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
- 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:
- Secretary, The Gridiron Club
- Committee Member, The Oriel Society
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1964 - 1968 |
Winchester College
Academic:
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‘A’ Levels: English, German, French, History of Art & Architecture; General Paper, Use of English
- Headmaster's Prize for Art
- Headmaster's Prize for German Speech
Other:
- School Boxing and Gymnastic Teams
- Usual range of academic, pastoral, recreational and sporting activities.
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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.
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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.
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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
- 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.
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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
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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).
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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
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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.
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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).
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Updated to 23rd March, 2009 |
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