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SCHEDULE OF APPENDICES

Alexander James Stewart



APPENDIX I

1969 - 1972 Oriel College, Oxford

Academic:
  • B.A. Hons., Jurisprudence: 8 special subjects
  • Law Moderations: 3 special subjects
  • M.A.
  • 1970: Travel Scholarship (Thesis on St. John the Divine; Patmos & W. coast of Turkey)
  • 1972: Post-Graduate Diploma: place awarded but not taken up (Scottish Education Department restrictions governing funding of further degrees).
Other:
  • College Rugby
  • Secretary, The Gridiron Club
  • Committee Member, The Oriel Society
1964 - 1968 Winchester College

Academic:
  • ‘A’ Levels: English, German, French, History of Art & Architecture; General Paper, Use of English

  • ‘S’ Level: German
  • ‘O’ Levels
  • Headmaster's Prize for Art
  • Headmaster's Prize for German Speech
Other:
  • Prefect
  • Secretary, JCR
  • School Boxing and Gymnastic Teams
  • Theatre
  • Rowing
  • CCF
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Usual range of academic, pastoral, recreational and sporting activities.
1960 - 1963 Abberley Hall

APPENDIX II


1985 -1987 Wood Mackenzie/Hill Samuel

European Equities Department
  • Deputy Head of start-up operation.
  • Revenue growth: zero to c.£3.5m over 18 months. Responsibilities in Administration, Research, Sales.
  • Expansion of team to 7 over period; integration with mature UK operations, e.g. Sector Research, Clearance / Settlements and Client Management.
  • Established from standing start UK and Continental European institutional client base.
  • Set up, expanded and serviced wide range of industrial / corporate / intermediary contacts throughout Europe.
  • Close co-operation with European Primary / Origination / Corporate Finance teams in parent group.

APPENDIX III


1987 -1992 Baring Securities

European Equities Division
  • Assistant Director, 1989; Director, 1991 (Baring Securities Ltd.), 1992 (Baring Securities (Europe) Ltd.).
  • Joined group of 400 employees - increased to c.1,500 over 6 years.
  • European Equities Division headcount growth from c.10 to c.85 over same period.
  • Divisional revenues expanded from c. £500,000 to c. £10m p.a. over period.
  • Department operated across 5 centres: London, Paris, Frankfurt, Tokyo and New York - joint co-ordination responsibility across network.
  • Principal day-to-day responsibilities: Sales and Trading, all continental European markets, with special interest in and responsibility for Emerging Markets.
  • Involved in setting up Paris office and re-structuring Frankfurt office (European sections).
  • Involved in management and expansion of Equity Research Department - geographical and sector coverage (12 markets).
  • Closely involved in structure, launch and trading of 2 dedicated Equity Country

    Funds:The Capital Portugal Fund
    The Greek Progress Fund (‘Proodos’)

    (Continuing responsibilities included research back-up, local Fund Manager advisory and liaison, and related services.)
  • Involved in formation, integration and expansion of European Equity Derivatives team (sales, research and market-making/trading) and of Futures and Options (index and stock) trading.
  • Involved in integration of secondary trading activities with European primary/origination teams and European M & A and Corporate Finance/Advisory Services in parent company (Baring Brothers).
  • Department Compliance Officer.

APPENDIX IV


1992 - 1995 Inverlat International
  • Set up company on green-field basis for Grupo Financiero Inverlat, Mexico, with 2 former Barings colleagues.
  • Built up company headcount to target complement of 20.
  • Compliance Officer, 1992-3
  • Company Secretary
  • Responsible for recruitment, research, and legal / administrative / remuneration structures.
  • Pan-Latin American Sales covering London, Scottish and continental European Institutions.
  • Co-ordination and book-running of numerous Placings and New Issues, including first-ever dedicated Peruvian equity country fund.
  • Generated solo c.US$2m secondary agency equity commissions (exit FY).
  • Also involved in primary, country fund and equity warrants research and distribution, and in selective origination work (in conjunction with Casa de Bolsa Inverlat, Mexico City).
  • 1994 commission target achieved (team): US$10m.

APPENDIX V


1995 - 1996 Deutsche Morgan Grenfell

Emerging Markets Division
  • Director, Morgan Grenfell International Ltd; thereafter Director, DMG Emerging Markets, following group integration with Deutsche Bank.
  • Responsible for Eastern & Central European, Russian, Latin American (principal involvement) and other (Pakistani, Zimbabwean, Turkish, Israeli) Equity and country funds sales.
  • Set up secondary Emerging Markets (principally Latin American - local markets and ADRs) Equities sales activities with respective Research and Trading support.
  • Responsible for liaison with E.M. Debt Trading operation; Equities Trading / Market-making / Research / Strategy and Economics; Origination and Primary teams; Country Funds trading activities.
  • Supervision of E.M. Equities sales presence at DMG offices in New York, Hong Kong/Singapore and Moscow; also of Latam Equity Research (temporary responsibility).
  • Involved in issues and placings, including:

    IRSA Convertible Bond
    Templeton Russian & Eastern European Debt Fund
    Ceska Sporitelna
    Siderar
    AIG Latin American Infrastructure Fund
    Casa Autrey
    HF Egypt Equity Fund
    Trans-Zambezi Industries

APPENDIX VI


1996 - 1998 Banco do Brasil Securities
  • Head of Division (Equities) (Directorships restricted to employees of parent Banco do Brasil S.A.).
  • Responsibility for all Equities functions (Sales, Trading / Dealing, Research), integration with Capital Markets Division and counterpart operations (including Origination, Advisory and Underwriting) in Rio de Janeiro.
  • Set up Division on green field basis, building team of 7 (London and San Paulo) servicing institutions in UK and Continental Europe; blueprinted and coordinated legal, administrative, compliance / regulatory and operational frameworks and functions; acting Head of Research and Head of Sales.
  • Involvement in range of Brazilian and other primary and privatisation issues (also primary placing of GFM Cossack C. I. S. Bond Fund).

APPENDIX VII


1998 - 1999 Raiffeisen Zentralbank (‘RZB Austria - London Branch’)

Deputy Head of Capital Markets; de facto Head of Equities.
  • Responsible for all Equities functions (Sales, Trading / Dealing; integration with expanding Research operations); special responsibility for restructuring of settlements and back office activities, and for transfer of clearing operations to Vienna hub.
  • Deputising for Head of Capital Markets during absence, assuming charge of Debt activities and Management Committee responsibilities.
  • Liaison with Vienna Head Office for primary and secondary markets purposes.
  • Expansion of and liaison with group Investment Banking units, notably incorporation of New York operation, for Equities purposes.
  • Selective responsibilities for depositary and corporate banking clients.
  • Origination and co-ordination of primary and secondary placements and new business, including:

    Antenna Hungaria
    Prosper SA
    Bass UK (Bid for minorities in Prazske Pivovary.)
    GFM Cossack CIS Bond Fund
    OEP Czech and Slovak funds

APPENDIX VIII


1999 - Present Instinet (Europe) Ltd.
  • World’s largest agency-based global equities trading house – ECN model.
  • Listed on NASDAQ, May, 2001.
  • London hub governed EMEA region (Dublin - Dubai).
  • Identification, formalisation, management and development operations.
  • Co-ordination of Research activities with other global regions.
  • Distribution of Research and integration with Sales, Trading and related products.
  • Development of divisional policy & strategy and integration with global regions.
  • Departmental responsibility for Compliance, Legal, Financial, Risk and associated functions.
  • Senior management etc. committees membership.
  • Departmental personnel/resources deployment.
  • Centralised Institutional client Account Management for U.K. and Middle East (formerly also most continental European countries) for Research distribution, funding and integration.
  • Specialist Research sales (principally pan-European industry sector-based) to European Portfolio Managers, U.K., Europe, Middle East.
  • Regular financial markets commentator for financial programmes on CNBC, CNN and BBC.

APPENDIX IX


2002 - Present Eden Financial Ltd., London

  • Independent and strategically, neutrally positioned financial services group, focused on Institutional European equities trading, HNW discretionary and advisory portfolio management services and other investment interests.
  • Appointed to set up new business stream providing integrated Independent Research intermediation, coordination and consultancy services for institutions: senior management position initially as Head of Institutional Marketing and Research, then as Director, Independent Research.
  • Responsible for creating new institutional client-base focused on integrated asset-management groups and hedge funds to complement underlying IDB and nascent Institutional trading business, thereby building pan-European equities execution operations.
  • Green-field circumstances involved creation of infrastructure, operating team/personnel and integration with existing support services (compliance, settlement/clearing, trading, finance etc.).
  • Simultaneous mandate to raise and project business profile and penetration overall through work with PR consultants, focusing on media commentary, publication of sector-specific articles in specialist press and active involvement in regulatory and industry entities.
  • Commissioned to write analytic articles on CP176 (Transparency, Soft Commissions and Unbundling); CP205 (Conflicts of Interest), Credit and Risk issues, smaller companies, the Parmalat failure etc. etc..
  • Functional roles developed in CP176 and CP205 processes – close involvement with regulators, press and industry bodies, with participation in discussion groups, seminars and policy-related forums.
  • Consultancy attachment to FSA to work on Conflicts of Interest in Investment Research (market research and evaluation project).
  • Founder member of AIRP (Association of Independent research Providers); Main Board attendee as Chairman of MAC (Markets Advisory Committee).


Updated to 23rd March, 2009