing disciplinary cases against investment firms. Prior to joining the FSA she was a manager at Metropolitan Securities and Life. Boura is an attorney and solicitor admitted to practice law in California (1996) and in England and Wales (2002).

Karim Vellani – CRO

Prior to joining Polar Capital, Karim was head of Risk Management for the Global Proprietary Trading business at Credit Suisse which included all their hedge fund strategies. Karim has approximately 18 years experience in wholesale financial markets across multiple asset classes including equities, fixed income and currencies. Before his time at Credit Suisse, Karim also held positions as the Chief Risk Officer at multi-strategy hedge fund, DE Capital Management, and as a Senior Director and Head of Risk Management for Bayerische Landesbank. He holds a degree in Computing as well as a postgraduate qualification in Mathematical Trading and Finance from the City University Business School.