Daniel Pinto

Co-Founder, Chairman and Managing Partner

Daniel has considerable experience in wealth management and merchant banking, having advised some of Europe’s most prominent families and industrialists for over 20 years. Formerly Senior Banker at UBS Warburg in London and Paris concentrating on mergers and acquisitions, he was a member of the firm’s executive committee in France. He was also Chief Executive of a private equity fund backed by CVC Capital Partners.

Daniel is Chairman and Founder of the New City Initiative, a think tank comprised of the leading independent UK and European investment management firms. He sits on several prominent boards and investment committees and regularly contributes economic and financial editorials to leading newspapers.

He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School, an MA in Economics from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris and an MSc in Finance from Universite Paris-Dauphine.

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Julien Sevaux

Co-Founder and Managing Partner

Julien has over 20 years’ experience in wealth management and corporate finance for substantial entrepreneurial families and their businesses. He is a former board member of Worms & Cie, the diversified family group, which in 1973 founded Permal, a pioneer fund of hedge funds. Prior to co-founding Stanhope Capital, he was a principal in Lehman Brothers’ Private Equity Group and Senior M&A Banker in the firm’s New York and London offices.

Julien received his MBA from New York University’s Stern School of Business, is an alumnus of Oxford University and holds a BA in History and Economics from Brown University.

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Jonathan Bell

Partner, Chief Investment Officer

Jonathan has 25 years of experience in fund management, asset allocation and manager selection. Jonathan was formerly Chief Investment Officer of Newton Private Investment Management and a member of Newton’s Executive Management committee, overall investment committee and strategy group responsible for the $37 billion under management. Previously he was Senior Investment Manager of Principal Investment Management (formerly a subsidiary of PPP Healthcare) and Assistant Director of BZW Portfolio Management.

A Fellow of the Securities Institute, Jonathan received his MBA from Cranfield School of Management and holds a BA (Hons) in Economics and Politics. Jonathan is the author of ‘Start With The Map The Right Way Up’, an introduction to investment, and of numerous investment related articles.

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Tarek AbuZayyad

Partner, Head of Merchant Banking

Tarek has over 20 years’ experience in M&A, private equity / venture capital and asset management for families and institutions. Tarek was formerly a Managing Director at Berggruen Holdings, a family office / private equity firm, and a Director in M&A / Corporate Finance at Credit Suisse Group and Donaldson, Lufkin & Jenrette in both New York and London.

Tarek is currently a director of Lamnalco, Lorne Stewart, Orient Real Estate, MindShapes, Marilyn Models, SNS Holdings and Blossom M&C. He is also a member of the advisory board of the Freeman Spogli Institute for International Studies at Stanford University.

Tarek holds an MBA from Harvard Business School and an AB Economics from Stanford University.

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Ivo Coulson

Partner, Head of Portfolio Management

Ivo has over 25 years of experience in investment management. Ivo was formerly a partner at Tiburon Partners, a specialist equity management group, after successfully organising the sale of his family company to a listed plc. Between 1994 and 2002 he was at SG Warburg, as head of the Investments Funds, and was voted no. 1 in his field in the Extel survey. Previously Ivo was a Director of BZW where he managed Global equity portfolios for wealthy private clients and charities.

Ivo graduated from Cambridge University in 1985 with an MA in law. He is a Fellow of the CISI and has served on the Board of several Private and Public listed companies.

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James Hordern

Partner, Head of Research

James has over 20 years of experience in investment management. He was formerly a main board Director at Dalton Strategic Partners. James began his career at Mercury Asset Management before moving to head up the European, EAFE and Global Specialist Strategies at Goldman Sachs Asset Management.

James is a Member of the Investment Advisory Panel of the Royal College of Physicians, a Director of the Salters’ Management Company and a Director of the Corporate Trustee Company of South Kensington Estates.

He graduated from Durham University in 1990 with a B.A. in Modern Languages and is an Associate of the Society of Investment Professionals. He is also an Associate of the CFA Society of the UK.

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Derek Laud

Partner, Director of Corporate Affairs

Derek Laud is a partner and partnership secretary at Stanhope Capital. He is Director of the Advisory Board, chaired by Lord Browne of Madingley, and has lead responsibility for the Group's Corporate Affairs' strategy. He holds various external appointments, including being Executive Director of the New City Initiative, an independent think tank for the asset management sector, which has more than £200 billion under management.

Derek previously worked in private equity finance and has been a director of numerous companies. In addition to his role at Stanhope, he is a regular columnist on a leading national newspaper, TV and radio broadcaster.

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Guy Paterson

Partner, Client Advisory

Guy has 25 years’ experience of the financial markets. Prior to joining Stanhope, Guy ran the London operation of Unigestion Family Investment Office from 2001 to 2010. He specialises in advising families and trusts on the design and implementation of investment policy. From 1996 to 2001 Guy headed the client advisory practices of Guinness Mahon and Granville Baird.

Guy qualified as a chartered accountant with Peat Marwick Mitchell before spending ten years in corporate finance. He was subsequently chief executive of Linguaphone Group plc, an international language publisher, before returning to investment markets.

He graduated with an MA in History from Oxford University.

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Tom Price

Partner, Chief Operating Officer

Tom has worked in the financial services industry since 1995, specialising in investment managers and investment funds. Until June 2011, he was a director of International Oil and Gas Technology Limited, a London listed investment fund and led the fund as Chairman through a substantial change in the management team in 2010. He was formerly part of the management team at a mid-market corporate debt investor. From 1995 to 2006, Tom practised as a lawyer at Freshfields, Shearman and Sterling and Dechert LLP. 

Tom has an MBA from INSEAD (2001) and an MA from Oxford University (1993). He has qualified as a barrister and a solicitor.

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Nicole Curti

Partner, Managing Director of Stanhope Capital Switzerland

Nicole has over 15 years’ experience in wealth management. She was formerly a Vice President at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch in Geneva, where she worked for 10 years advising private and institutional clients.

Nicole received her MBA from ESADE Business School in Barcelona and obtained her BA in Political Science from the University of Lausanne.

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Edward Jewson

Partner, Head of Stanhope Jewson (charity division)

Edward has over 18 years of experience in advising substantial charities and institutions. Edward founded Jewson Associates in 1993 and built it into one of the UK’s leading independent investment consultancy firms in the charity sector until its acquisition by Stanhope Capital in 2011. His career has mainly been in the City of London, where he was a director of Cater Allen Limited, the bank and discount house. He has also managed businesses in both New York and Dublin.

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Naveed Chaudhry

Senior Director, Investment Management

Naveed has nearly 20 years of experience in the wealth management industry. He was formerly at Duemme Capital (Banca Esperia) where he was leading research for hedge fund investments. Prior to that Naveed was a senior member of the fund of hedge funds team at Schroders and spent 9 years at Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch mainly as an investment manager in the fixed income team.

Naveed is a Chartered Financial Analyst and holds a BSc in Banking and International Finance from Cass Business School.

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Stephen Connolly

Senior Director, Client Advisory

Stephen has nearly 20 years of experience in financial markets. Prior to joining Stanhope Capital, Stephen worked for Credit Suisse in private banking and asset management in both London and Zurich. Before this he was at Schroder Investment Management in Fixed Income, working with institutional investors as well as trustees of pension funds and charities. Stephen has previously been employed as an institutional equity salesman and equity analyst. He began his career as an Officer in the Royal Navy and was on active service during the first Gulf War.

Stephen is a Member of the Chartered Institute of Securities and Investment, is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts and holds a First Class Degree in English Literature from the University of London.

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Adam Greville-Collins

Senior Director, Client Advisory

Adam has 10 years experience in the wealth management industry.

Adam was formally a private client portfolio manager at Premier Asset Management where he was also responsible for analysing alternative investment products. He is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investment and holds the SII Diploma.

Adam received his LLB (Hons) in Law from the London School of Economics.

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